Prin lansarea în Europa a excavatoarelor pe senile EC380D si EC480D Stage IIIB, Volvo a intrat într-o noua era a utilajelor cu productivitate mare si emisii reduse.
Prin utilajele ce apartin noii generatii de excavatoare seria D, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) ofera clientilor europeni doua modele
ITM C0105100M00, RICHIER 484404844, RICHIER 484404845, CASE S239440, RICHIER 308512534, POCLAIN-CASE POCLAIN ZKI842332, HANOMAG 395938788, Rola de sustinere, CATERPILLAR 5K6537, BERCO CR2189, LARSEN & TOUBRO L20342314, POCLAIN-CASE POCLAIN D0842332, CATERPILLAR 8S0465, BENATI 2106001, CATERPILLAR 4K3985, J.S.W. 35000000, CATERPILLAR 9S3570, LIEBHERR 5601351, LIEBHERR 5003858, JOHN DEERE AT174847, ATLAS-TEREX 1365693, 1902ELC, LIEBHERR 5000952, HANOMAG 2905242M, CATERPILLAR 5Y1130, RICHIER 308562502, FAI 820210010, MENCK 521K10120, CATERPILLAR 5A8374, Excavator, BANTAM-KOEHRING 3018.56492, PMI 960282, CATERPILLAR 5M8631, HYMAC 4467005, HANOMAG 2905242M91, ATLAS-TEREX, POCLAIN-CASE POCLAIN P0042379, LARSEN & TOUBRO E10042379, LANDINI MASSEY FERGUSON 1430324M91, LIEBHERR 5004451, LIEBHERR 5604451, BERCO CR2881, BERCO CR2881B, VPI VCR2881V, DROTT S239440, RICHIER 404309641, BENATI 2106142
In timp ce modelele standard ale Seriei 3 beneficiază de o transmisie hidrostatică cu două viteze, care permite utilajelor să se deplaseze cu viteze cuprinse între 0-20 km/h, noul 121E HTS, împreună cu alte două modele mai mari, utilizează o unitate hidrostatică cu două trepte în combinaţie
1902ELC, HYMAC 4467005, FAI 820210010, CASE S239440, ITM C0105100M00, VPI VCR2881V, CATERPILLAR 5K6537, LARSEN & TOUBRO L20342314, LIEBHERR 5604451, CATERPILLAR 5Y1130, BERCO CR2189, JOHN DEERE AT174847, CATERPILLAR 4K3985, LIEBHERR 5004451, HANOMAG 2905242M, RICHIER 308562502, RICHIER 484404845, POCLAIN-CASE POCLAIN P0042379, CATERPILLAR 5A8374, BENATI 2106001, LIEBHERR 5601351, DROTT S239440, CATERPILLAR 8S0465, LANDINI MASSEY FERGUSON 1430324M91, POCLAIN-CASE POCLAIN ZKI842332, MENCK 521K10120, ATLAS-TEREX 1365693, LARSEN & TOUBRO E10042379, BENATI 2106142, BERCO CR2881B, BERCO CR2881, RICHIER 404309641, HANOMAG 2905242M91, ATLAS-TEREX, RICHIER 484404844, LIEBHERR 5000952, RICHIER 308512534, Excavator, LIEBHERR 5003858, J.S.W. 35000000, POCLAIN-CASE POCLAIN D0842332, Rola de sustinere, BANTAM-KOEHRING 3018.56492, PMI 960282, CATERPILLAR 9S3570, CATERPILLAR 5M8631, HANOMAG 395938788