Mercedes-Benz still do V8s. Scanias did V8s and tried a few V10s but they were too juicy. Scanias do a wide range of 6 cylinders and now even 5 cylinder lumps. Volvo love their tried and tested 6 cylinder units. Renault I'm not too sure I would invest in. Also Clarkson knows sod all about truck driving as he wrongly demonstrated the use of the gearbox. I drove a Scania ridgid with eight gears (actually 4 speed with a splitter) and never used them all one by one as he did. Pull away in 3rd etc.
@MrsBrownsBoysFeck Indeed.....or perhaps the drivers just changed over those years...he said it once...you crashed in the olden days and everyone stopped if you need some help. Now?Noone stops...I know that I once crash on a motorbike and needed help to put it back on wheels as I was a bit ill and had no strength to do that and noone stopped...and so it is with many truckers...in the olden days it was honor to be truck driver, now they just behave like pigs....but yes, Swedish trucks are best :)
I allways leave it in L and only use H in the highest gear. It is the way I do it. If you have your way that is correct too. But my boss has only a few trucks with a manual gearbox left. All the new ones have an automatic. And I really like the way that drives.
@DemonDracoFox But modern manuals gearsticks or whatever it's called, hace a joystick that if to move it towards + you gear up and if you move it to - you gear down ofcourse and if you stand still and have the ninth gear on for example ande gear down, you gear down to the first gear, that's what i've learned.
@DemonDracoFox Autos are boring. Manuals for real truckers. I drove a DAF with 16 gears. You never use all 16 gears and I used about five different gears at the most. The gearbox is actually a four speed with a splitter and intermediade gears, therefore giving 16 different ratios. For example, pull away in 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, then use an intermediate on 8th to get a bit of power. 1st becomes 5th and 4th becomes 8th with splitter. Sounds complicated on first glance but is logical.
@1100HondaCB It is completly logical. I understand what you mean. But I drive a lot of kilometres in heavy traffic and worst. So having an auto is a welcome luxury :)
@DemonDracoFox When I did my HGV training, the instructor was quite impressed how quickly I grasped the method in which to use the gearbox appropriately. Many trainees found the concept of the gearbox difficult to grasp, but I found it quite easy and when used properly, it can be a joy.
On Australian roads, all of these, bar the Volvo would be unpopular on all but the city courier routes. Macks, Kenworths, Freightliners and Western Star prime movers are out there not because of brand loyalty, but because they can withstand the abuse of longhaul driving. The only European truck out there in great numbers are cabover Volvos
Its so funny to see these. I never watched top gear then. I dont think we had the channel if we did my step dad had control of the tv like ass. I was 17 at this time... lol
If you buy a scania and spec it properly it's potentially the best on fuel. We had a fleet of 56 plate R420s with manual box, they were rarely less than 10 mpg.
Their replacements, 60 plate R400s with opticruise are atrocious. no power and very thirsty. lucky to get 8.
comparing fleet spec tractors, I'd rate Scania/volvo joint first with MAN a very close second. But only if the scania had a manual box. opticruise is a load of crap, whilst volvo is hard to beat in every respect.
Actros is comfortable with excellent steering and brakes but I don't like the V6 engine. the axor inline 6 would make it a good truck.
Renault premiums are appalling, I'd rather have an ERF.
Iveco stralis is very good, just don't expect it to hang together very well.
So if anyone takes anything from these video, can it be please be patient with trucks.
Remember, without Trucks, u get nothing. No food in ur supermarket, no fuel for your car. Is it such a bad thing if you get to ur destination 2 or 3 mins later??
@LillabetteHane Also, Scania isn't owner by Saab anymore. When GM brought Saab they didn't want Scania, so now Scania is Owned by VAG (VW Audi Group).
But Cars can be the worst thing for trucks. My pet hate is when your travelling down the motorway and a car jumps infront of u at the last min to take an exit. My truck weight is 16 tonnes when it EMPTY, so it doesn't stop like a car does.
@LillabetteHane Not too far off. I do trucking all over the UK. The gearbox thing is a bit OTT. Mine has a 16 speed gearbox, but when you're empty, I'd pull away from a standing start in 7th. Even when I'm full and weight 44tonnes, I'd pull off in 4th on flat ground. U only need the lower ones on a steep hill start or if ur trucks been plated to more than 44tonnes.
The pay was getting better before 2008 when the banks robbed us. You don't get that many Owner Drivers anymore.
Jeremy, James and Richard should go to America and buy three trucks like this, travel from New York City to California, with a bunch of challenges on the way. Or if not, at least try it from UK to the southern tip of Italy, like Jeremy says in this episode. That'll be a good episode of Top Gear, I bet! :-)
@deanbrickland They did, and I saw the newer lorry challenge, but still, they did not take them on a long road trip, so it'll still be quite different!
I don't know how much things have changed since '97, but my cousin bought a used peterbilt truck (beautiful inside, even has an xbox) for $60K and makes at least $150K a year (no 5-day trips either, usually like 1-2 days)...and he loves it! Or maybe it's just different in Europe
@kuruptzZz Things are completely different in Europe. The trucking business here is not as big as the American one for a start. Then we have small highways and petrol prices are skyrocketing... I have a few family members in the trucking business and most of them either went bankrupt or are struggling very hard at the moment.
Besides, the USA has amazing highways which makes the journeys fast and stress free, while in Europe traffic in some countries is complete chaos
@PeteVanBock I could understand that. Now you understand how I feel when I try explaining why American people, thus American car companies, never gave two bits about making American cars handle well! It's because we have such vast, wide open roads here, not small, tight, twisty roads like in Europe! lol!
@PeteVanBock It's worth pointing out that while America has a very good road network, the actual condition of the roads compared to ones in Europe is absolutely shocking. It was one of the first things I noticed when I moved over here 14 years ago and it hasn't improved since then. I've seen off road rally stages that are smoother than I-94 in Wisconsin.
@Visionism Yeah, the Interstate Highway System is falling into a shocking state of disrepair. And since our government decided to tax the railroads into virtual extinction and subsidize an unsustainable road network, we are more or less screwed with upstart Republicans looking to cut every dollar in sight.
I'd take a volvo over a scania anyday! The scania I drive is only 6 years old and its already nackered! Something new wrong with it every week! Maybe my company has abused it too much but almost every trucker I talk to says scanias are crap! Maybe the newer ones are better.
@AWMJoeyjoejoe If anything newer ones are worse...they really don't hold together like (for example) the old 3 series. back in the day I had a R113 360, that thing did over 1.6 million kms on original engine, never let me down. I reckon since most truck users these days are huge fleets who lease them, the truck's only designed for 5 years work or so before they get dumped in Africa
@mrspivvy Yes I agree completely. I used to work at a company that had a 14 year old 3 series on the fleet that drove like it was brand new, while at the same time they were having to scrap a load of 4 series that were half the age because the chassis had completely rotted away! They dont build em like they used to!
@MomoMaxedOut I'm a trucker and I, aswell as most truckers I know, HATE auto Truck gearboxes. Give me a manual any day. Plus "Auto Truck Gearboxs" aren't like an Auto in a car. They're manual gearboxes and clutches controled by a computer instead of a gear stick and clutch pedal
I take a Mack or Freightliner over any of them but if i had to take one of them it would be the Scania.Most blokes dont like the new Merc's becouse its harder to remove the speed limiter as the Scania's are much more easy
merc horrible rather have the volvo than all of them the only thing with that 2 miles per gallon rather than that id have a good old ERF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm having a fart tube fitted to my Scania. It's a device made in Holland. A suction cup is attached to my anus & when I unload my rump fumes, the fart is transported along pipes & it's blown out into the face of a following cyclist.
@ysivyboi1 Both and for "fair competition" EU thought that if everyone went at the same speed, would be fair for everyone because U can't get there before someone else
The European trucks are cabover mainly because of space considerations. You have a 45 foot trailer in some of the places in Europe and a conventional would be impossible. Trucks in NA are 75 or more feet long, in Europe they are 55 feet. I have driven there and here, and with both types of truck, so I do know.
