The Volvo B9R is a rear-engined
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
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chassis built by
Volvo
The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...
. It can be built with bodies up to long and a maximum gross weight of .
The B9R is equipped with a rear-mounted Volvo 9.0-litre 6-cylinder
diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...
under the floor, producing and torque of .
The
Plaxton Panther
The Plaxton Paragon and Plaxton Panther are closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, since 1999,Millar, Alan (2007) ''Bus & Coach Recognition'' : Ian Allan Ltd., and still in producti ...
is built on the B9R chassis and provides 53 seats. The
Sunsundegui
Sunsundegui is a bus and coach manufacturer based in Alsasua, Spain.
History
The company namesake is businessman JosĂ© Sunsundegui, who founded the company in the Basque Country town of IrĂșn in 1944. Sunsundegui initially started out as a ...
bodywork provides a 55-seat arrangement.
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See also
* List of buses
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References
External links
Volvo Buses B9R official website
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