Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 00:13:06 +0100 From: "saab bloke" <j.winternopsamorld.com.nospam.com> Subject: Re: What is "Scania?"
dennis cathey <dennis.catheynopsamle.com> wrote in message news:3AF71838.58D55794nopsamle.com... > Ladies & gentlemen, > What, or who, is Scania? > Thx, > DC > The name Vabis is derived from the name Vagnfabriksaktiebolaget i S–dertelge or S–dert”lje Coachbuilding Company which was founded in 1891. The name Scania is derived from ScÂne a competitor truck company from the south of Sweden. The two companies merged in Spring 1911 and became known as Aktiebolaget Scania-Vabis until 1969. The AB Scania-Vabis corporate symbol featured the crowned head of a mythical beast, the Gripen, or Griffin. Though this symbol was not actually used on any Saab car, it is important in the respect that it is the forerunner of the Saab-Scania corporate symbol that was used between 1984 and 2000, and the new Scania corporate symbol that reverts to the three pointed star of the original symbol. More info at http://www.saabmuseum.com/marque/