Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Not trying to start argument, i have what i need in my trk my 86"studio is nice, i have plenty of storage. I ordered my trk with disc brakes, and yes a big difference. As far as the sycro trans i can see safety benefit there in the mountains however a properly trained driver will do just fine with a non syncro. Notice i said properly trained!. Me personally i don't want a cab with air ride on all 4 corners. Ford tried that back in the 80's with the l9000 i believe it was?. You would go around a corner and swear you were going over. I stick to kenworth's i have never had a problem with rattles etc. Trk's are like cars here in the us you get what you pay for. I'm sure it's like that across the pond. While i've never driven a trk across the pond. I have rode in them when i was stationed over there in military. Just didn't care for them. They were designed for the tight city lay outs and terrain over there. I would love to take my w900l over there with my c-16 putting 850 hp to the rear wheels and pull some freight. It would be interesting. All except i couldn't stretch it out and let it run.

 

there was talk about this before, and it was easy to expect and this it is now official http://www.scania.com/media/pressreleases/N14043EN.aspx

i would not say this, they serve pretty good , in my opinion maybe problem for them is because they can be shifted very fast , and some drivers are abusing them by this way

 

it makes me to think.....

2016 is year when scania will release new model , it is easy to expect that scania will release it both with dsg transmission , in this way it makes sense, but text from link says they are going together to develop future transmissions

they already have some kind of co operation since 2010 in this field , for me it is just funny that man needs so much time to implement scania current gearboxes

also they had some cooperation in this field if i remember good from 2002

 

If MAN adopts Scania prices,their sales will suffer.

 

Fully loaded b double approximately 60 tonne, or about 130 000lb.
They were replacing a culvert and there was a detour but the truck went straight through.

The driver walked away with minor injuries. The said the truck was traveling at over 80km/h when it went into the ditch. Who said American, well Australian cabs aren't strong. This truck is around 15 years old, it's a k104

 

Down Under,the strenght or lack off it had very little to do with how the driver survived.
The chassis,engine and the height off the hole in the ground are the keyplayers in this story.
And lets never forget Lady Luck.

 

I think there a lot more futuristic looking. I'd drive one!

 

I don't know from a driver perspective, but as a mechanic I find Euro trucks are harder to get parts for, harder to find info on and harder to work on in general. I like Eaton Fuller and Meritor Rockwell and Bendix and Cat and Cummins because they provide the manuals and training for free online that I need to keep myself up to date and able to fix anything. Then in come the Euro trucks with no info, no manuals available and parts that take a week and a half to get here so even when you do struggle through a diagnosis with no troubleshooter or service manual you still can't fix the truck. I personally wouldn't have any problem with them at all if they made their info more readily available and built up their parts distribution network so that I could at least overnight the part if needed and stock order it within 3-5 days as is typical at my International, Freightliner (who also handle Western Star) and Pete dealers.

 

Might help if you give your location?

 

I highly doubt this truck was going 80km/h (50mph) with a gross of 130000lbs.
If it was then the king pin or 5th wheel would sheer and crush the cab from the rear.
The damage you see there can be done at 10 to 15mph. At 50 mph with 130 000lbs a dead stop like that will explode even the strongest cabs.