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Volvo B12M

Bus Discontinued

1 production run · 2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Volvo B12M on record.

Netherlands
2003–2007
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2001–2023
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 30% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands New Zealand Norway

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history

1 production run · 2 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/bus/volvo/b12m/full

Registration history

2003: 1 vehicle 2004: 2 vehicles 2 2005: 1 vehicle 2006: 2 vehicles 2007: 2 vehicles 2003 2007
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2001: 3 vehicles 2002: 6 vehicles 2003: 6 vehicles 2005: 5 vehicles 2007: 3 vehicles 2009: 1 vehicle 2010: 2 vehicles 2011: 2 vehicles 2013: 3 vehicles 2014: 6 vehicles 2015: 7 vehicles 2016: 13 vehicles 2017: 10 vehicles 2018: 3 vehicles 2019: 7 vehicles 2020: 15 vehicles 15 2021: 2 vehicles 2023: 3 vehicles 2001 2023
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
2003 1
2004 2
2005 1
2006 2
2007 2
Finland
2001 3
2002 6
2003 6
2005 5
2007 3
2009 1
2010 2
2011 2
2013 3
2014 6
2015 7
2016 13
2017 10
2018 3
2019 7
2020 15
2021 2
2023 3

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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  "name": "B12M",
  "make": {
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    "name": "Volvo"
  },
  "kind": "bus",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "fi",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": "discontinued",
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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