Still don't think Scania is necessarily the best though. From a drivers viewpoint it is possible. From an operators viewpoint..... not so sure.
Its interesting how he talks about lorry drivers being interested in the coolest truck, but I guess it makes sense! I wonder why european trucks have more or less the same power as north american but are all flat faced as opposed to north american Peterbuilt style trucks?
@1234niall Renault Magnum is the same as the Volvo nowadays, Renault trucks is almost completely owned by Volvo. So lose the prejudgments about French cars (trucks).
I wouldnt like to see him try driving a twinsplitter box!!!
ERFE10 1 month ago
The curse of the stick shift...
moneshmahtani 1 month ago
You don't need to change gears from 1 to 1,5. You can change just from 1 to 2, from 2 to 3 etc.
Muniek1310 2 months ago
Mercedes-Benz still do V8s. Scanias did V8s and tried a few V10s but they were too juicy. Scanias do a wide range of 6 cylinders and now even 5 cylinder lumps. Volvo love their tried and tested 6 cylinder units. Renault I'm not too sure I would invest in. Also Clarkson knows sod all about truck driving as he wrongly demonstrated the use of the gearbox. I drove a Scania ridgid with eight gears (actually 4 speed with a splitter) and never used them all one by one as he did. Pull away in 3rd etc.
1100HondaCB 2 months ago
I see his name came up on the screen at the start - These days he certainly needs no introduction!
mertysgirl 2 months ago
and then some dizzy old bat in a Datsun pulls out in front of me lol
shirzs 2 months ago
Jeramy talks about how it's all about look's. but none of those trucks look all that good. Show them a Ken worth or a mack.
BlueFoxTV 3 months ago
Jeremy defending truck drivers AND driving a Vauxhall Vectra, now, he is a hyppocrite!
PS Swedish trucks are the best.
MrsBrownsBoysFeck 3 months ago
@MrsBrownsBoysFeck Indeed.....or perhaps the drivers just changed over those years...he said it once...you crashed in the olden days and everyone stopped if you need some help. Now?Noone stops...I know that I once crash on a motorbike and needed help to put it back on wheels as I was a bit ill and had no strength to do that and noone stopped...and so it is with many truckers...in the olden days it was honor to be truck driver, now they just behave like pigs....but yes, Swedish trucks are best :)
AlejjSi 3 months ago
jeremy clarkson started out reviewing cheap family cars and now he always gets to drive and test really expensive cars
210482fmj 3 months ago
Und heute is alles vollgestpft mit allem krimskrams
Truckfan2596 3 months ago
and what did jeremy say about wagon drivers in topgear 2009? what happened to him (sigh)
saladriot 4 months ago
This is so much better than what top gear is now.
roe5745 4 months ago
Lo podrian traducir...
sitoport 4 months ago
cummins ftw
IanBudgep51 7 months ago
The way Jeremy shifts up in the truck is much to much work.
It's easier to go 2L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L en finally 8H. At least that is when the truck has 16 gears instead of the 12 that Jeremy's Volvo has.
But there is an even easier way: just ask your boss for an automatic.
DemonDracoFox 8 months ago
@DemonDracoFox Volvo FH12
2L-> 4L -> 5L -> 5H -> 6L -> 6H.
I bet those lorryes didnt have any load. So i could change like this.
14EMC88 7 months ago
@14EMC88 That is also correct.
I allways leave it in L and only use H in the highest gear. It is the way I do it. If you have your way that is correct too. But my boss has only a few trucks with a manual gearbox left. All the new ones have an automatic. And I really like the way that drives.
DemonDracoFox 7 months ago
@DemonDracoFox But modern manuals gearsticks or whatever it's called, hace a joystick that if to move it towards + you gear up and if you move it to - you gear down ofcourse and if you stand still and have the ninth gear on for example ande gear down, you gear down to the first gear, that's what i've learned.
