Finnish• forecast
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THE FINNISH Ministry Transport has issued a forecai which expects the number buses and coaches in that spa sely populated country to rise 1 10,000 by 1985. Already th number of psv registered i Finland — over 8,000 — make it one of the proportionatel largest vehicle fleets in Europ as there are only 4.5m ir habitants.
Volvo is the leading supplie closely followed by Scania whi of the other imported make Mercedes-Benz and Leyla constitute the most importa The number of Sisu vehicles service — built by the countr only indigenous maker — 'declined in recent years.
Conversely, increased m keting efforts by Finnish p bodybuilders — there are ni firms between them turning o a total of 700-800 vehicles year — has strengthened t country's reputation for quali products in several territori notably the Scandinavian cou tries.
One of the coachbuilde Deltaplan, has recently co pleted a number of three-a coaches on Mercedes-Be chassis to comply with string load limits in Norway.