Volvo
From Graces Guide
- 1980 Volvo changed their B58 to the more popular B10M.
- 1988 Leyland Bus had been sold to Volvo.
- 60% of Leyland Olympian components were taken from Volvo.
- 1992 Volvo built a rear-engined midibus.
- Volvo sold 550 midibuses to Stagecoach.
- At this time Volvo had 40% of the midibus market.
- 1993 the Olympian, B6 and B10M were to be built at Irvine.
- The B10M was the most popular bus and coach chassis ever selling worldwide of 50,000 sales.
- 1997 Volvo exhibited The President, a double-decker at the Coach and Bus Show.
- 1999 to 2000 Travel West Midlands bought 102 B7L's.
- The B7L double-decker was available in 9.9m and 10.4m lengths.
- Volvo is still powerful worldwide it owns Prevost, Novobus, and Bluebird in America.
- Volvo is second to Mercedes Benz as a producer of buses.
Sources of Information
Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris