its a trend.. when sbst had WA bodied volvos, tibs had WA bodied
daf and L113..
then when tibs had volgren merc and hino, sbst had volgren
volvos..
now its the gemilang war..
Don't see SBST had Hispano bodied buses though :D
But the probable reason why SMRT seems to follow the trend is
because
1) the bodybuilder have a good reputation in other counties
(volgren, WA). For Gemilang -> refer to K230UB thread
for tamago's posting on Gemilang
2) It's been tested/proven by SBST or SMRT so they feel it's ok
to follow suit. Makes sense since 900 of SBST's Scanias are going
to be bodied by them anyway.