Scania-Vabis

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Scania-Vabis Type I Phaeton 1917
Scania-Vabis 3251 Tanker 1927

Scania-Vabis was a Swedish truck and car manufacturer. The company was formed from a merger of Scania with the firm of Vabis in 1911. The car production ended in 1929. The Vabis name being dropped from the trucks in 1968.

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[edit] History

Scania-Vabis 3S Phaeton 1912

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.

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.

[edit] SAAB Scania merger

In 1969 Scania merged with SAAB, to form the Saab-Scania AB company, under the Wallenberg family 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.

[edit] Scania-Vabis cars

Scania-Vabis Type 2122 4-Door Sedan 1929

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[disambiguation needed ] 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]

[edit] Scania-Vabis buses

See also: Scania buses

The company was involved in bus production from its earliest days producing Post buses in the 1920s. Post war the company introduced the B series of buses which were followed by the BF series in the late 1950s. Bus production continues today as a major part of Scanias production after the dropping of the Vabis name in 1968.

[edit] Overseas truck production

Scania-Vabis 850 Bus 1939

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

[edit] Historic vehicles

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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[edit] Gallery

  • 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

  • B Scania-Vabis 3243 Bus 1927

  • 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 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 1664 Wrecker 1940

  • 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 B42 Bus 1951

  • Scania-Vabis LS63 Truck 1952

  • Scania-Vabis LS85 Truck 1952

  • 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 L63E 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 B 62 Bus 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 LT75 Truck 1959

  • Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1960

  • Scania-Vabis LS75 Tanker 1960

  • Scania-Vabis B6558126 Bus 1960

  • Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1961

  • Scania-Vabis C70 Capitol Bus

  • Scania-Vabis C75 Bus 1961

  • Scania-Vabis B5553126 Bus 1961

  • Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1962

  • Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1962

  • Scania-Vabis L7542 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 LS7550 Truck 1963

  • Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck 1963

  • Scania-Vabis LS76 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 LS76 Truck

  • Scania-Vabis LS 76 46 213 Tanker 1964

  • Scania-Vabis L56 Truck 1965

  • Scania-Vabis L56 Truck 1965

  • Scania-Vabis LS7638 Truck 1965

  • Scania-Vabis LBS76 Truck 1965

  • Scania-Vabis B5653130 Bus 1965

  • Scania-Vabis BF 56 59 14 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 B715 Bus 1966

  • Scania-Vabis L36 Truck 1967

  • Scania-Vabis L36 Truck 1967

  • Scania-Vabis L56 Truck 1967

  • Scania-Vabis L76 Fire Engine 1967

  • Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck 1967

  • 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 L76 Truck 1968

  • Scania-Vabis LS76 Truck 1968

  • 1968 Scania Vabis LBS76

  • Scania-Vabis LBS76 Tanker 1968

  • Scania-Vabis LBS76 Truck 1968

  • 1962 Scania Vabis Capitol

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ekström, Gert (1984). Svenska bilbyggare. Allt om hobby. ISBN 91-85496-22-7. 

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