- Volvo Olympian
:"For Volvo's low floor double-decker also known as Volvo Olympian, see
Volvo B9TL ."The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine
double decker bus built by Volvo inIrvine, Scotland ,United Kingdom . It was first built in 1992 and replaced theLeyland Olympian and the Volvo Citybus.The design was based on its predecessor
Leyland Olympian , but the chassis had been modified and more Volvo parts were used. It could be fitted withCummins L10 or Volvo TD102KF engine (later Volvo D10AEuro II engine became the standard), coupled to Voith or ZF gearbox. It was available with Alexander R-type,Northern Counties Palatine andEast Lancs E Type /Pyoneer bodywork.The Volvo Olympian remained as popular as the Leyland Olympian in the
United Kingdom and Ireland. Also, a large number of Olympians had been exported toHong Kong andSingapore ; most of them wereair-conditioned .Production of Volvo Olympian ended in 2000. It had two
low-floor successors: the 2-axleVolvo B7TL and the 3-axleVolvo Super Olympian .
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