Scania-Vabis

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Scania-Vabis Type I Phaeton 1917

Scania-Vabis 3251 Tanker 1927

Scania-Vabis 850 Bus 1939

Scania-Vabis was a famous Swedish truck manufacturer. Its name came from the merger of Scania (Maskinfabriksaktiebolaget Scania), which started out by manufacturing bicycles, with Vabis (Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje), in 1911. Until 1929 the company manufactured cars in Malmö, as well as trucks and buses. Over the succeeding years, the company, based in Södertälje, Sweden, developed an enviable reputation for the toughness, comfort and reliability of its commercial vehicles. The 1963 LB76 was the model that forged the Scania-Vabis reputation outside Sweden. This forward-control design was one of the first exhaustively crash-tested truck cabs.

Scania-Vabis badges

For some time Daimler-Benz waged a 'logo war' with Scania-Vabis, claiming a possible confusion between the Scania-Vabis 'pedal crank' design featuring on Scania bicycles around 1900 and the Mercedes 'three-pointed star'. In 1968 Daimler-Benz won and the Scania-Vabis logo changed to a simple griffin's head on a white background, and 'Vabis' was dropped from the name.

In 1969 Scania merged with SAAB, to form the Saab-Scania AB company, under the Wallenberg umbrella. This corporation was split in 1995 and the company became simply Scania AB, which is still a manufacturer of advanced truck and bus designs. In 1999, the European Union blocked a merger with Volvo.

For Scania-Vabis, there were many inexpensive, imported cars with which to compete so, in order to establish a profile of their own, they made high-class, luxury cars. Examples include the Scania-Vabis Limousine Type III, from 1920, that included a top hat holder in the roof. Prince Carl of Sweden had a 1913 Scania-Vabis 3S. The type 3S was fitted with an in-car phone or buttons so the passenger could communicate with the driver. They also made two-seat sports cars (or "sportautomobil").^[1]

Scania-Vabis and later Scania also manufactured trucks in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Korea, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Zimbabwe and (temporarily) in the USA.

Many examples of Vabis, Scania-Vabis and Scania commercial vehicles are in the Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (the Scania Museum) in Södertälje.

The name Scania almost certainly derived from the name of the region in Sweden where the company originated: Skåne.

