Chassis[edit]
Codes in parentheses are VIN codes for the chassis models.
Historical[edit]
1930/40s: B10, B12
1950s: B627
1950s-1960s: B615/B616/B617
1950s-1960s: B635/B638
1950s-1960s: B705
1950s-1960s: B725/B727
1951-1963: B655 (mid-engine)/B656/B657/B658
1960s: B715
1963-1965: B755
1960s-1980s: B57 & BB57
1965-1982: B58
1966-1971: B54
1970-1980: B59
1973-1985: Ailsa B55
1978-2001: B10M/B10MA/B10MD (1M) – the double deck city bus version B10MD, built from 1982 to 1993, was also known as Citybus
1983–1996? B9M (9M) – low-budget version of the B10M
1988–1991 B10C (1C) – special Australian coach version of the B10M
1978-1991: B10R (1R)
1978-1987?: B6F/B6FA (6A)
198?-198?: B6M (6M) – for Asia Pacific
1990-2002: B10B (R1)
1991-2011: B12 (R2) – known as B12R, later B380R/B420R in Brazil
1991-1998: B6/B6LE (R3)
1992-2000: Olympian (YN) – modified from Leyland Olympian
1992-2004: B10BLE (R4)
1993-2000s: B10L/B10LA (R5)
1997-2006?: B7L/B7LA (R7)
1998-2002: B6BLE (R3)
1997-2011: B12B (R8)
2001-2011: B12BLE/B12BLEA (R8) – articulated version was introduced in 2005
1998-2004: Super Olympian (S1) – also known as B10TL
1999-2006: B7TL (S2)
2000-2003: B10R (S3) – for Brazil
2010?-2013: B9RLE (S5)
Current[edit]
1997-: B7R (R6) – known as B290R in Brazil since 2011
2001-: B7RLE (R6) – low-entry version of the B7R
1999-: B12M/B12MA (R9) – known as B340M in Brazil since 2011 (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
2002-: B9TL (S4) – low-floor double-decker, once known as Olympian in Volvo official website
2003-: B9R (S5) – known as B340R/B380R in Brazil 2011–2012
2002-: B9S (S6) – bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006, known as B360S in Brazil since 2011
2005-: B9L/B9LA (S7) – low-floor
2008-: B5LH (T1) – low-floor hybrid-electric bus
2009-: BXXR (T2)
2009-: B13R – 12.8-litre engine
2011-: B270F (T5) – front-engined
2012-: B5TL (T9) – low-floor double-decker
2012-: B5RH/B5RLEH (T8) – step-entrance/low-entry hybrid-electric bus, known as B215RH/B215LH in Brazil
2013-: B8R (T7)
2013-: B8RLE/B8RLEA (T7) – low-entry version of the B8R
2016-: B8L – low-floor double-decker
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