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The Volvo B6 is a midibus
Midibus

A midibus is a classification of single decker buses which are identified as neither being minibuses or bus, and can be anywhere between 8m and 11m long....
 manufactured by Volvo
Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.It is the world's second largest bus manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation....
 between c. 1991 and 1998. Its low-floor variant, the Volvo B6LE, was first built in 1994.

The Volvo B6/B6LE chassis was built to compete with the Dennis Dart/Dart SLF
Dennis Dart

The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis Specialist Vehicles in the United Kingdom. It was the first successful Dennis product since the Dennis Dominator, with more than 11,000 built....
 chassis. It could be fitted with Volvo TD63E/TD63ES engine (later Volvo D6A engine). The Volvo B6 prototypes were built in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, but the production buses were built in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

It was mainly built for the UK market, but some of the buses had been exported to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, etc.

The successor of the Volvo B6/B6LE was the Volvo B6BLE.








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The Volvo B6 is a midibus
Midibus

A midibus is a classification of single decker buses which are identified as neither being minibuses or bus, and can be anywhere between 8m and 11m long....
 manufactured by Volvo
Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.It is the world's second largest bus manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation....
 between c. 1991 and 1998. Its low-floor variant, the Volvo B6LE, was first built in 1994.

The Volvo B6/B6LE chassis was built to compete with the Dennis Dart/Dart SLF
Dennis Dart

The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis Specialist Vehicles in the United Kingdom. It was the first successful Dennis product since the Dennis Dominator, with more than 11,000 built....
 chassis. It could be fitted with Volvo TD63E/TD63ES engine (later Volvo D6A engine). The Volvo B6 prototypes were built in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, but the production buses were built in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

It was mainly built for the UK market, but some of the buses had been exported to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, etc.

The successor of the Volvo B6/B6LE was the Volvo B6BLE.