Why Scania created the legendary Scania V8 engine 

I started driving in the early seventies and within a short while I was on international work...I drove Volvo F89s and Scalia 140s, both great trucks and light years ahead of rest...The Volvos were nice trucks to drive and very comfy for the time, but the Scania was just that step further bigger cab but not as comfortable...I remember parking for the night in Germany at an Autohof Volvo F89 ,so good meal and a few beers and off to bed...Well nature took its course and I woke up to water the horse at about 3am, and got out in just my underpants I knew I wouldn’t be long as I was parked beside a grassy strip...So job done and went to get back in the cab, it was about minus 6c when I pushed the button on the door handle the f#####g thing was frozen solid...Panic stations set in , the thought of going into the Autohof garage section dressed as I was did not appeal🙈...Luckily I thought of the towing pin in the front bumper, I took this out and whacked the button and luckily it opened I had to start the engine to warn the cab and thaw me out🌞...So here we are in 2020 and I still do international work with my own truck now it’s a Volvo FH540 6 Axles with a reefer, although I might get an S650 Scania next time...Thankfully I only work 8 months of the year taking April through July off, I carry Mussels from Ireland to Holland load fruit/vegetables/flowers back to Ireland...5 day week with no stress as it’s an easy run, but not bad for a guy of 68...I did retire but got bored and While I don’t need the money as I’ve good pensions it’s nice to keep active...This film has been enlightening for me and brought back many memories...

Did someone noticed that some of the shots in this film were taken before the "Högertrafikomläggningen"? (September of 1967 I guess) I think this is also an interesting aspect of this film.

Don’t forget it sounds amazing🥵🥵

The thinking behind large truck's power is not about top speed but only for good average speed on hilly terrain. I like this. Trucks in Indonesia don't have much power to tackle hills at decent speed. Mostly they only have 190-250 PS and

One of the best internal combustion engines ever made, seen them at 2 million km still running well.

I’m 3 mins in and struggling how Velocity x garden shed + (hot blonde + Bjorn (in garden shed possibly doing rumpy)) + stopwatch = V8

Volvo and Scania are light years ahead of everyone else. The others only think of low Co2 at plain highway while Volvo and Scania (with 700+hp engines) make reliable engines that lasts and can pull you up any hill with a fully loaded 62 ton road train with relative ease. A smaller and less powerful engine will release less dangerous gasses but a 12 or 13L I6 with les than 500hp is just not enough to reliable pull a 62ton (or 64 ton) lumber truck up the hills of smaller gravel roads in the middle of the forest, where I live. You need at least 600hp to make it and to keep a higher average speed. A low power engine will ultimately cause more harm to the environment than a high power engine if they were both to drive the same narrow gravel road with a full load because of slower speeds so the engine is running for way much longer and has to fight way much more to be able to make it up steep hills. Even driving a Volvo FH440 home was a challenge and many times I had to shift down to 2 1/2 to be able to make it up the hills (this truck only weighed 23 tons then and without a trailer) but with a Scania R580, R730 and a Volvo FH540 it as not a problem and they ran smoothly.

What i like most about the video is the test method! No large expansive studies that take years, just put a garden shed on the back of the truck and look how many people overtake at 50kph and how many overtake at 70kph. Nice, cheap and effective!

Härligt att se ännu en film från denna tid. V8an beskrevs som att det var allt man behövde, inte mer än så. Det lever kvar än idag med en V8 som kraftigaste motoralternativet hos Scania. Väl tänkt från början! Härligt!

I was driving a 142 on heavy haulage and general haulage, it made easy work of what ever it was pulling even when the old girl was over loaded it didn’t even flinch. The noice of that v8 made it a pleasure to drive. Good old days.

Last truck I drove prior to retiring was a Scania R730. Best truck i ever drove too. 500,000 Kms of pure power. Loved it.

Legendary Scania truck 🔥

All of this is already 60 years old, and I believe with today's new technologies it will look much better on today's trucks.

