The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus

Bus

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 and coach

Coach (vehicle)

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 chassis built by Volvo

Volvo Buses

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 between 1978 and 2001. It was built as the successor of the B58

Volvo B58

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 and was equipped with a 9.6-litre horizontally-mounted Volvo THD100/THD101/THD102/THD103/THD104/DH10A diesel engine

Diesel engine

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 mounted under the floor, near the middle of the chassis, slightly toward the front. An articulated

Articulated bus

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 version under the model name Volvo B10MA was also offered.

A large portion of B10M chassis were built in Sweden

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, but some were built (and bodied) in other countries such as the United Kingdom

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, Australia

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, Brazil

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, China

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 and the United States

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 (Chesapeake, Virginia

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).

The B10M was one of the best-selling PSV chassis in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 throughout the 1980s and 1990s.