9999RuneScape999 7 months ago
@DemonDracoFox Autos are boring. Manuals for real truckers. I drove a DAF with 16 gears. You never use all 16 gears and I used about five different gears at the most. The gearbox is actually a four speed with a splitter and intermediade gears, therefore giving 16 different ratios. For example, pull away in 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, then use an intermediate on 8th to get a bit of power. 1st becomes 5th and 4th becomes 8th with splitter. Sounds complicated on first glance but is logical.
1100HondaCB 2 months ago
@1100HondaCB It is completly logical. I understand what you mean. But I drive a lot of kilometres in heavy traffic and worst. So having an auto is a welcome luxury :)
DemonDracoFox 2 months ago
@DemonDracoFox When I did my HGV training, the instructor was quite impressed how quickly I grasped the method in which to use the gearbox appropriately. Many trainees found the concept of the gearbox difficult to grasp, but I found it quite easy and when used properly, it can be a joy.
1100HondaCB 2 months ago
wats the song at 0:40 ?
siberiabear 8 months ago
@siberiabear Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man
HenkJanPit 4 months ago
On Australian roads, all of these, bar the Volvo would be unpopular on all but the city courier routes. Macks, Kenworths, Freightliners and Western Star prime movers are out there not because of brand loyalty, but because they can withstand the abuse of longhaul driving. The only European truck out there in great numbers are cabover Volvos
Mechknight73 8 months ago
scania is and always will be the king of trucks
dear father christmas :)
transitcoffin 8 months ago
Scania and Mercedes are both horrible to live with when it's about driving AND interiorcomfort.
19ac087 9 months ago
4:10 = Bob Seger - Like A Rock
MrTirDani 9 months ago
Its so funny to see these. I never watched top gear then. I dont think we had the channel if we did my step dad had control of the tv like ass. I was 17 at this time... lol
ndawg79 9 months ago
whats the song at @3:22 help???????????
henrifish 9 months ago
@henrifish It's Rhythm is a dancer by Snap.
iCONICAACINOCi 9 months ago
@iCONICAACINOCi thank you :)
henrifish 9 months ago
So Jeremy DOES know how to drive a truck properly, wow new Top Gear really is fake and shit.
jackobcooper 9 months ago
I always called mine a SCANIA not a SCARNYA
blobby1972 10 months ago
By the way, anyone know what the song at 6:45 is? It sounds like Bruce Springsteen, but I don't know which song.
Crusader1987 10 months ago
@Crusader1987
I believe it's Springsteen's Born to Run.
CycolacFan 10 months ago
@CycolacFan No, I'm almost certain it's not Born to Run. But it is most certainly Bruce Springsteen.
Crusader1987 10 months ago
@Crusader1987
Thunder Road maybe?
CycolacFan 10 months ago
@CycolacFan Yes, it is Thunder Road. Thank you.
Crusader1987 10 months ago
If you buy a scania and spec it properly it's potentially the best on fuel. We had a fleet of 56 plate R420s with manual box, they were rarely less than 10 mpg.
Their replacements, 60 plate R400s with opticruise are atrocious. no power and very thirsty. lucky to get 8.
mrspivvy 10 months ago
@mrspivvy i don't get why people think tiny engines get better fuel economy. much worse cos they're being worked harder!
RWL2011 9 months ago
comparing fleet spec tractors, I'd rate Scania/volvo joint first with MAN a very close second. But only if the scania had a manual box. opticruise is a load of crap, whilst volvo is hard to beat in every respect.
Actros is comfortable with excellent steering and brakes but I don't like the V6 engine. the axor inline 6 would make it a good truck.
Renault premiums are appalling, I'd rather have an ERF.
Iveco stralis is very good, just don't expect it to hang together very well.
mrspivvy 10 months ago
@LillabetteHane yes sure. your shopping will be with you in 2-3 weeks
mrspivvy 10 months ago
So if anyone takes anything from these video, can it be please be patient with trucks.