Hello, i'm New in the Channel. The Scania V8 is a Beast on the Road. Cheers from Dominican Republic.

Interesting and informative. Nice piece of jazz music at the end too!

I still dream about the day I’ll see a modern iteration of a beautiful bonneted Scania with the mighty V8 under its hood. I’m a truck lover, I can dream.

This video is a gem.

More of this please!

Interesting commentary. It's curious now to see that truck speeds were considered to be too low in urban areas, so making them faster would improve safety. When really, the problem was impatient car drivers unable to deal with going slowly due to the truck in front of them. Now we are trying to reduce speeds for all vehicles in urban areas, to make things safer for pedestrians and cyclists. All very interesting.

Back then, the Swedish nation was known for serious inventions and innovations. It was a pioneering country built on rational and logical testing. We looked up to the Swedes. They were respected and skilled. Made in Sweden was a quality world brand.

Great video Makes sense

Good music comes from Sweden: ABBA, Roxette - and Scania V8 :-) Gruß aus dem Schwabenland

Interesting to see early part of film where Sweden still drove on left. Also that a young woman was a member of the technical staff in that era. Not sure about the observers being locked in that wooden crate though!

I started my truck driving career with Scania 143. Scania V8 will always be close to my heart

The Scania S770 6x4 large sleeper cab with its 770hp V-8, 3700Nm~2728.972 Ftlbs of Tourqe could be the big selling point for the US market, especially with the exhaust note that V-8 puts out.

Very Nice video, Scania is the best

Nice video

Finally! It's tunred out!

Scania created the V8 so we listen to the sound of them with straight pipes. many years later.

5:09 If the 140 Super is that good, imagine the performance of the 140 Ti..

I wish I could understand it but like and love the old footage

My dad drove a 140 in 1969.It was lightyears ahead of anything else on the roads he said.

The standard for trucking is still Kenworth, Navistar, Peterbilt, Mack, Pacific, Stevenson and Stewart. Nothing beats legendary American produced quality.

Nice!

Scania sempre povoando as estrada do mundo. 🤔🚛🚛🚛

Vídeo emocionante, época de ouro pro transporte.

Legendary Scania,Sverige a country of wonderful things.

Oh yeah, sweden had that weird time where they drove on the lefthand side of the road but also used vehicles with steering on the left side.

Roligt att få se lite äldre Svenska klipp också =) Got to say that Scanias V8s has the best engine sound of them all

wait hold up they were driving on the left in Sweden??

350hp being a huge amount of power for a truck in 1970, modern top of the line Volvo or Scania having 650-750 hp, these things don't even slow down on the average hill with 50 tons. Higher allowed speeds of up to 90 km/h and the introduction of longer and heavier combinations asked for more power, on some roads in Sweden a sort of road trains of up to 32 m (110 ft) in length and a weight of 80 metric tons are allowed, while the standard Swedish extra long combination of 25 m and 60 t has been approved in more European countries now. But even with the heavier weights power is around 10 hp per ton now compared with the 7 hp per ton which was an improvement then. I remember in the early nineties when these East European trucks started flooding the Autobahnen in Germany after the fall of the iron curtain, those were of east European makes like Liaz, Tatra or Roman and those had only 180-200 hp, those trucks slowed down to almost jogging pace on long 5% gradients which caused really dangerous situations, best then was to avoid the right lane completely on climbs with everything being not an underpowered truck.

The best and always the best scania say no more .love them grate vid thank you ok be sate out there

Habe einen 111er gefahren 1978 damals mit 10 Gängen sehr schöner Lkw damals

Boy that was bold! Increasing the speed limit from 50km/h to 70km/h. You could die of old age part way through a long haul run at 50.

Svenska System Bollaget. Tussen Tak.

