Scania deliveries (corrected version)

Deliveries of Scania trucks during the period January through November 1998 increased by 8 percent.

Deliveries, number of trucks

Jan-Nov 1998

Jan-Nov 1997

Change %

- Western Europe

29,377

23,975

23

- Central and eastern Europe

2,136

1,752

22

- Latin America

7,214

8,887

-19

- Asia

1,173

2,764

-58

- Other markets

1,460

888

64

Total

41,360

38,266

8

3,764 (4,204) buses and 2,513 (2,762) industrial and marine engines were delivered during the period.

The order intake from western Europe is stable, but is declining in central and eastern Europe. The activity in the Far East remains low.

In Latin America the market is weak. The adaptation of production rates to the lower demand continues at Scania’s units in Latin America.

For further information, please contact:

Louise Jarn Melander, Communications and Public Affairs

Tel +46 8 5538 1212, mobile +46 70 607 60 30

Magnus Hahn, Investor Relations

Tel +46 8 5538 3510, mobile +46 70 551 79 03

Oscar Stjerngren, Investor Relations

Tel +46 8 5538 3657, mobile +46 70 598 36 58