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bottom rankings. The fact that a product as excellent as Volvos FH12 should be placed fourth indicates the pace of truck development and the high standard of the trucks that entered.
Volvo's 816 points was largely a result of the FH 12's weight and its engine, which is competent but unremarkable.
We'd hoped for a better showing from the Scania after its International Truck of the Year award, but sadly the calculator only awards it 823 points. A mixed, but generally favourable showing from the Mere gives 11 837 points.
With 848 points to its credit the MAN TGAs winning margin is almost entirely attributable to its new 020 engine. It turns what had become merely an average truck into an exceptional one. Extremely good in all situations, it gets even better when the going gets tougher.