Volvo Models

Introduced in August 1974, this long-running rear-wheel-drive series replaced the earlier 140-era cars and carried Volvo’s boxy, practical design language into a new generation. It was developed with a strong emphasis...

Volvo’s 260 nameplate was part of the 200-series family introduced in the mid-1970s as the more upscale six-cylinder counterpart to the better-known four-cylinder cars. It arrived with the 264 sedan in the autumn of 1...

Introduced for the 1984 model year, Volvo’s 740 nameplate was created as a more accessible, four-cylinder counterpart to the earlier 760, extending the company’s 700-series into a broader market. It carried Volvo’s fa...

Volvo’s 760 nameplate arrived in February 1982 as the company’s new large, upscale car for the 1980s. It marked a major shift for Volvo: the 760 was introduced as a more ambitious and more modern alternative to the lo...

Introduced for the 1985 model year, this Volvo nameplate represented the brand’s most exclusive rear-wheel-drive coupe of the 700-era. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 1985, it was designed by the Italian styling ...

The 850 marked a major turning point for Volvo’s modern era. Developed under the long-running Project Galaxy program, it reached the market in 1991 as a completely new model series and was a clear break from the compa...

Introduced in autumn 1990, this model was Volvo’s successor to the 740 and formed part of the 900-family refresh that also included the 960. It carried forward Volvo’s traditional rear-wheel-drive, boxy long-roof and ...

The 960 Series was Volvo’s upper-end rear-wheel-drive large car line for the 1990s, introduced in the autumn of 1990 for the 1991 model year as the successor to the 760. It marked Volvo’s move upmarket with a more ref...

Volvo’s premium coach nameplate for long-distance and touring work entered the market in the early 2000s, first shown to customers and the press in October 2001 and reaching buyers in 2002. It was developed as part of...

Volvo introduced this mid-engined bus chassis in 1986 as a global successor to earlier Volvo coach and city-bus designs. It quickly became one of the company’s most important heavy passenger-vehicle platforms, especia...

This Volvo coach and bus chassis nameplate appeared in the late 1990s as part of Volvo’s rear-engined B12 family, with Volvo’s own history noting production in Brazil from 1997 and contemporary Volvo material showing ...

This Volvo bus chassis nameplate appeared in 2004 as part of Volvo’s Brazilian BRT-oriented product line, built in Curitiba on the TX platform. It was introduced as an articulated and bi-articulated heavy-duty chassis...

Introduced in 2003, this was Volvo’s large rear-engined coach chassis aimed at long-distance and touring applications, and it became part of the company’s Brazilian bus program in Curitiba. It was positioned as a high...

Volvo’s B13R is a premium coach chassis developed for long-distance and touring applications, positioned above the brand’s smaller coach platforms as a high-power, high-comfort base for bodybuilders. The nameplate fir...

This Volvo bus chassis nameplate appeared in the Asia-Pacific market in 2013 as a hybrid city-bus platform. Volvo Buses introduced it in Australia with a Volgren body and described it as part of its parallel hybrid li...

This double-deck chassis was introduced by Volvo Bus for the UK and Irish markets as a new generation city bus, with production beginning in 2013 and first vehicles reaching customers later that year. It replaced the ...

Introduced in 1998, this rear-engined bus chassis became one of Volvo’s most important global commercial-vehicle offerings for city, intercity, and coach applications. It was developed as a flexible, lightweight platf...

This nameplate was introduced in 2018 as Volvo Buses’ modern double-deck chassis for high-capacity city service, aimed primarily at demanding urban markets in Asia Pacific and other regions that rely heavily on double...

This coach and bus chassis nameplate was introduced in Europe in 2013 as the successor to the earlier B7R and B7RLE family. It marked Volvo’s shift to an 8-litre engine platform and was positioned as a versatile found...

This Volvo low-floor bus chassis was introduced in the mid-2000s as the successor to the earlier B7L/B10L family and was aimed at city transit operators that wanted step-free boarding across the full length of the veh...

Introduced in Europe in 2006, this rear-engined coach chassis was developed as a modern mid-range platform for intercity and touring operators who wanted a full-size vehicle with a lighter, more flexible layout than t...

This articulated bus chassis was introduced in the early 2000s as part of Volvo’s move toward a more standardized city-bus platform. It was designed around a side-mounted 9-litre engine and used for high-capacity urba...

This low-floor double-decker chassis was introduced by Volvo Bus in the mid-2000s as the company’s successor in the rear-engined, three-axle city-bus segment. Volvo’s own reporting identified it in 2004 as its new dou...

This battery-electric city bus chassis was introduced in 2015 as part of Gothenburg’s ElectriCity initiative. It first entered regular traffic on route 55, where it served as a real-world demonstration of quiet, exhau...