Volvo FH tops unique truck test

cav551:
Surprises being the performance of the DAF and Scania. The non surprise being the manufacturers whingeing about the drivers, not being able to substitute vehicles and the actual loads carried.

I read the bit about manufactures moaning, especially the driver bit, the way I understand the test the driver could pick their truck in the hope they tried to get the best out it and were sent in the manufacture training course. But the manufacturers reckon it would be better with their own test drivers, but that’s not the point these trucks will be driven by many drivers of various abilities not exclusively by their own works driver.

Also they did the figures on buying the trucks outright, maybe because of the special bodywork. But in the UK at least many trucks are on lease with an R&M contract, so residuals wouldn’t be such a major factor in the TCO, except maybe for working out the lease costs.