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Volvo B7L
Low-floor rear-engined bus chassis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Volvo B7L is a fully low floor single-decker bus, double-decker bus and articulated bus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang. It was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L, and the Volvo Olympian, used as both a single-decker bus and a double-decker bus chassis largely in Continental Europe. The Volvo B7L was superseded by the Volvo B9L in 2006.
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Volvo B7L | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Volvo |
Production | 1998–2006 |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Bus chassis |
Body style | Single-decker bus Single-decker articulated bus Double-decker bus |
Doors | 1 door, 2 doors, 3 doors or 4 doors |
Floor type | Low floor |
Chassis | Volvo |
Related | Volvo B7R |
Powertrain | |
Engine | Volvo D7C |
Transmission | Voith DIWA864.3E/ ZF Ecomat 5HP502 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 12.0 m (39 ft 4 in), 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) and 18.0 m (59 ft 1 in) |
Width | 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in) |
Height | 3.0–4.4 m (9 ft 10 in – 14 ft 5 in) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Volvo B10L |
Successor | Volvo B9L |
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