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Auto Trader was founded by John Madejski, [2] [3] Paul Gibbons and Peter Taylor as Thames Valley Trader in 1977. [4] It was rebranded Auto Trader in 1988. The first title was followed by the publication of a second one, Southern Auto Trader. [5] The company launched a website, Autotrader.co.uk, in 1996, giving people the ability to buy or sell ...
Autotrader.com, Inc. is an American online marketplace for car buyers and sellers, founded in 1997. It aggregates new, used, and certified second-hand cars from dealers and private sellers. The site also provides users with automotive reviews, shopping advice, and comparison tools for car financing and insurance information . [ 1 ]
Available with a payload of up to 5 tonnes, the then very modern truck in cab-over-engine design enabled greater manoeuvrability in urban environments. Two different wheelbases were available, and the chassis provided the basis for various bodies. For example, the Fordson Thames 7V was the most widely used fire truck during the Second World War.
The Thames Trader model range covered weights from 2 to 7 tons, powered by either petrol or diesel engines in four-or six-cylinder guises. The lower-weight vehicles were available with 118- and 138-inch wheelbases, the heavy weight vehicle with 138-, 152- and 160-inch wheelbases; there was also a 108-inch tipper wheelbase.
Ever since the days of the first Model T trucks the Ford Motor Company always had a vehicle in the popular 10/15/20 cwt category, although with the speedy 15 cwt normal control model of 1939 being discontinued a year or so later only the E83W 10 cwt van was available immediately after the war, whereas Morris had their 10 cwt model Y and the PV ...
The Ford D series is a range of middle-weight trucks that were introduced by Ford UK in 1965. [1] It replaced the Thames Trader and appears to have been envisaged as a more modern competitor to the Bedford TK produced by General Motors ' UK truck subsidiary.
Leyland Trucks is a medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It can trace its origins back to the original Leyland Motors , which was founded in 1896, and subsequently evolved into British Leyland .
It was confirmed in March 2014 that, with the exception of a handful of light recovery vehicles, all British Army Bedford MK/MJ trucks had been disposed of, replaced by RMMV HX60 4x4 trucks. [ 1 ] After Bedford's Dunstable factory was sold in 1987 to AWD , the MK restarted production for military only use [ 9 ] until 1992 when AWD was placed in ...