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The Volvo 7000, later Volvo 7700, was a low-floor single-deck city/intercity bus built by Volvo between 1999 and 2012. It was generally available as 12-metre and 18-metre on both diesel and CNG, and from 2010 as a 12-metre hybrid. A trolleybus version has also been built. ==History== The model was developed in Finland under the name Carrus K206, but when presented in late 1998 together with the Säffle-built ''Volvo 5000'' it became known as the Volvo 7000.〔(New low-floor city buses, complete - from Volvo ) ''Volvo Buses'' 1 September 1998〕 In addition to the 12-metre being built on B7L, it was also available as the 18-metre articulated Volvo 7000A built on B7LA. CNG versions were built on B10L/B10LA. Standard 12- and 18-metre versions were manufactured at the plant in Wrocław, Poland. In Vantaa, Finland (''Carrus Oy Wiima'') the 12-metre version was built, in addition to some customized lengths. Turku received some short 11-metre ones, while Helsinki received some longer ones at 12.89 metres. Production in Vantaa ceased when the plant was closed down in 2001. By this time only 43 7000s had been delivered to customers in Finland, in addition to a handful of demonstrators for various countries. During 2003 the model was renamed to Volvo 7700 and Volvo 7700A, to better fit with the other model names introduced since 2001, like the 8700 and the 9700. No other changes than the name is known to have been done to the model that year. In 2006 it was upgraded with the B9L and B9LA chassis, and at the same time got a facelift. The front was changed with a "grille" and new headlights, and the rear end got a "lump" at the top and new taillights. The rest of the exterior was more or less unchanged. In 2008 the first prototypes for a hybrid electric bus named Volvo 7700 Hybrid were built on the B5LH chassis. Serial production started in 2010. Volvo's Hungarian subsidiary ''Alfa Busz Kft'' in Székesfehérvár manufactured a batch of 102 Volvo 7700 in 2009, which were named Alfa Cívis 12. There were two prototypes and then 100 buses for public operator DKV in Debrecen. These also differ from othe B9L-based 7700s in that they have the old front. In addition a batch of 40 Volvo 7700A were delivered to DKV the same year, being specially adapted, they were rebranded as Alfa Cívis 18.〔(About us - Present ) ''DKV'' (Visited 11 February 2015)〕 7700's successor, the Volvo 7900, was introduced in 2011, and the last 7700s were built in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volvo 7700」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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