20 Facts About Leyland Motors

Leyland Motors Limited was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses.

British Leyland Motors later changed its name to simply BL, then in 1986 to Rover Group.

Leyland Motors has a long history dating from 1896, when the Sumner and Spurrier families founded the Lancashire Steam Motor Company in the town of Leyland in North West England.

In 1920, Leyland Motors produced the Leyland Eight luxury touring car, a development of which was driven by J G Parry-Thomas at Brooklands.

In 1946, AEC and Leyland Motors formed British United Traction to build trolleybuses.

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In 1955, through an equity agreement, manufacture of commercial vehicles under licence from Leyland Motors commenced in Madras, India at the new Ashok factory.

In 1968 Leyland Motors merged with British Motor Holdings to form the British Leyland Motor Corporation .

This, and other reasons, led to financial difficulties and in December 1974 British Leyland Motors had to receive a guarantee from the British government.

Leyland Motors Trucks depended on British sales as well as export markets, mainly Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth markets.

In 1986, BL changed its name to Rover Group, with its name being derived from the Rover brand that Leyland Motors had bought in the 1960s, and would eventually gain prominence as BL gradually retired most of its marques.

The equity stake in Ashok Leyland Motors was controlled by Land Rover Leyland Motors International Holdings, and sold in 1987.

Leyland Motors is a leader in the heavy transportation sector within India and has an aggressive expansionary policy.

Today, Ashok-Leyland Motors is pursuing a joint venture with Nissan, and through its acquisition of the Czech truck maker, Avia, is entering the European truck market directly.

Leyland Motors'storically, Leyland Motors was a major manufacturer of buses used in the United Kingdom and worldwide.

Leyland Motors had insufficient money for development of a complete new vehicle at the time, so designers were instructed to utilise as many existing in-house components as possible.

Leyland Motors Constructor was a 6x4, three axle wagon with gross weight up to 24 tonnes used as a tipper or on short haul distribution duties.

Leyland Motors Roadtrain was a range of heavy goods vehicle tractor units manufactured by Leyland Motors Trucks between 1980 and 1990.

Leyland Motors Landtrain was produced between 1980 and 1987, specifically for export markets.

Leyland Motors Comet was introduced in 1986, designed for export markets mainly in the developing world.

Leyland Motors produced a film in 1977 entitled The Quality Connection showing the importance of quality control.