The Volvo B12B was a rear-engined

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and intercity bus 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 is built as a direct replacement of Volvo B12 in the European market and the

Volvo B10B The Volvo B10B was a rear-engined step deck single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo between 1992 and 2001. The first prototype were built in 1990, but the B10B wasn't launched until the 1992 Geneva Motor Show. It superseded the Leyland ...

. The B12B could be fitted with Volvo DH12C (later DH12D and DH12E) 6-cylinder 12-litre engine, coupled to a Volvo-automated, ZF automatic, or later, Volvo I-Shift transmission. Volvo also developed a low-entry variant of B12B, known as the

Volvo B12BLE The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with a rear-mounted transverse engine. It superseded the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single-decker buses in Europe and Australia. The B12BLE features t ...

, for intercity and city operations. The Volvo B12B has been superseded by the

Volvo B13R Volvo B13R is a 12.8-litre engined coach chassis available as both two- and tri-axle from Volvo since 2009. It was the first of the Volvo BXXR series, replacing the higher output configurations of the B12B. It was later joined by the B11R, which ...

with a 13-litre engine. Solar Bus 926-FM at Solar Bus Taipei Terminal 20180929

External links

Product description in Volvo website

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{{Volvo Buses B12B Bus chassis Coaches (bus) Double-decker buses

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