Remember, without Trucks, u get nothing. No food in ur supermarket, no fuel for your car. Is it such a bad thing if you get to ur destination 2 or 3 mins later??
eggfromsywell 10 months ago
@LillabetteHane Also, Scania isn't owner by Saab anymore. When GM brought Saab they didn't want Scania, so now Scania is Owned by VAG (VW Audi Group).
But Cars can be the worst thing for trucks. My pet hate is when your travelling down the motorway and a car jumps infront of u at the last min to take an exit. My truck weight is 16 tonnes when it EMPTY, so it doesn't stop like a car does.
eggfromsywell 10 months ago
@LillabetteHane Not too far off. I do trucking all over the UK. The gearbox thing is a bit OTT. Mine has a 16 speed gearbox, but when you're empty, I'd pull away from a standing start in 7th. Even when I'm full and weight 44tonnes, I'd pull off in 4th on flat ground. U only need the lower ones on a steep hill start or if ur trucks been plated to more than 44tonnes.
The pay was getting better before 2008 when the banks robbed us. You don't get that many Owner Drivers anymore.
eggfromsywell 10 months ago
i would love to see an aston martin truck or maybe ferrari ect
deanbrickland 11 months ago
Jeremy, James and Richard should go to America and buy three trucks like this, travel from New York City to California, with a bunch of challenges on the way. Or if not, at least try it from UK to the southern tip of Italy, like Jeremy says in this episode. That'll be a good episode of Top Gear, I bet! :-)
Northax 11 months ago 2
@Northax they couldnt really cause they already covered trucks but still sounds good
deanbrickland 11 months ago
@deanbrickland They did, and I saw the newer lorry challenge, but still, they did not take them on a long road trip, so it'll still be quite different!
Northax 11 months ago
3 people are truckers
sanjaygoopta 11 months ago
Scania are the best????
I saw one being towed by a real truck the other day (freightliner)
They may be good by European standards but their shit on real roads...
Face it Kenworth freightliner and Macks are real trucks
ttmm1133 11 months ago 3
Jeremy doesnt know how to change gears.
14EMC88 1 year ago
Haha " Central locking to keep the french out" !
baltostella 1 year ago 50
I don't know how much things have changed since '97, but my cousin bought a used peterbilt truck (beautiful inside, even has an xbox) for $60K and makes at least $150K a year (no 5-day trips either, usually like 1-2 days)...and he loves it! Or maybe it's just different in Europe
kuruptzZz 1 year ago
@kuruptzZz Things are completely different in Europe. The trucking business here is not as big as the American one for a start. Then we have small highways and petrol prices are skyrocketing... I have a few family members in the trucking business and most of them either went bankrupt or are struggling very hard at the moment.
Besides, the USA has amazing highways which makes the journeys fast and stress free, while in Europe traffic in some countries is complete chaos
PeteVanBock 11 months ago
@PeteVanBock I could understand that. Now you understand how I feel when I try explaining why American people, thus American car companies, never gave two bits about making American cars handle well! It's because we have such vast, wide open roads here, not small, tight, twisty roads like in Europe! lol!
Northax 11 months ago
@PeteVanBock It's worth pointing out that while America has a very good road network, the actual condition of the roads compared to ones in Europe is absolutely shocking. It was one of the first things I noticed when I moved over here 14 years ago and it hasn't improved since then. I've seen off road rally stages that are smoother than I-94 in Wisconsin.
Visionism 11 months ago
@Visionism Yeah, the Interstate Highway System is falling into a shocking state of disrepair. And since our government decided to tax the railroads into virtual extinction and subsidize an unsustainable road network, we are more or less screwed with upstart Republicans looking to cut every dollar in sight.
Crusader1987 10 months ago
VOLVO and SCANIA is best !
justas525 1 year ago 3
Those damn french...
amiskorolla 1 year ago 2
Change Gear,Change Gear,Murder a Prostitute,Change Gear,Murder a Prostitute.
