Scania S500

Truck

1 production run ยท 3 variants ยท 5 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Scania S500 on record.

Netherlands
2016โ€“2026
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2016โ€“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 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 ยท 3 variants ยท 5 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/s500/full

Registration history

2016: 5 vehicles 2017: 54 vehicles 2018: 142 vehicles 2019: 247 vehicles 247 2020: 147 vehicles 2021: 158 vehicles 2022: 137 vehicles 2023: 216 vehicles 2024: 209 vehicles 2025: 217 vehicles 2026: 122 vehicles 2016 2026
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2016: 2 vehicles 2017: 12 vehicles 2018: 22 vehicles 22 2019: 22 vehicles 2020: 15 vehicles 2021: 1 vehicle 2022: 9 vehicles 2023: 15 vehicles 2024: 12 vehicles 2025: 11 vehicles 2026: 8 vehicles 2016 2026
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
2016 5
2017 54
2018 142
2019 247
2020 147
2021 158
2022 137
2023 216
2024 209
2025 217
2026 122
Finland
2016 2
2017 12
2018 22
2019 22
2020 15
2021 1
2022 9
2023 15
2024 12
2025 11
2026 8

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

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  ],
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  ],
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    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 1,
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}

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