Scania AB
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A vintage Scania truck (L80 successor to the Scania-Vabis L56) |
Scania AB is a leading
European manufacturer of heavy
trucks (
British English: lorries),
buses, and
diesel engines, based in
Södertälje,
Sweden.
The company was founded in 1900 as
Maskinfabriks AB Scania in the town of
Malmö in southern Sweden. Scania is Latin for the province of
Skåne. In 1911 Scania merged with another automobile and truck manufacturer,
Vagnsfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje (VABIS) of
Södertälje in mid-east Sweden, to form AB
Scania-Vabis. After the
Second World War, Scania-Vabis imported
Volkswagen cars, under the banner of "Svenska Volkswagen AB". In 1969 Scania-Vabis merged with
SAAB, to form
Saab-Scania AB. At this time, the Volkswagen subsidiary was renamed "V.A.G. Sverige AB".
When the SAAB-SCANIA corporation was split in 1995 the name of the truck and bus division changed to Scania AB.
In 1999,
Volvo attempted to buy Scania using some of the cash received from the Ford buyout of the Volvo car brand, however the
European Union blocked this as the merged corporation would have had a virtual monopoly on heavy trucks in northern Europe. As of June 30, 2006, the largest shareholder in Scania AB was the German automaker
Volkswagen AG, owning 16.5% of the capital and 27.4% of the voting stock.
Scania produces only heavy trucks (i.e. over 16 metric tonnes or Class 8 in the US) and heavy buses (over 12 tonnes), and is the world's third largest
make in these two segments.
Scania exports its trucks and buses to over 70 countries. They are regarded as more high tech than others in their class. Scania places great emphasis on technology, fuel efficiency and low emission.
Scania-Vabis and later Scania also manufactured trucks outside Sweden, in
Argentina,
Botswana,
Brazil,
Korea,
Tanzania,
The Netherlands,
Zimbabwe and (temporarily) in the
USA.
Many examples of Scania, Vabis and Scania-Vabis commercial and military vehicles can be seen at the
Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (the Scania Museum) in Södertälje.
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Scania T113H. The production of the bonneted T-models ended in October 2005. [1] CurrentBuses
* F94HA/HB/IB
* K94EB/IB/UB
* K114EB/IB
* K124EB/IB
* L94IB/UA/UB
* N94UA/UB (N94UB was sold as OmniTown in UK)
* OmniDekka (N94UD) - Double-deck citybus
* OmniLine (IL94IB) - Intercity bus
* OmniLink (CL94UA/CL94UB) - Rear inclined-engined citybus
* OmniCity (CN94UA/CN94UB) - Transverse-engined citybus
* OmniCity (N94UD) - Transverse-engined double-deck citybus
* K-series - New bus and coach range with Euro 4 engines
* N-series - New bus range with Euro 4 engines
* OmniLink (CK-series) - Rear-engined citybus
Trucks/Special vehicles
* P-series
* R-seriesHistoricalBuses
* BF80 series
* BF110/CF110 series
* BR110/CR110 series
* BF111 series
* BR111/CR111 series (BR111DH was built as Metropolitan in UK)
* BR112/CR112 series
* BR85/CR85 series
* BR145/CR145 series
* BF86 series
* BR86 series
* BR116 series
* F82 series
* K82 series
* S82 series
* K92 series
* F112 series
* K112 series
* N112 series
* S112 series
* F93 series
* K93 series
* F113 series
* K113 series
* L113 series
* N113 series
* S113 series
Trucks/Special vehicles
* L series
* LB series
* G93/G113
* P93/P113
* R93/R113/R143
* T93/T113/T143
* P94/P114/P124
* R94/R114/R124/R144/R164
* T114/T124/T144/T164
* T-series - successor of 4-series T-models* Investor AB - Scania's main shareholder
* Ainax holding company created after an attempted acquisition of Scania by Volvo
* Saab AB
* Scania corporate site
* Yahoo! - Scania AB Company Profile
* Scania Museum at Södertälje
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