HPaillet 1 year ago 99
@HPaillet forgot to check ur mirrors hahah
Pulseless666 5 months ago
@HPaillet check your mirrors murder prostitute change gears...
jamschnitter 1 month ago
to keep the french out...
guiness1990 1 year ago
Damn, you have to salute these guys, it really is harder than brain surgery
janusmallick 1 year ago 2
@Cookiefan1876 yawn......we dont care
marshalllucky 1 year ago
*insert* Murder prostitute *insert*
peterhejlejensen 1 year ago
why would you need air bags in a truck?
if you drive into a wall, you'll either drive through it, or be squashed...
all other obstacles are irrelevent.
galex50 1 year ago
cursing the Beeching report!
U33C 1 year ago
I'd take a volvo over a scania anyday! The scania I drive is only 6 years old and its already nackered! Something new wrong with it every week! Maybe my company has abused it too much but almost every trucker I talk to says scanias are crap! Maybe the newer ones are better.
AWMJoeyjoejoe 1 year ago
@AWMJoeyjoejoe If anything newer ones are worse...they really don't hold together like (for example) the old 3 series. back in the day I had a R113 360, that thing did over 1.6 million kms on original engine, never let me down. I reckon since most truck users these days are huge fleets who lease them, the truck's only designed for 5 years work or so before they get dumped in Africa
mrspivvy 9 months ago
@mrspivvy Yes I agree completely. I used to work at a company that had a 14 year old 3 series on the fleet that drove like it was brand new, while at the same time they were having to scrap a load of 4 series that were half the age because the chassis had completely rotted away! They dont build em like they used to!
AWMJoeyjoejoe 9 months ago
kenworth!
gunny556fly 1 year ago
Thats why they have automatic trucks nowadays :)
MomoMaxedOut 1 year ago
@MomoMaxedOut I'm a trucker and I, aswell as most truckers I know, HATE auto Truck gearboxes. Give me a manual any day. Plus "Auto Truck Gearboxs" aren't like an Auto in a car. They're manual gearboxes and clutches controled by a computer instead of a gear stick and clutch pedal
eggfromsywell 10 months ago
@eggfromsywell :o good to know ..
MomoMaxedOut 10 months ago
Pitterbuild Come
BizzLeVrai 1 year ago
A "Volvo F12 Globetrotter" was the one I drove for 870 000 miles,brilliant Truck.I got
mine in 86 and it blew everything else into the Weeds.
flanneryged 1 year ago
this makes up for him calling them prossie murderers lol
mmmbilly 1 year ago
I take a Mack or Freightliner over any of them but if i had to take one of them it would be the Scania.Most blokes dont like the new Merc's becouse its harder to remove the speed limiter as the Scania's are much more easy
fpvshitsonhsv 1 year ago
scarnia??? lol. Nice hair too JC. :)
burtobm 1 year ago
@burtobm i felt it sounded more scorrnya
blobby1972 1 year ago
basically american trucks are pretty much like this:
all mouth no trousers
european trucks are like this:
all trousers and no mouth
euro trucks are better no matter what one you go for, end of.
ITW84 1 year ago
Central locking to keep the French out!!! Brilliant
2003vwgti1 1 year ago 3
crummy sleepers....
mageac 1 year ago
LOL central locking to keep the french out LOL
MOODYSCOOBY 1 year ago
That lorry at the beginning is the same model of Renault that Clarkson later sprayed black and turned into the Magnum!
DdlyHeadshot 1 year ago
It is actually named Renault Magnum anywhere
BrisiNOR 1 year ago
american trucks are better than these gimick trucks
saweet999 1 year ago
@saweet999 I was thinking the same thing but European trucks are better and stronger. American trucks just look good with long nose that is all.
E60BMWM5 1 year ago
@E60BMWM5 yeah, and a sleeper that is 4 times the size of a European truck.
ruslsobr 1 year ago
Nice bit of promotion for the Benetton F1 team at the begining!
