Leyland Motors
British vehicle manufacturing company
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Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) started in the town of Leyland, Lancashire, England. It started as a bus manufacturing company but soon started to make trucks too. The factory locations included Spurrier Works in Leyland. A new factory was opened in Workington where the Leyland National Bus was produced from 1972 to 1985.
Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 1896 | (as Lancashire Steam Motor Company)
Defunct | 1968 |
Fate | Merged with British Motor Holdings |
Successor | British Leyland Motor Corporation |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Buses Cars Trucks |
References
change- Jack, Doug (1984). The Leyland Bus Mk2, UK: Transport Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903839-67-9
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Leyland trucks.
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