TeamsterGrrrl Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Would you buy a new Scania truck in North America if they were available?Wouldn't be cheap, but would options like V8s to 730 horsepower, twin steering axles, a single drive tandem that really works and a cabover configuration tempt you? Would the lack of a conventional cab be a deal killer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 price is always gunna be a killer but they seam to sell out here ok and the older ones had a reputation like a Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Just need the 730 hp V-8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel67 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Yes I would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I would, if the price wasn't absurd. Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I would, if the price wasn't absurd.it will be......they are a "premium" truck in the euro market..... however, I wonder if the new owner would assemble them in the US with the significantly lower labour cost?? hmmmBC Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 They have factories in Brazil and Argentina but don't know if they build class 8 units there. Since VW owns just under half of Scania maybe V Dubs factories in Mexico or a new one in the U.S. for a dual line production. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY-B61 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sure, if they were competitively priced and manufactured or assembled in the United States. Will the premium price a buyer pays for this latest, greatest, newest import - even with its twin steering axles and a big engine - cost the owner more or less over the service life of the truck? Will replacement parts be manufactured in the United States? What percentage of the truck's initial price, and the costs associated with it's replacement parts manufacturing, will stay in the United States over the next 3 - 7 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 They have factories in Brazil and Argentina but don't know if they build class 8 units there. Since VW owns just under half of Scania maybe V Dubs factories in Mexico or a new one in the U.S. for a dual line production.HQ, R&D, truck and bus chassis assembly, engine and other component productionSödertälje, SwedenTruck assemblyZwolle, The NetherlandsAngers, FranceSao Paulo, BrazilTruck and Bus assemblyKolar, IndiaCab productionOskarshamn, SwedenCab and chassis componentsMeppel, The NetherlandsTransmissions and rear drive axlesTucuman, ArgentinaFrames and rear drive axlesLulea, SwedenBus body productionLahti, FinlandSlupsk, Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Do owners of new Scania's in the EU have the troubles with new trucks the way we do? Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Do owners of new Scania's in the EU have the troubles with new trucks the way we do?The short answer is that Scania has earned global respect around the world (not just the EU), because it is successfully brings a lower total cost-of-ownership o the customer.Scania believes in life-time relationships, a partnership between Scania and the customer.Once you have the opportunity to drive a Scania...........you'll understand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I've heard horror stories about prices of spare parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I've heard horror stories about prices of spare parts.That's an Australia problem that troubles me. Prices are FAR to high there.The Sony flat screen TV that Americans can buy all day long for US$600-$700 costs more than double down under. The high price of......everything......is unfair to Australians. And this is of course is the main reason that Australia's car industry is shutting down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Back in the day, Volvo built cars like Scania apparently builds trucks. You'd think Volvo trucks would be as good.... Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I would love to buy a Renault Magnum. Just for the hell of it. Robert Transport has the 2 Volvo FH cabovers running up here still. They have been doing well. Just the 24V system hasn't been a big issue. They just installed converters from 24-12 just for hooking to trailers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I would love to buy a Renault Magnum. Just for the hell of it. Robert Transport has the 2 Volvo FH cabovers running up here still. They have been doing well. Just the 24V system hasn't been a big issue. They just installed converters from 24-12 just for hooking to trailers.Westport Canada have a newish Volvo FH under test in BC... it's a gas conversion of a 12lt engine I'm told on a two axle tractor and has been noted by other drivers to run out of steam very quickly when heading east past Hope BC (the Rockies)... LNG the BC dream..!!! only in Canada Eh.!!BC Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 These Volvo test trucks are I shift with D13 power 435hp. The drivers love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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