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test track in the depths of the Black Country a contender for the lucrative Tosco Fleet Contract was being put through its paces, complete with a sleeper cab (shock horror). Anyone who sells trucks will value this piece of kit as an addition to what has otherwise been a solid performing tractive unit.
Although our intrepid reporter was unable to get close enough to check the engine rating it was travelling at about 38mph so there is no reason to suspect it will be higher than the 310hp already used.
Rumours that the sleeper cabs were added to avoid a repeat of the large numbers of short-wheelbase 4x2 Scania P93s returning from lease agreements and struggling to find a home are hard to pin down. As are the further rumours that they are to have the chassis meted down to start new lives as toasters...