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• Despite a drop in UK of almost 11 per cent, Swe ish truck manufacturer Saal Scania has increased its ne, orders for commercial vehil for the whole of Europe by ten per cent during the firs quarter of 1986.
By the end of March, Sc GB sold 773 vehicles compared with 866 during the same period last year. It al; expects to sell slightly few( trucks in 1986 with around 2,600 vehicles against last year's figure of 2,650.
Scania blames the curren decline in the UK tractive t market above 29 tonnes GCW, which has fallen by 1 per cent. Around 70 per ce of all Scania's UK sales are tractive units.
The predicted last-minut( rush in sales before the changes in capital allowance on April 1 has also failed to materialise, says Scania's David Booty.
Saab-Scania is now the th largest heavy truck builder Europe with a market shaft around 13 per cent, and a s per cent of world productioi The group expects to sell more than 27,000 trucks an buses this year compared 1,4, 25,800 last year.