Marcopolo – Generation 8
Congratulations to our parent company Marcopolo who yesterday unveiled their new ‘Generation 8 series’ of buses. The new line of [...]
VIDEO REVIEW – MARCOPOLO AUDACE TEST DRIVE
ABC magazine recently took the new Marcopolo Audace 1050 for a test drive. Available now to order, with either 53-reclining [...]
Volgren hands over bus 882 from 12-year supply agreement with Brisbane City Council
Last week, Volgren delivered the final bus of an agreement with Brisbane City Council that has lasted 12 years and [...]
The muso who became a Volgren lynchpin
After John Pettit left school he undertook an apprenticeship as a painter decorator, but spent little time over the next [...]
The value of quality after sales and smash repairs
The Australian bus industry has much to be proud of when it comes to the quality of its products. Australian-built [...]
New head of engineering at Volgren
Volgren has promoted Brenton McCallum to Engineering Manager after Joaquim Gomes went back to Brazil to take up a new [...]
Marcopolo launches new Audace
Marcopolo is set to launch the new Audace 1050 in Australia aimed at the school, charter and long distance coach [...]
Ventura Bus Lines takes delivery of two Volgren-bodied Scania Hybrids
Melbourne-based Ventura Bus Lines today took delivery of the first two Scania Hybrid Euro 6 route buses fitted with locally-built [...]
First Panel 3-compliant buses about to hit the streets of the Illawarra
The very first Transport for New South Wales Panel 3-compliant buses will take to the road this year. They will [...]
Adult apprentices take their opportunities with Volgren
Ten years ago Paul Timu was working in construction when the industry hit a flat spot. He knew he needed [...]
From design graduate to engineering leader
Nick Carnie’s Volgren story begins not on an assembly line or in a meeting with an engineer but at a [...]
The huge career shift that uncovered a sales superstar Jim Pittas’s Volgren story
Before he began his career at Volgren, Jim Pittas was a market gardener. Today, you’ll still find him every Saturday [...]