Suprahampton 1 year ago
It's funny that when they introduce the Mercedes, they play "Like a Rock" which was the long running advertisement for Chevy trucks in the '90s.
ionoMaybe 2 years ago
I was thinking the same thing. Benz hardly registers "like a rock" in my mind.
RaveSnoreThrong 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
anyone know the song at 3:20 ?
carb5551 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
anyone know the song at 0:38?
scorpio6609 2 years ago
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scorpio6609 2 years ago
They should do it with nowdays trucks.
diliukas 2 years ago
merc horrible rather have the volvo than all of them the only thing with that 2 miles per gallon rather than that id have a good old ERF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CUMMINSM11 2 years ago
I'm having a fart tube fitted to my Scania. It's a device made in Holland. A suction cup is attached to my anus & when I unload my rump fumes, the fart is transported along pipes & it's blown out into the face of a following cyclist.
grahamblood 2 years ago 36
@grahamblood its very rare that a comment on u.tube is actualy funny but your realy did make me giggle'
blobby1972 1 year ago
@grahamblood Old tech! My step Dad retired 20 years ago, I always suspected he had a shit pipe on his old motors!
pollykettle 1 year ago
cracking video, and yes would pick a scania over and over speeds restricted for safety ysivyboi1
oldskoolfordsrule79 2 years ago 5
thanks
ysivyboi1 2 years ago
are lorries limited to 56 because of fuel economy or safety?
ysivyboi1 2 years ago
@ysivyboi1 neither to keep the health n safety chaps quiet.
blobby1972 1 year ago
@ysivyboi1
safety
BizzLeVrai 1 year ago
@ysivyboi1 Probably both
peterhejlejensen 1 year ago
@ysivyboi1 both i think
butchd2009 1 year ago
@ysivyboi1 american trucks are limited mechanically to 100mph
bigM10231 1 year ago
@bigM10231 mph? really?
compprufus 1 year ago
@compprufus yes or about 160km/h
bigM10231 1 year ago
@bigM10231 aha, then I'm sorry I mentioned. It's just a bit weird to me, like lorrys going that fast is like a suicide.
compprufus 1 year ago
@ysivyboi1 Both and for "fair competition" EU thought that if everyone went at the same speed, would be fair for everyone because U can't get there before someone else
eggfromsywell 10 months ago
@ysivyboi1 safety
RWL2011 9 months ago
The European trucks are cabover mainly because of space considerations. You have a 45 foot trailer in some of the places in Europe and a conventional would be impossible. Trucks in NA are 75 or more feet long, in Europe they are 55 feet. I have driven there and here, and with both types of truck, so I do know.
Still don't think Scania is necessarily the best though. From a drivers viewpoint it is possible. From an operators viewpoint..... not so sure.
scrapingthebarrel 2 years ago
Its interesting how he talks about lorry drivers being interested in the coolest truck, but I guess it makes sense! I wonder why european trucks have more or less the same power as north american but are all flat faced as opposed to north american Peterbuilt style trucks?
Kingsoupturbo 2 years ago
well I think it's remarkable that he's driving a vectra!
Jerram89 2 years ago 4
A Vectra driving, trucker loving Jeremy Clarkson, talk about polarised.
TruthBeyond 2 years ago
4:00 they used to use that song for chevy pickups back in the nineties, untill ford parodied it.
Lamnont 2 years ago 3
yea, i've seen the comercial,
Like a Rock is a great song,
every time i hear it, i think of
Melissa Rycroft & Tye Strickland.
goknights39908 2 years ago
buuh renault sucks scania is the best
Skid00everest340 2 years ago 6
some would say peterbult or Kenworth
BIGGIEDEVIL 2 years ago
But the Euro market doesnt get them
BudleighSaltertonBoy 2 years ago
Peterbilt for style Kenworth for long haul
rollingparkinglot 1 year ago
@Skid00everest340 I agree that renault sucks, but I don't scanias either, I would rather have the volvo
1234niall 1 year ago
@1234niall Renault Magnum is the same as the Volvo nowadays, Renault trucks is almost completely owned by Volvo. So lose the prejudgments about French cars (trucks).
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