The Volvo B7L was a full low floor city bus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang, it was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L. It was used as both a single and double-decker chassis largely in Continental Europe. The B7L was also available as a complete Volvo bus - the Volvo 5000 (later renumbered 7500, with aluminium structure) and Volvo 7000 (later renumbered 7700, with stainless steel structure). The Volvo B7L was superseded by the Volvo B9L in 2006.