Scania launch date announced

Scania Australia has revealed that its New Generation truck will be launched in 2018

Scania Australia announced today (Dec 1) that it will launch, and commence sales of its New Truck Generation during 2018.

The company said there will be a launch preview event in March, followed by the start of sales with the first of the new vehicles due to arrive in Australia in the second half of 2018.

“We are delighted to announce that the 2017 International Truck of the Year, the New Truck Generation Scania, will begin to arrive in Australia during 2018,” said Scania Australia’s Director of Sales, Martin Toomey.

“The new vehicles feature an all new cab, significantly revised engines and gearboxes, as well as improved aerodynamics all of which add up to a five per cent reduction in fuel use, providing operators with significant reductions in running costs, especially in long haul applications.

“We have been evaluating a number of the six-cylinder and V8 models
in Australia this year, and they have exceeded our expectations in every way,” Martin said.

“These vehicles are now on-test with selected operators, undertaking real-world driving duties in a range of applications across the country,” he said.

Globally, Scania’s NTG pre-production test vehicles covered more than 12.5 million km in all terrain and all climatic conditions prior to the European launch, coping with the frozen Artic Circle in the depths of the northern winter and the blistering dry heat of the mountains of southern Spain.

“The New Truck Generation arrives as Scania’s market momentum is reaching an all-time high, with record numbers of deliveries of the existing P, G and R-series trucks here, as operators are drawn by Scania’s incredible reliability, durability, operating economy and of course, driver comfort and safety.

“As the need to retain quality drivers becomes ever-more pressing, both the existing range and New Truck Generation Scania will help operators hold on to their best drivers, and also attract the cream of the crop,” Martin said.

We will bring more details as they come to hand.

Scania launch date announced

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