After 20 years of thriving in India Volvo has just launched its next-generation luxury bus Vovo 9600. This bus is designed to provide premium comfort and luxury inside out. It has distinctive V-shaped headlights enhancing the exterior while the inside gets luxurious touch with the theatre floor and the spacious berths in the sleeper coach for maximum comfort during the journey. Which are factory-built sleeper and seater coaches in 15 m 6×2; and 13.5 m 4×2 configurations. the coaches on the Volvo 9600 platform will be built at the state-of-the-art Hosakote plant, which is producing fully built Volvo premium buses since 2008.
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Build with holistic design philosophy, the distinctive personality of the new Volvo 9600 comes from a comfort coach and a neatly designed interior. The exterior of Volvo 9600 provides undisturbed flow with a minimum of turbulence, reduced noise, increased stability, and a fuel-saving reduction in air resistance. The curved dashboard provides clearly visible in the driverʼs workplace. Offering a passenger capacity of 55 seater couch is 15 m long and has 40 berths. The seater and sleeper applications have 15.1 cu.m and 9.2 cu.m of luggage space respectively. While the 13.5m coach seats can take up to 47 passengers with 36 berths sleeper variant. Luggage space for the seater and sleeper variants are 13.6 cu.m and 8.1 cu.m respectively.
Volvo 9600 gets the power from a powerful and fuel-efficient Volvo D8K (8-litre) engine, which belts out 350 hp at 2200 rpm and 1350 nm of torque at 1200-1600 rpm. The fuel-efficient engine is built to minimize TCO and maximize uptime for bus operators. The Volvo 9600 comes with an I-Shift automated manual gearbox, electronic braking system (EBS) Hill-start aid, and Electronic Stability Program (ESP) systems.
Vinod Aggarwal, MD & CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles, commented, “The goal of our bus division at VECV is to shape the future of the Indian bus industry and to transform public mobility. I am proud to present the Volvo 9600 which takes the next step in luxury, comfort, and safety – values that all of us associate with Volvo Buses.”
Akash Passey, President, Bus Division, VECV, said, “The Volvo 9600 platform merges award-winning bus design, technology, and manufacturing processes with our successful ‘Make-In-India’ journey. As the bus industry recovers from a very tough period, Bus Operators continue to count on us to deliver solutions that address the aspirations of inter-city passengers for safe, luxurious, and globally contemporary coaches.