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Scania-Vabis 3S Phaeton 1912	Scania-Vabis Type I Phaeton 1914	Scania-Vabis DLa Special Fire Engine 1915	Scania-Vabis Type III Ambulance 1919
Scania-Vabis CLc Truck 1919	Scania-Vabis T-1 Fire Engine 1920	Scania-Vabis Truck 1920	Scania-Vabis 3752 Bus 1925
Scania-Vabis 2½-Ton Fire Engine 1925	Scania-Vabis 3291 Truck 1925	Scania-Vabis Truck 1927	Scania-Vabis 3251 Truck 1927
Scania-Vabis Fire Engine 1928	Scania-Vabis 3256 Truck 1928	Scania-Vabis 8406 Bus 1928	Scania-Vabis Type 2122 4-Door Sedan 1929
Scania-Vabis 3244 Truck 1929	Scania-Vabis 3243 Post bus 1929	Scania-Vabis Truck	Scania-Vabis Fire Engine 1931
Scania-Vabis 2555/2 Fire Engine 1931	Scania-Vabis Fire Engine 1931	Scania-Vabis Buschassi	Scania-Vabis 8307 Bus 1932
Scania-Vabis Bus 1933	Scania-Vabis Buschassi	Scania-Vabis 3352 Truck 1934	Scania-Vabis 8208 Bus 1936
Scania-Vabis 1565 Fire Engine 1936	Scania-Vabis 8422/4 Buschassi 1939	Scania-Vabis 850 Bus 1939	Scania-Vabis Bus
Scania-Vabis 33520/1 Truck 1941	Scania-Vabis SAV m/43	Scania-Vabis L12 Truck 1946	Scania-Vabis 2L12 Truck 1947
Scania-Vabis B31 Bus 1947	Scania-Vabis LS23 Truck 1948	Scania-Vabis B16 Bus 1948	Scania-Vabis L44 Truck 1949
Scania-Vabis 2B21 Bus 1949	Scania-Vabis Bus 1949	Scania-Vabis LS64 Truck 1950	Scania-Vabis B42 Bus 1950
Scania-Vabis B62 Bus 1950	Scania-Vabis L62HS Truck 1951	Scania-Vabis L65 Truck 1951	Scania-Vabis B63 Bus 1952
Scania-Vabis B83 Bus 1953	Scania-Vabis Bus	Scania-Vabis Bus	Scania-Vabis Bus
Scania-Vabis Bus	Scania-Vabis Bus	Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck 1953	Scania-Vabis L64E Tanker 1953
Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck	1954 Scania Vabis L51	Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck 1954	Scania-Vabis L5146 Drabant Truck 1954
Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1954	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1954	Scania-Vabis L7150 Regent Truck 1954	Scania-Vabis LS71 Regent Truck 1954
Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1955	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1955	Scania-Vabis L7146 Regent Truck 1955	Scania-Vabis L7146 Regent Truck 1955
Scania-Vabis L7146 Regent Truck 1955	Scania-Vabis L7150 Regent Truck 1955	Scania-Vabis LS71 Regent Truck 1955	Scania-Vabis B7153110 Bus 1955
Scania-Vabis L7138 Regent Truck 1956	Scania-Vabis LS7142 Regent Truck 1956	Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis B7153125 Bus 1957
1957 Scania Vabis L71	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1957
Scania-Vabis L7138 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis L7142 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis L7142 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis L7150 Regent Truck 1957
Scania-Vabis L7150 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis LS71 Regent Truck 1957	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck
Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1958	Scania-Vabis L71 Regent Truck 1958	Scania-Vabis L7142 Regent Truck 1958
Scania-Vabis LS71 Regent Wrecker 1958	Scania-Vabis LS7150 Regent Truck 1958	Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck 1958	Scania-Vabis L5142 Drabant Truck 1958
Scania-Vabis BF73 Bus 1958	Scania-Vabis BF73 Bus 1958	Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck 1959	Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant Truck 1959
Scania-Vabis L5146 Drabant Truck 1959	Scania-Vabis LS71 Regent Truck 1959	Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1960	Scania-Vabis LS75 Tanker 1960
Scania-Vabis B6558126 Bus 1960	Scania-Vabis C70 Capitol Bus	Scania-Vabis C75 Bus 1961	Scania-Vabis B5553126 Bus 1961
Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1962	Scania-Vabis LT75 Truck	Scania-Vabis LT75 Truck 1962	Scania-Vabis C76 Bus 1963
Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck	Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck	Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck	Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1963
Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck 1963	Scania-Vabis LS76 Tanker 1963	Scania-Vabis L55 Truck	Scania-Vabis L56 Truck
Scania-Vabis LS Truck	Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck	Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck	Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck
Scania-Vabis LBS76 Truck 1965	Scania-Vabis B5653130 Bus 1965	Scania-Vabis BF7659 Bus 1965	Scania-Vabis LB76 Truck 1966
Scania-Vabis LB76 Truck 1966	Scania-Vabis LB7650 Truck 1966	Scania-Vabis LB76 Truck	Scania-Vabis LB76 Truck
Scania-Vabis LBS76 Truck	Scania-Vabis BF76 Bus 1966	Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck 1967	Scania-Vabis LBS76 Truck 1967
Scania-Vabis CF76611 Bus 1967	Scania-Vabis B7663135 Bus 1967	Scania-Vabis BF7659-148 Bus 1967	Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck 1968
1968 Scania Vabis LBS76	Scania-Vabis LBS76 Tanker 1968	Scania-Vabis LBS76 Truck 1968	1962 Scania Vabis Capitol