Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

What were the stock hp/torque ratings....?


I’ll guess 930hp was the modified version......

 

Truck versions of the 14 litre were up to 530hp and 1700lbft.

Scania introduced a new V8 in 2000, different block, different
heads, twin camshafts (14 litre had only 1) and 15.6 litre displacement, later enlarged to 16.4 litre.
Max power for the truck version at this moment is 730hp 2580 lbft. (1150 hp for marine applications)

Largest collection of Scania V8's I have seen in the USA was at Anderson tractor in Bluffton Ohio.
Last time I was there (many years ago) they had a bunch of the 14 litres.
Top of the line Case 4WD tractors used the 14 litre Scania

 

Looks like earlier ones had individual cylinder heads per cylinder?

 

I was right about the French Army

 

Yes.
New ones as well. Not only the v8's, also 13 litre 6 and 9 litre 5 cilinder.
Many components are shared across the 5-, 6-, and 8-cilinder platforms.

 

Improved cupholders included

 

it is standard scania truck, without any modification, liebherr and scania sell lot of them.
scania is serious product, it make no sense to buy some cheap truck and fit it with expensive crane.
of serious brands scania offer two important things: low overall height, low weight.
MB is high and heavy, although some are made on MB

 

it is very late 1994, first reg 1995. 143m 500, strange part is only 9gear box, no retarder.
it was recently redone, probably someone change gearbox to 14speed

 

144series block is different than before, they reduce lot of material on front it is more than 100 kg lighter

 

They all did & still Do..