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Leyland tractors was a tractor manufacturer in the United Kingdom. It was created after the merger of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) with Leyland Motors to form British Leyland in 1968. Nuffield Tractors had been started after World War II by Lord Nuffield owner of Morris Motors Limited which had become part of BMC in 1951.
Production ended in 1990, a few years after the sale of Leyland Trucks to Dutch firm DAF in 1987, although as a postscript DAF relaunched the model in low-datum form (it was already manufacturing the large DAF 95) as the DAF 80, using the Roadtrain cab with the 11.6-litre (710 cu in) DAF 330 ATi engine (quite ironic, given that this engine had ...
The LDV Pilot was the last of a series of a panel vans that was produced by from 1974 until 2005, originally as the 1974 Leyland Sherpa developed by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland, which was in turn derived from earlier light commercials produced by the British Motor Corporation.
The Leyland 4-tonne truck was produced by Leyland Trucks in Lancashire. It was developed for the British Army and won the competition to replace a fleet of older Bedford M-type 4-tonne trucks. [ 1 ] It shares some key components with the commercial 45 Series light truck.
1978 – Leyland Vehicles Limited becomes the new name for the division. 1979 – Production starts during September at the all-new Leyland Assembly Plant, the first build being a Leyland Leopard bus chassis. 1981 – LVL splits into three companies: Leyland Trucks, Leyland Bus and Leyland Parts. 1982 – Leyland ceases production of Guy lorries.
LDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, was a British van manufacturer based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Historically part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF, it was later a wholly owned subsidiary of GAZ. Owing to the global recession and a lack of long-term investment, production was suspended at the LDV factory in December 2008.
Leyland Leopard PSU3/2R Alexander Y Type [5] 1962 YWS 611 611 Double Decker Leyland Titan PD2A/30 Alexander [1] 1964 ASC 665B 665 Double Decker Leyland Titan PD3/6 Alexander E [4] 1964 ASC 690B 690 Double Decker Leyland Titan PD3/6 Alexander E [1] 1965 ESF 801C 801 Double Decker Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Alexander A [1] 1966 EWS 812D 812 Double ...
The Leyland OE engine (OE.138/OE.160) is a diesel, pushrod (OHV) straight-four engine based on the Standard 23C design and redesigned by Leyland Motors subsequent to their 1961 takeover of Standard-Triumph. Intended for light trucks and commercials, tractors, and industrial usage, the engine was available in either high speed and low speed ...