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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 direct descendant of Leyland's UK bus-making division. On 21 December 2011, Ashok Leyland bought an additional 49% stake in Optare, bringing its total to 75%.
1907 – T Coulthard and Co, an engineering firm in Preston, was taken over by LSMC and the combined company named Leyland Motors Limited. [3] 1951 – Leyland Motors acquires Albion Motors; 1955 – Leyland Motors acquires Scammell Lorries Ltd. 1962 – Leyland Motors acquires AEC, whose parent company ACV had acquired Thornycroft in 1961
British Leyland also provided the technical know-how and the rights to their Leyland 28 BHP tractor for Auto Tractors Limited, a tractor plant in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Established in 1981 with state support, ATL only managed to build 2,380 tractors by the time the project was ended in 1990 – less than the planned production for the first ...
British Leyland UK Ltd v Swift; British Motor Corporation; ... Lanner Group Ltd; Leyland 2S/350 gas turbine; Leyland Motors; List of Daimler cars; N. Nuffield Press; R.
1956 Leyland Tiger Cub with HV Burlingham coachwork. Tiger (front-engined, PS series) - 1948-1968 Comet - 1948-1971; Olympic - 1949-1971; Royal Tiger - 1950-1955; Worldmaster - 1955-1979
The Rover Group Limited; Industry: Automobiles: Predecessor: British Leyland: Founded: 1986; 39 years ago (): Defunct: May 2000; 24 years ago (): Fate: Split, MG and Rover sold to Phoenix Venture Holdings for a nominal £10 to create MG Rover Group, Land Rover sold to Ford for £1.8 billion, Mini retained by BMW.
British Motor Holdings Limited (BMH) was a British vehicle manufacturing company known until 14 December 1966 as British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC). [1] BMH was created as a holding company following BMC's takeover of both Jaguar Cars and the Pressed Steel Company in that year.
The Austin Rover Group (abbreviated ARG) was a British motor manufacturer.It was created in 1982 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland (BL). ). Previously, this entity had been known as BL Cars Ltd (formerly Leyland Cars) which encompassed the Austin-Morris and Jaguar-Rover-Triumph divisions of British Le