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Scania R480

Truck

1 production run · 1 variant · 4 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Scania R480 on record.

Netherlands
2002–2014
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2007–2026
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 20% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Finland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Spain Switzerland

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

Production history & variants

1 production run · 1 variant · 4 registers with powertrain counts

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

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/truck/scania/r480/full

Registration history

2002: 1 vehicle 2003: 1 vehicle 2006: 2 vehicles 2007: 5 vehicles 2008: 1 vehicle 2009: 7 vehicles 2010: 4 vehicles 2011: 2 vehicles 2012: 10 vehicles 2013: 44 vehicles 44 2014: 2 vehicles 2002 2014
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2007: 16 vehicles 2008: 32 vehicles 2009: 52 vehicles 52 2010: 29 vehicles 2011: 10 vehicles 2012: 10 vehicles 2013: 23 vehicles 2014: 10 vehicles 2015: 2 vehicles 2016: 14 vehicles 2017: 19 vehicles 2018: 16 vehicles 2019: 12 vehicles 2020: 24 vehicles 2021: 10 vehicles 2022: 14 vehicles 2023: 4 vehicles 2024: 4 vehicles 2025: 4 vehicles 2026: 3 vehicles 2007 2026
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
2002 1
2003 1
2006 2
2007 5
2008 1
2009 7
2010 4
2011 2
2012 10
2013 44
2014 2
Finland
2007 16
2008 32
2009 52
2010 29
2011 10
2012 10
2013 23
2014 10
2015 2
2016 14
2017 19
2018 16
2019 12
2020 24
2021 10
2022 14
2023 4
2024 4
2025 4
2026 3

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

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The Scania R480 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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  "id": "truck/scania/r480",
  "name": "R480",
  "make": {
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    "name": "Scania"
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  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
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    "es",
    "fi",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "truck/scania/r480lb"
  ],
  "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 — 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.

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