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The B12 was Volvo's first large coach chassis with a vertically mounted engine, which limited the available body models that would fit. It was first fitted with the 12.0-litre TD122/TD123, which in 1995 was replaced by the 12.1-litre D12A. Because of the engine height it was probably less popular
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with a horizontally mounted engine. In 2003 the B12 was relaunched as the B12R with a newer version of the 12.1-litre engine. In 2010 it was launched in a quad-axle version for the largest double-deckers. The production ended in 2011, with the
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333:D12A420 - 309 kW (420 bhp), Euro II
330:D12A380 - 279 kW (380 bhp), Euro II
327:D12A340 - 250 kW (340 bhp), Euro II
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377:D12D420 - 309 kW (420 bhp)
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115:TD122, D12D
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147:Volvo B12R
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129:Volvo B12B
120:Chronology
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363:, 12 130
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865:Olympian
858:Olympian
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169:History
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