Why are american trucks so different from europeans?

[Dobke]

I was wondering why are european trucks designed mostly with a flat front where as american trucks have a bonnet and seems massive. Euro trucks have a place to sleep in the back as I saw in scania and volvo models on ETS 2 but on ATS trucks have a full fledged bedroom on the back.

Another question, in real life, why aren't there much, if any, european trucks in the US? I live in america and I have never seen a scania, I fell in love with the Scania R and S series from ETS and I have never seen them in real life.

Thanks in advance, have a good day.

[Wolfgang]

Because in Europe there are lengh restrictions on trucks while in the US there is a weight limit per axle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bridge_Gross_Weight_Formula).

[TW]

Because Euro don't drive trucks. They drive big cars.

[J4CKI3]

America is just physically bigger than Europe, with bigger, wider roads allowing for bigger vehicles. Europe's tight roads require more compact trucks with the cab over the engine. American style trucks are generally considered to be more comfortable because they have much more space on the inside, safer because they have a hood, and more stable because of their longer wheelbases. European trucks also have advantages in that they are more maneuverable and lighter. As for why European trucks are not found in the US, I think it is because the market for a class-6 Euro style truck isn't big enough in America. However, in the medium duty segment there is the Kenworth K270, which is a rebadged DAF truck.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

A lot of Europe is tight and narrow so they never developed the conventional except for the old Scania T Cab.
American Sleepers are larger because per capita we north americans are fatter and lazier than the average european. (j/k . . . we have the room for it, they don't)

As for the lack of Euroean Brands here in North America, the cost of shipping the parts when needed is te usual answer. The real answer is "Murica". Too many American are proud of their Kenworths & Peterbuilts. It took a long time for Volvo to get a foothold in the North American truck market. Not the same for Europe. The reason there is the Length Restriction Laws. Conventional trucks simply aren't allowed to go most places in Europe.

[Dobke]

Thanks for the info guys

[Sky_Goddess]

Yes, our roads are definitely tighter.

Originally posted by TW:

Because Euro don't drive trucks. They drive big cars.

I don't know where you got that from but it's a lie. We got the strongest trucks in the world.
https://www.scania.com/group/en/home/newsroom/news/2020/living-with-the-new-770-hp-king-of-the-road.html

You are sitting higher than in an American truck. I have seen both kind of trucks at a truck show.
That power is something to behold.

[Sandhill]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Because in Europe there are lengh restrictions on trucks while in the US there is a weight limit per axle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bridge_Gross_Weight_Formula).

The only correct response.

[Trucker_71]

Europeans drive large phone booths! LOL

[Nimir-Raj]

Because when we take the limiter off the Scania and take it to 98mph it's way scarier. We're all adrenaline junkies.

[room217au]

meanwhile.. in Australia..
https://www.northweststar.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/88uitQDCBZnXA8enwGJ5Zd/0dbf8202-5a25-4f3d-aaa1-5c0df4824a88.jpg/r0_0_1155_809_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg

[room217au]

Originally posted by J4CKI3:

America is just physically bigger than Europe

Actually, they both occupy about the same land area. Europe is a titch larger.

If I'm not mistaken, the COE is an American concept and design?

[Underscore_101_3]

TW and Trucker_71,

https://www.trucker.de/test-technik/vergleichstest-daimler-trucks-drei-stief-brueder-2431699

It's in German, but the Caption under the image translates to this in English:
The same engine, the same transmission, the same axles - and yet the Actros, Western Star and Freightliner all have different characters.

[Derek Tom]

I actually seen a Scania, can't say wich model ( these trucks all looks like Voldemort to me) on an highway here in Quebec ( near the city of Sherbrooke) 2 days in a row while doing deliveries for my work. the first and only time I've saw an european cabover truck in my life.

[Alabama]

TW that is so arrogant.
As said above we have the most powerful truck's, after seeing that Aussie road train i am not so sure. Also our dirver are more probably more skillful due to the much tighter place's
we have to get into. a lot of our road's are the same route, that has been there a few hundred year's.Most of our building's are also older than the USA.
So unless what you said was a joke. you realy are quite ignorant.

[Sandhill]

Originally posted by Alabama:

TW that is so arrogant.
As said above we have the most powerful truck's, after seeing that Aussie road train i am not so sure. Also our dirver are more probably more skillful due to the much tighter place's
we have to get into. a lot of our road's are the same route, that has been there a few hundred year's.Most of our building's are also older than the USA.
So unless what you said was a joke. you realy are quite ignorant.

I'm sure it was a joke. Horses for courses, the trucks are suited to their respective laws, which in turn are suited to their respective environments.
As an aside, improved safety of bonnet trucks is a long ago disproved old wives tale, if we're talking modern safety engineering in both trucks.