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A decade at the top, and the Topline cab that defined 1990s long-haul.

The story

A defining chapter in Scania history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the Scania 4-series, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

Origins

Introduced in 1995, the 4-series was the first wholly new Scania cab since the early 1980s, and it stayed in production for a decade. The modular logic was unchanged but the range grew broader, from a low cab for refuse and distribution work up through the Topline sleeper and the enormous Longline bonneted version built for the Nordic and Australian markets.

1995 Scania 4-series · JoachimKohler-HB · CC BY-SA 4.0

Design and engineering

At the top sat the V8 in the R144 and later the R164, with the displacement raised to 16 litres, and it was these trucks that carried Scania's reputation among long-distance operators through the 1990s. Cab noise, suspension and the driving position were all reworked, on the argument that a driver who is not exhausted is a cheaper driver.

In production

Production ran at Sodertalje and from 1997 in Malaysia, ending in 2005 when the PRT range took over. In much of Europe the 4-series is still the truck people picture when they think of a 1990s Scania.

At a glance

The facts that define it.

Body

COE

Technical specification

The Scania 4-series, in detail.

Production: 1995−2005
Class: Heavy truck
Body style: COE ; Day cab ; Day-Low cab ; Low cab ; Normal cab ; Topline ; Longline Conventional
Assembly: Södertälje, Sweden (Scania AB) Johor, Malaysia
Manufacturer: Scania

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