Leyland Motors facts for kids
| 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 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.
- Jack, Doug (1984). The Leyland Bus Mk2, UK: Transport Publishing Company. ISBN: 0-903839-67-9
Images for kids
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Builder's plate
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Badge on a 1954 Leyland Comet 90 flatbed lorry
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The original Leyland steam van
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A 1924 Leyland Trojan tourer
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A 1927 Leyland Eight, with sports bodywork
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Petrol-engined Leyland wagon
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1948 Leyland Beaver flatbed
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Share of the Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, issued 8. January 1968
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Ashok Leyland Corporate Building in Chennai, India
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A Kowloon Motor Bus 2-axle Leyland Olympian in Hong Kong
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Leyland FG
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Leyland Terrier
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A 1979 model of the short-lived redesigned Marathon 2
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1988 T45 Roadtrain tractor unit
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See also
In Spanish: Leyland Motor Corporation para niños