Wow that's crazy

SUÉCIA, SCANIA, V8, SKF, MONARK, HUSQUARNA, ELETROLUX, ABBA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

scania you should do review on 113 - 310, 320 , 360 , 380

I wish Scania would come to USA 😣

Best truck and Best cars of group SAAB a Best company a Best renember of transpor of past time in diosa🚛🚛🚛💯💖🌟👍👍

I wonder sometimes at what the speed limit in other countries are. For example here in South Africa the speed limit is 100kph on the highways, 80kph on the rural/backroads and 40kph in towns (for big rig trucks the speed limit for cars is about 20kph above that). And I love Scania but don't really have any experience with them as my employer doesn't have the funds for Scania trucks my experience is limited to a 1984 Tata that has about 150 hp and I'm not sure of the torque.

Could someone please translate this video or English subtitles would be fine. It seems like a very interesting and informative video so I would very much like to understand what is being said.

Enda bästa bil den Scania

На 4.21 в кадр попала ВОЛГА ГАЗ-21 хорошо смотрелась в общем потоке.

Im inspired to make my Own In line 6 cylinder engine after watching this!! Im gonna call it Meowsan Diesel!

I'm currently driving a T112M series 1985 manual 12spd Scania geos likethe clappers. No electronics, wind up windows enough room under the hood to have a picnic, I can walk across the inside of my cab to wipe the left mirror, it sounds and goes like real trucks should do, dont miss the boring troublesome late models with all the problematic computer crap.

Home of the V8 !

they should raise the speed from 90 to at least 100(like coaches) or 120 for both trucks and coaches

Scania engines up to 8 litres is Mack licence.This D14 Scania engine originally name Mack ENDT865, 865 cubicinch=14.163cubiccentimeter....Scania-Mack fusion dated 50's years..Mack buses in sweden wabis assembled

Jaggu go bil med sjarm og fasonger?

So the answer is basically they needed higher power, and back then it was impossible to reach with the six cylinder engines. And because above six cylinders, the engine would be too long with inline construction it was ideal to use the V design. Scania wasn't the only one of course, but most of the manufacturers found out how to make a powerful enough I6 engine for the 2000s, but for some reason Scania kept their V8s.

Ohh forget sweden drove on the wrong side back then

Life looked more fun back then

THAT'S GOOD CARGO MADE IN 1270 YEARS TRUCK BOY 🚛

FROM INDONESIA

Hur många växlar?

When Sweden had a left hand traffic.

8:36 Tomelilla express!

What's the song?

4:07 that car is not ok

50kph=30mph then dropped the hammer you could go 70kph=43mph OMG hang on were going back to the future just need 1 more gigawatt! LOL Thanks for the vid it was interesting how they came up with going faster for trucks was safer. Now where is my hoverboard!

Build more V8 engines with 900 hp and 3 000 NM 👍🏻

Why did that couple climb into the crate? Did they ever come back out?

reached 770

dear scania group where is the first scania factory also i like your trucks

A Scania poderia fabricar caminhões 3/4

And now look at what scania produce...770HP V8....probably 3,800Nm torque?

Back in the days when Sweden drove on the left.

Scania 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Funny - first few minutes of film are vehicles with left hand steering wheels, but driving on the left!

SCANIA " V 8 " : the BEST truck in WORLD !!!

Left hand traffic and left hand drive!

Am i the only one wondering why a big box has stairs or why 2 people are in it?

In Italy we have something similiar: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u59VYpnZiGg.html If you come here, we're proud to show you this. Anyways, we have to acknowledge that the Scania V8 engine is what started a new era in the history of trucking.

Я один вижу как с левым рулем ездят по левой полосе?

#Scaniapower #V8

Is scania 110 super v8?

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4:56, supercharged?

When the Swedes started driving on right side of the road and why does they stopped driving on left side like in GB?

Your never late in a V8

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Scania made V8 to keep up with Volvo straight six godtier power outputs.

why does it look like there driving on a differ side of road

would have been nice in english!

Only sexual harassment was reported from the back

So why did they invent the legendary v8 engine I couldn't understand a word

1960: With V8, you dont have to upshift to get alot of power. 2020: VTEC kicked in yo!!

Scania V8 up to 770 hp and 3700 Nm

The engine was a AEC design