Scania R520

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1 production run · 4 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Scania R520 on record.

Netherlands: 2013–2022; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 2014–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Finland Israel 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

1 production run · 4 registers with powertrain counts

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

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Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
2013	19
2014	170
2015	138
2016	103
2017	63
2018	68
2019	127
2020	83
2021	67
2022	5

Finland
2014	27
2015	49
2016	71
2017	44
2018	38
2019	50
2020	33
2021	23
2022	8
2023	15
2024	12
2025	8
2026	4

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

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The Scania R520 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "truck/scania/r520",
  "name": "R520",
  "make": {
    "id": "scania",
    "name": "Scania"
  },
  "kind": "truck",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "il",
    "nl",
    "no"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 3,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "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 — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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