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24 November 2018 | AutoData LAUNCH » SCANIA TRUCKS S cania chose the shore of São Paulo, more precisely the city of Guarujá, to present the new line of heavy trucks that will produce in São Bernardo do Campo, ABCD region of São Paulo, from January next year. At the place, an old and historic military base, founded in 1922 to protect the port of Santos, the automaker has reformed and adapted two hangars that will receive, by the middle of December, approximate- ly four thousand people - journalists, de- alers, suppliers and customers, of which 2 thousand transporters are from Brazil By Márcio Stéfani, from Guarujá From the hangar to the streets Scania prepares a two-month event to present its new generation of trucks, production starts next February and seven hundred from Latin America. Only the launch will consume invest- ment of R$ 43 million. It will be possible to know all the technical details of the new truck, as well as the whole structure of services to be offered by Scania from now on. There will be 37 available trucks of several models - road, off road and city trucks - for tests to be realized by the invited transporters in conditions of use. This new generation of trucks, which Scania itself considers and calls it «the best of all times», marks a new industrial and commercial cycle of the brand in Latin