[1] Prevost Car in 1924 by Eugène Prévost (1898–1965), a cabinet maker specializing in church pews and school furniture, who in 1924 was asked to build a custom bus body for a new REO truck chassis.

In 1969, two American businessmen formed a partnership with André Normand, then President of Prevost, to become the company's owners.

[citation needed] For the 2008 model year, Prevost introduced the Volvo D13 engine from their parent company as a replacement for the then-current Detroit Diesel Series 60 offering.

Previously, 20 transit-style buses in the LeMirage predecessor model had been built for GO Transit in the late 1990s.

As of June 2019, Prevost operates 15 parts and service centers in North America, nine of them in the United States.