In the United Kingdom, the B6 competed in the midibus market with the Dennis Dart, and with the MAN 10.xxx HOCL and 12.xxx HOCL/12.xxx HOCL-NL throughout Europe.

Most B6s were built for the UK market, but 61 were exported to Hong Kong[2] and some to Australia.

The initial pre-production series of around 30 (or more) chassis were manufactured by Volvo subsidiary Steyr Bus GmbH in Vienna, Austria.

[4] In March 1993, serial production of the B6 started up at Volvo's brand new bus chassis plant in Irvine, Scotland.

For the RHD markets also the entire step-entrance B6 lineup was discontinued in 1997, while the LHD version was available until the introduction of the B6BLE in 1999.

[7] In Australia, Blue Ribbon purchased five, Southtrans four and Whyalla City Transport two.

A total of 394 B6LEs were produced for the UK between 1995 and 1999; this includes two modified vehicles used as the testbed for the then-upcoming B6BLE.