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GITI Tyres Big Test - Super Efficiency

Scania’s big product news for 2023 is the recent launch of its latest generation `Super’ six-cylinder models.

A mainstay of the Scania line-up in Europe, the Super models have tended to be overshadowed by the big horsepower of the V8 models for the New Zealand market.

But that is changing gradually as an increasing number of fleets turn to the fuel efficiency of the 13-litre six-cylinder – with the trend likely to gather pace as the third generation of the DC13 famil...

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