Scania annual report 2001

market helps to make the company’s operations less
dependent on the cyclical upturns and downturns in the
heavy vehicle industry.
For this reason, Scania continued to strengthen and
expand its own sales and service network in Europe.
The proportion of new trucks delivered by Scaniaowned
dealerships in western Europe rose to more
than 40 percent of volume. At year-end, Scania owned
about 25 percent of local sales and service companies.
A Scania OmniLine intercity bus outside Katrineholm, Sweden.
Buses in Europe
Despite the general economic downturn during the
year, the total market for heavy buses in western
Europe remained at a high level. A total of 23,500
(23,430) buses were registered.
Scania’s deliveries of bus chassis rose by 7 percent
to 1,828 (1,702) in Europe. For more than 10
percent of these, Scania provided its own bodywork.
An increasing proportion of fully-built buses were
delivered in markets outside the Nordic market, which
previously was completely dominant – especially Italy.
Scania’s market share in western Europe rose to
7.1 (6.3) percent.
During 2001, Scania improved its Nordic market
positions, gaining a significant increase in market share.
In Finland, Scania became the market leader.
Scania elicited a major response for its ‘‘total concept”,
which means that in close cooperation with a
number of bus and coach operators, Scania assumes
full responsibility for service and maintenance at a fixed
per-kilometre price.
As in 2000, Scania’s biggest bus market in Europe
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