New Scania trucks win "1000 Point Test" with a record result

Tractor unit Scania R450 won victory at "1000 Point Test"

Tractor of the new generation Scania R450 has won the "1000 Point Test" with a record 954,5 points.

This comparative test is the largest in Europe of trucks, and the Scania company involved him not in the first time.

So if the last year the test the end of December, participated trucks with cabins largest dimension and engine capacity in the area of 500 HP and for the results of competitions the first place took the new generation of tractor Scania S500, received 943 points. Accordingly, in 2017 data tests the main emphasis was placed on the machine cabins are medium in size and with engine capacity of 450 L. S., where Scania R450 resisted the trucks of other European manufacturers, again having gained a brilliant victory over them with the result 954,5 points out 1000 is possible.

The test of "1000 Point Test" represents the path length of 180 kilometers the South-West of Germany, on which an international team of industry journalists evaluates trucks different European manufacturers in the objective scale of the various indicators. The organizer of this test speaks German publishing house ETM Verlag, which produces the magazines Lastauto Omnibus and Fernfahrer, together with other leading professional trucking magazines in Europe.

The new generation of trucks surpassed the competition is not only the assessment of comfort and security cabins and efficiency ease of transmission, and also on capacity, power, and pick-up of dvigatelya, fuel consumption and operating cost. In addition, the Scania trucks were the fastest in each of the comparative discipline, when starting acceleration, when moving the highway and climbing mountain.

The updated system cruise control with active functions of foresight (Active Prediction) and hold speed on downhill (Downhill Speed Control) Scania provide excellent results in terms of fuel economy. A function of Pulse& nbsp;& Glide, which allows to increase the speed and to go coasting in over a long period of time, most efficiently uses the kinetic energy of the truck when driving the roads in hilly terrain. Naturally, the new system helps to significantly reduce fuel consumption, and was the main reason for the victory of Scania.

Head of the division of trucks Scania CV AB Alexander Vlaskamp commented on the victory: "In this grueling test drive the new generation of trucks Scania has again demonstrated excellent performance at the fuel consumption and also have shown many other attractive features that distinguish Scania from other manufacturers. We provide a full range of trucks of the new generation Scania in Europe and got great reviews."

Debuted in the fall of 2016 years the new generation of Scania trucks with then wins literally all collective and individual tests and trials. So, the series has won all three major European comparative tests, Yes still broke in them records. Moreover, she showed outstanding results in 40 tests an individual for the assessment of fuel consumption, held in 11 European countries.

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