Volvo Buses has manufactured its 5.000th bus at the plant in Wroclaw, Poland. The bus, a Volvo
8700 LE, was handed over to the German customer KVG Stade at a ceremony at the factory. 

Volvo Buses started manufacturing in Wroclaw in 1995, which is currently its main plant for the production of complete buses in Europe. The plant manufactures most of the models in Volvo Buses'  range of city and intercity buses and coaches.

Among the models built are the Volvo 9700 coach and the Volvo 7700 Hybrid, which recently received considerable attention during its official launch, a few months ago.

The 5.000th bus from the plant is a Volvo 8700 LE, a triple-axle, 14.5-meter long intercity bus with low entry. The bus is equipped with Volvo's fuel-efficient 12-liter engine in Euro IV format. The interior is spacious and functional, and the bus has 57 seats.

The jubilee bus was ordered by KVG Stade from the city of Stade in northern Germany, near Hamburg. KVG operates in both city and intercity traffic and already has 29 Volvo buses in its fleet. The new Volvo 8700 LE will be used for traffic between Stade and surrounding cities.