Pro's and Con's of all truck brands

[5O9 Mike]

What are the pros and cons of all of the truck brands in Ets2 (Volvo, Scania, Iveco, Renault, DAF, Man, Mercedes-Benz.) And what is statistically the best brand.

[Avery]

scania is the bomb aka best truck out there

[Nite69]

its a toss up between these 2, scania is like luxury but volvo has the fastest trucks so pick between one of them

Iveco is the cheapest btw, good if ya want to save on cost for drivers that you hire for your company

[gallagher4005]

I like the Volvo trucks. I have a sound mod from back on the 1.18 patch that has a real good turbo sound for these trucks.
VOLVO RULES IN EUROPE!!!!

[Nite69]

Originally posted by gallagher4005:

I like the Volvo trucks. I have a sound mod from back on the 1.18 patch that has a real good turbo sound for these trucks.
VOLVO RULES IN EUROPE!!!!

speaking of engine sounds, this is the best one I heard, I love it so much, if I knew how to edit files in the game I would apply it to all the trucks instead of just the scania

its alot better in game btw, youtube hurts the sound quality of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0cuI7y9UI

[Shadowfox70K]

Probably Scania but buy whatever you like because theres little difference beside the looks. I feel MAN does as good a job as any

[Sky_Goddess]

http://trucksim.wikia.com/wiki/Trucks
This site says the Scania Streamline is the fastest truck.
Instead I decided to the highest speed I could get with every truck brand in their most powerful truck.
The Volvo is quite fast but the Scania is even faster.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=561538213

I actually made a new speed record of 185 km/h. You bet the speed camera had laid an ambush!

Happy in'

[Uday]

Pros and cons can be of personal taste, based on experience and what others generally say! So let's begin, my favourite to least favourite:

Scania pros: EPIC design, big, bad, bold, and stronger. I started ets2 with a Scania S 4x2, and now I currently drive a Scania Streamline 8x4 which I upgraded fully (V8 edition interior too) and I LOVE IT! Scanias, new or previous gen models, can look WAY cooler with upgrades, like the bull bars, added lamps, air horns, and epic paint job that costs 50000€! Expensive but worth it, trust me.

Scania cons: The newer Scania models seem somewhat heavier to drive compared to the previous generation models. I don't know it's just me, but it looks evident there is some Volkswagen involvement in the interior (afterall VW owns Scania), mainly in the Scania S line trucks, looks better quality tho.

Mercedes pros: Looks very elegant, one of the best to buy when fully upgraded! Love the sound of the engine, and horn! The brand does boast quality, which it genuinely does live up to. Beautiful without upgrades like lamps and bull bars. I had a Mercedes new actros 8x4, and it was gorgeous.

Mercedes cons: the badge does all the talking... otherwise the design is... perhaps conservative? Added upgrades like bull bars and lamps make the truck look cheaper. Mercedes is epic at demoralising you for playing budget, they expect you to fully spec your truck in order to enjoy the best experience.

MAN pros: solid design, looks heavy duty, goes from A to B without breaking a sweat. They have decent cheap models, suitable for beginners, and if you have a business in the game, you can buy it in fleet for your employees.

MAN cons: A bit conservative by design... and feels weighted compared to the Swedish rivals.

DAF pros: BEAUTIFUL interior! Looks luxurious. Exterior design is decent enough! The three wipers makes me think of a boat! It's a mix between budget (Renault and Iveco) and expensive (Mercedes, Scania and Volvo). Pretty much like MAN.

DAF cons: Not much choice of chassis or engine. I wish there was an 8x4. No cheap base versions whatsoever, making it a poor choice to buy for your employee truckers.

Volvo pros: most powerful trucks in the game (even for specs, models and trims), best safety tech (perhaps) and decent quality interior. Good cheap models to purchase for employees.

Volvo cons: design is on the conservative side, that too Volvo trucks are generic choices, making it feel rather boring. Perhaps overrated as well? That aspect can be debated.

Renault pros: cheap, decent to buy for your employees. Very agile performance and unique designs!

Renault cons: interior plastic... even Chinese toy cars have better looking plastic than that! The quality is standard, A to B, not meant to "wow" us all.

Iveco pros: Cheap, and epic styling.

Iveco cons: poor quality and performance.

[HiTmAn]

now u dont have much choice scania performance are great looks good and have bunch of cosmetics...and enterior i think mercedes new actros looks best..daf have good interior as well

[Stringbean]

Personally, I don't follow the herd of sheep by going for a Scania. I want to have a workhorse of a truck that struggles once in a while and one that requires a little more driving effort. Therefore I have a middle of the road MAN truck. Nothing fancy in terms of engine, transmission, e.t.c. I've pimped it to the hilt in terms of eye candy though and I love it.

[AoD_lexandro]

Iveco always gets a bad rep from people who are only interested in how much junk they can cram on the dashboard.

The fact is they have a good selection of engines, are very manoeuvrable and have very good handling at all speeds.
The down side (for most) is they have almost no options for internal dressing.

In game almost all trucks behave and perform very similar with similar parts. There really is no "best" brand. It is just down to what truck you like to drive.

[GamerXT]

they are all basically the same (in the game at least), so it doesnt matter what you choose, unless your trying to get there like 3 seconds faster or something, lol

[atlas]

almost 6 year later, but ima tell

DAF interior and exterior looks beautiful. all DAF trucks are beautiful. just pick your truck by its design. because after all, most trucks will only differ like %1 speed difference. but ima be honest just don't pick iveco lol. maybe hi-way is viable but stralis's only pro is being cheap,and just get man if u want something cheap

[Vodka]

Iveco (maybe Renault?) = cheap;
Volvo and Scania = horsepower (heavy duty)
Scania = V8
Mercedes = nice looking

DAF = Perfection.


I have yet to drive a MAN but every truck is more or less decent.

[🦊 Hermit]

Objectively, in their 'final' most powerful guise: Renault and Iveco are the lowest power/weakest engines, Scania and Volvo are the most powerful, and all the others are pretty much the same as each other somewhere in the middle.

That is virtually the only objective difference. Everything else is personal preference and subjective.