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Sonia sticks to heavies but back pedals on auto boxes
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WII Scania be dipping its toe in the lightweight sector under 16 tonnes?
Not a chance, says CEO Leif Ostling. Brian Weatherley reports.
SWEDISH TRUCK giant Scania has reiterated that it will not build trucks under 16 tonnes, despite the growth of this sector.
Speaking at Scania's recent Safety Conference in Brussels, Scania CEO Leif ()siting says that although typical cargo weights are dropping. the firm will not dip below its current starting weidit.
Scania has looked at building a 7.5-tonner more than once, but has rejected the move. In any case, ostling says its recent market surge has come in the 35-tonneplus sector:''It's at the real 'heavy' end of the business and it's expanding. The 17-19-tonne market is very constrained, but it's worthwhile for us because we have a modular truck concept. Even though we don't have the kind of profit with it that we have with heavies we can still justify it."
Ostling hit out at light CV operators who exceed speed limits and overload their vehicles; he called for tougher enforcement.
His much-publicised dislike of two-pedal auto transmissions appears tube softening. Speaking exclusively to CM, he agreed that while Scania "will always keep the clutch" on its Opticruise automated box as "it offers better control when reversing and manoeuvring... the day will come when we will not have one— but it will be as an option..."
So a future Scania heavy truck transmission line-up could include manual and two and three-pedal auto options based on the Opticruise system.
• See next week for the full interview with Leif Ostling.