A thing never seen.

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 04/12/2018 at 12:40 • Filed to: SCANIA, TRUCKS

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This is an American-market Scania 112M T. While Scania is one of the biggest, and most iconic truck manufacturers in Europe, you’d be very hard pressed to find an American-market one, but they do exist!

They were only ever sold in the Northeastern US as far as I can tell, supposedly because of the types of loads in the Northeast which were better suited to European-style trucks.

The T wasn’t the only bodystyle, you could also have a cabover. Scania’s days in North America were ended in the late 80s/early 90s as far as I can tell, and they haven’t been back since. Although, with the success of their other Swedish truck-making counterpart, Volvo, in North America, and since they’re now under VW ownership, Scania may one day return to North America. Possibly on a larger scale this time.

Their new trucks are incredibly nice, especially on the inside. Although I’m not too amused hat VW’s obsession with putting flat-bottomed steering wheels in everything has now transferred to their truck-making operation as well.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/12/2018 at 12:52

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The trick is going to be complying with US emissions which are among the most stringent in the world.

Milky > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/12/2018 at 12:56

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We know VAG has a problem with that.

jimz > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/12/2018 at 12:57

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Euro 6 is close enough where they likely already have the systems necessary (cooled EGR, DOC, SCR, DPF) but they would possibly have to up-size some of the components.

Mercedes Streeter > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/12/2018 at 13:08

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IIRC, aren’t trucks older than like 2005 exempt from the emissions that newer trucks have to have (like DEF)?

duurtlang > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/12/2018 at 13:17

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I’ve read somewhere that those trucks are actually cleaner irl than certain diesel cars from only a few years ago. Mostly because the trucks have to adhere to the standards in real life, while the passenger cars only had a very easy to beat and very unrealistic lab test to comply with. The standards themselves aren’t all that different between the US and the EU, it was the EU testing that screwed up.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/12/2018 at 15:14

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TIL

just-a-scratch > Mercedes Streeter 04/12/2018 at 15:21

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Yes. In 2007 heavy duty/commercial vehicles were required to meet stringent particulate limits. In 2010 on highway diesel emissions tightened up further, especially with respect to NOx.

Cé hé sin > not for canada - australian in disguise 04/13/2018 at 05:41

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Note the number of pedals in the bottom picture, because Opticruise automated manual.

Scania used to make front engined trucks until 2005 when lack of demand led to them giving up.