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Ashok Leyland Limited is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturer, with its headquarters in Chennai.It is now owned by the Hinduja Group. [3] It was founded in 1948 as Ashok Motors, which became Ashok Leyland in the year 1955 after collaboration with British Leyland. [4]
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A 2010 Ashok Leyland truck in India. Until the 1980s, the Leyland name and logo were seen as a recognised and respected marque across India, the wider subcontinent and parts of Africa in the form of Ashok Leyland, a company formed from the partnership of the Ashok group and British Leyland. However, now the company has been largely Indian in ...
Today, Ashok-Leyland is pursuing a joint venture with Nissan, and through its acquisition of the Czech truck maker, Avia, is entering the European truck market directly. With its purchase of a 26% stake in UK-based bus manufacturer Optare in 2010, Ashok Leyland has taken a step closer to reconnecting with its British heritage, as Optare is a ...
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In February 2005 Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of Hinduja Group, announced an agreement to supply 100 army vehicles to the Sudanese Defence Ministry. It was alleged by arms campaigner Mark Thomas that this contravened UK arms export legislation, as a number of the company's directors were UK residents or citizens. [28]
Switch Mobility (Optare until 2020) [1] is a British bus manufacturer based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire.It is a subsidiary of Indian company Ashok Leyland.The company is responsible for the EV operations of the group with Ashok Leyland focusing on its core business of diesel-powered vehicles as well as work on alternative fuels like compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas ...
The company is said to have started manufacturing trucks with an equity participation of "British Leyland" in 1955. Even though Ashok Leyland's site also says so, British Leyland did not exist till 1968. I think they mean Leyland Motors Ltd. which later became British Leyland with the merger of it self and British Motor Holdings.