New Scania R-series: Reflecting the truck driver’s needs
Being a field test driver for Scania involves absolute confidentiality, attention to detail and commitment to providing ongoing feedback as to functionality and cab design. The result is a truck that reflects the truck driver’s needs.
Critical assignment. Driver Thomas Wolf is on the job, field testing the functionality of the Scania R 620.
For two years, Thomas Wolf has been field testing a partly new product for Scania. His experience has led to many improvements during development. Driver opinions are valuable, and Wolf himself has enjoyed his role as a link to Scania’s product developers.
Wolf, who is employed by haulier Guyan AG Schiers in Switzerland, has been assigned to field test a Scania R 620 over a two-year period to evaluate its new functionality and the cab’s interior fittings. His opinions are conveyed to Scania’s development engineers, who re-evaluate and adapt the product.
Interviewing the test driver
Today Wolf is meeting Scania field test engineer Lars Johansson at Scania Schumont AG, a dealership in the small village of Rüthi. Here, with livestock grazing nearby, Wolf and Johansson can converse without interruption.
“Do you like the feel when you open and close this new storage box next to the driver’s seat?” Johansson asks.
“Yes, I do, but it would be better if it could stay open so that I can read an address or peek at a map while driving,” Wolf replies. Johansson notes these opinions in his computer.
When Wolf’s boss asked him if he wanted to be a test driver, Wolf was both surprised and pleased. He had worked at the company for less than a year.
“This assignment is an honour,” Wolf says. “It shows that my boss has confidence in me.”
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