Scania R Series Truck News ( 25)

This year, the Euro NCAP safety assessment featured truck tests for the first time, after many years of focusing on passenger cars. Matthew Avery, Euro NCAP’s Director of Strategic Development, helps guide us through Scania trucks’ ratings. In its safety assessments, Euro NCAP gave Scania’s G-series cab a four-star rating and the City Safety Award…

Here’s the truck that every owner driver would dream about. A Scania R520 with an impressive but subtle paint job and all the goodies fitted including a coffee machine, fridge, microwave and the all important air horns. The most important part is that despite its reasonable sensible 520hp it is using Scania’s legendary V8 engine.The…

You wouldn’t think that a truck that looks that clean and modern could be around seven years old. Well, the Scania R450 Topline 6×2 tractor unit is a 2017 model and is heading for Protruck’s big Harrogate drive through sale on the 4th October at 10am. See all the details on page 19 of this…

Well, you don’t get many of these to the pound. We are calling this a V8 Scania R580 ‘Longline’. It’s a 2015 model and, whilst the interior of the sleeper section is enormous, an estate agent might refer to it as a ‘doer upper’ where the owner can leave their own mark. What a striking…

Now here’s a flexible workhorse – a Euro 6, 32 tonne 8×2 rear lift & steer Scania R490 complete with a matching tri axle drawbar trailer. The 2016 truck is fitted with an impressive rear-mounted Fassi F660 crane with 4 extensions with a full remote and stabilisers front an rear.With twistlocks fitted to the truck…

A great workhorse on this week’s front cover – a Euro 6 2015 model Scania R450 8×2 32 tonne cheesewedge beavertail with a front-mounted Fassi F485X crane with 5 extensions. This smart looking vehicle comes with a sleeper cab and camera with a winch to assist loading. It is available alongside a similar spec R490…

This question is so complicated and operational and geographical factors will always influence fuel economy but the clever people at a couple of German truck magazines believe that they have the most comprehensive test around. The ‘Green Truck comparison test’ has been running fourteen years now and applies a clever formula that covers all the…

This is becoming a Scania-Fest – this is the third week in a row that we have been able to feature the most desirable trucks in the roads – Scania V8 power! This time we have a 2021 model Scania R580 6×2 midlift. It’s got all the bells and whistles including Kelsa bars, leather interior,…

The second V8 Scania in a row to grace the front cover of Truckpages Magazine. This week it is a Heavy Haulage 2018 R-Series cab – a 72 tonne GTW R580 Topline that is heading through the dedicated unreserved Vaughan Plant Haulage sale operated by CVA on Saturday 23rd March in Dehnam, Uxbridge. The truck…

Recent news from Volvo that they have released the details of their latest FH16 has led us to delve into the question of who makes the most powerful truck available today. It’s important to stress that it is easy to make a truly powerful truck; you only need to look at the race trucks and…

This modern-looking line up on this week’s front cover comes courtesy of Malcolm Harrison who is due to auction over 40 Scania and Volvo tractor units in the forthcoming Lomas Distribution fleet renewal auction on Saturday 18th November, starting at 9am. These late Scania tractor units are R500 and 500S models and are joined by…

Scania first presented its next level of battery-electric zero-emission regional trucks in June 2022 and has built up a solid order book. Production will now commence in Södertälje, Sweden, for trucks with R and S cabs with 400 or 450 kW of engine power, sufficient for a broad variety of truck applications. With updated urban…

According to a comparison test: Scania R420 Super A Scania 420 R tractor with the Super-based powertrain introduced in 2021 won the fuel part of a German comparison test for long-haul trucks, the European Truck Challenge. The Scania Super was 4.9% more fuel-efficient than the first runner-up. However, when the Adblue consumption costs are factored…

This week sees a truck heading through Malcom Harrison’s sale on 2nd September. An impressive looking 2007 Scania R620 Topline V8 with a ‘V8’ number plate. Fully loaded, the 6×2 rear lift truck has all the lights, bars, bells and whistles. If it is a Scania V8 for sale you are looking for there is…

44 Tonne Long Haul Tractor Units With tractor units, there is no ‘one size fits all’ so we would need to look at the categories of operations that a tractor unit might be used for. We should also consider the best ‘new’ tractor unit and the best ‘used’. For example, there are hardly any DAF…

Scania is now introducing solutions built upon the next level of battery-electric trucks (BEV). The new generation, available with R or S sleeper cabs, is part of a complete solution that will open the door to electrified transport wide for many customers and applications. With 624 kWh of batteries installed, Scania provides the means for…

Nigel Clegg, the man responsible for the transport and logistics activities of one of Cumbria’s leading plant hire, transport and recycled aggregates and demolition contracting specialists, Metcalfe Plant Hire Limited tells us why his company continues to select Scania vehicles as its preferred fleet choice, which Metcalfe Plant Hire has now been doing for more…

Scania’s new drivetrain won a key comparison victory in the most famous comparison test of them all, Germany’s ‘1000 Punkte’. Just two months after its launch, the Scania Super has already won its first comparative test. The new Super-based powertrain was decisive for Scania’s fourth victory in a row in Germany’s renowned ‘1000 Punkte’ (1000…

As recently as 2018 Shayn Winsor, owner and Managing Director of Wymondham-based plant and equipment mover, Valley Services, attended an industry event with a number of local hauliers.  At the time, there were no Scania trucks at all in Shayn’s fleet.  A conversation with a fellow operator who had just purchased two would change all…

At the recent December auction Brian Doogue Haulage Ltd disposed of its entire UK fleet of trucks and cranes to Euro Auctions at the Leeds sale between 1st and 3rd December 2021 The decision to dispose of the fleet was made following the closure of the M1 Smart Motorway project, which Brian Doogue had been…