Scania LS

Truck โญ Popular pick

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Scania LS on record.

Netherlands
1950โ€“1980
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1978โ€“2023
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 30% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands Norway

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

2 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

Create a free account Already have one? Sign in

Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/truck/scania/ls/full

Registration history

1950: 1 vehicle 1961: 1 vehicle 1962: 1 vehicle 1963: 1 vehicle 1964: 1 vehicle 1965: 1 vehicle 1966: 2 vehicles 1967: 1 vehicle 1968: 2 vehicles 1969: 2 vehicles 1970: 5 vehicles 1971: 3 vehicles 1972: 3 vehicles 1973: 3 vehicles 1974: 6 vehicles 1975: 4 vehicles 1976: 5 vehicles 1977: 2 vehicles 1978: 1 vehicle 1979: 7 vehicles 7 1980: 3 vehicles 1950 1980
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1978: 1 vehicle 1979: 3 vehicles 3 1980: 2 vehicles 2017: 1 vehicle 2023: 1 vehicle 1978 2023
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
View as table
Netherlands
1950 1
1961 1
1962 1
1963 1
1964 1
1965 1
1966 2
1967 1
1968 2
1969 2
1970 5
1971 3
1972 3
1973 3
1974 6
1975 4
1976 5
1977 2
1978 1
1979 7
1980 3
Finland
1978 1
1979 3
1980 2
2017 1
2023 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

Try the API

The Scania LS as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/truck/scania/ls/full

2 credits per call. Unknown ids are free. Free accounts start with 100 credits.

Get a free API key

GET โ€ฆ/truck/scania/ls/full free plan response

{
  "id": "truck/scania/ls",
  "name": "LS",
  "make": {
    "id": "scania",
    "name": "Scania"
  },
  "kind": "truck",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "fi",
    "nl",
    "no"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 3,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit โ€” see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

On Developer and up, enrichment carries production runs, variants, related models, powertrain counts, reference links and make facts.

More trucks from Scania

Something off about this record? Fix it on GitHub. The catalog is open data, and corrections make it better for everyone.