Surprise engineering on the drive for Euro 6

摘要

ust as we report on the planet's first test drive of a Euro 6 engined truck (a Scania R480 6x2 tractor unit, with the new DC13 engine) - providing insights into the experience and equipment that matters to transport engineers (page 27) - so Iveco amazes the world by launching Euro 6 Cursor and Tector engines, using SCR (selective catalytic reduction) technology alone. They're both surprise moves. Scania has little to gain, other than kudos, from presenting a full-blown Euro 6 engined test truck, when the deadline for compliance is still two and a half years away (December 2013). Few operators are likely to buy one, when the on-cost is likely to be around £10,000 per chassis, and with little or no prospect of an RPC (reduced pollution certificate) style government cost-saving incentive.