Leyland Motors
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 |
|---|---|
| Fate | Merged with British Motor Holdings |
| Successor | British Leyland Motor Corporation |
| Founded | 1896 (as Lancashire Steam Motor Company) |
| Defunct | 1968 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Buses Cars Trucks |
Leyland Motors Media
Preserved Barnsley & District Electric Traction Co. bus 5 (reg. HE 12), pictured parked up in Crystal Palace Park, London, in preparation for the 2006 HCVS London to Brighton run
Badge on a 1954 Leyland Comet 90 flatbed lorry
The original Leyland steam van
A 1924 Leyland Trojan tourer
A 1927 Leyland Eight, with sports bodywork
Petrol-engined Leyland wagon
1948 Leyland Beaver flatbed
Share of the Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, issued 8. January 1968
Ashok Leyland Corporate Building in Chennai, India
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References
- Jack, Doug (1984). The Leyland Bus Mk2, UK: Transport Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903839-67-9
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