Scania AB

Because he was saying, I think, 40% of the cars at the Munich car show are Chinese.

In any case, Audi, look, a- a- uh, Volkswagen owns Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, uh, Porsche, um, Skoda, Scania.

Like, they ha- have a ton, a ton of different brands.

But, um, they bought Ducati back, I think it was, like, 16, 14 years ago, uh, in 2012, for just over a billion dollars, like $1.2 billion.

Yeah.

My, mine was, and I'm sure I've said this before on the podcast, but T810 JBJ four series Scania, flat roof.

Uh, it was new-

Yeah

Uh, and it was the newest artic at, at Camex, who I worked for, because none of the-

Mm

... none of the guys that they had three series Scania Streamlines, and they didn't wanna get out into the four series for some reason, so-

Yeah

So it'll be interesting to see what they bring with them.

Now, my understanding is it's Volvo Scania DAF, uh there who else is

i think i think that might be it i think that might

be that's a fair show i mean that's three more uh uh popular i got a feeling sicily oh no

So Emma Penny is on the case with that one.

We also catch up with Stevie Walker, who is out and about with an MAN TGX for a week with Lock Maben Transport.

and he puts that through its paces Scania Scotland we also talked to they're getting big into gas and electric and also hydrogen refuelling systems looking towards the future so like future proofing their business did you know one in four trailers sold across Europe is built by Schmitz Cargo Ball

I did I only know that because they told me when we spoke to them at RTX

Your coffee, your phone, the chair that you're sitting on, and every one of those trucks eventually breaks.

Now, when it does, someone has to find the right parts for it, for a Volvo, for a Scania, for a Mercedes, and get it to wherever that truck has stopped quickly because a stationary truck is going to earn nothing.

That is a whole industry and it is almost never discussed.

In 1979, a young man was pointed into the commercial vehicle trade by his father.

As of right now, we have a team of more than 700 people and also coincidentally 46 outlets.

coinciding with 46 years of

service yeah right so correct me if I'm wrong you supply genuine parts for Volvo Scania Mercedes-Benz Iveco and you're also the appointed Malaysian distributor for Shackman from China

yes

He does a lot of stuff for trucks and stuff.

Does a lot of stuff for Scania and that.

And

you'd want to see it, lads.

yeah.

I drive a next-gen Scania.

I've got a next-gen, and I've got a couple of drawers here.

I pull it in the drawer.