Nothing warms the heart more than an older truck that’s still running hard and looking fantastic. Jono Simpson drives this magnificent 2013 Scania R620 for Johnston Trucking, based out of Rolleston just south of Christchurch. It’s instantly apparent on seeing the well-placed and well-cared-for custom shine and additions that this is one loved big ol’ Swede.

The adage, ‘there’s no replacement for displacement’, is playing out nicely in the Bridgestone Million Mile Club, and there weren’t many in 2013 that were chunkier and could out-punch Scania’s venerable V8 in (463kW) 620hp trim. Behind the bent-eight is a 12-speed AMT with a proprietary rear end to boot.

Even with close on a decade of solid motoring under her wheels and nudging 1,607,000km, the R620 still whisks Jono along in comfort on his regular run carting machinery between Christchurch and Auckland.