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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%.
Standard Motors Ltd, Leyland Motors Ltd., British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, BL plc The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co. and started importing bicycles from Europe and ...
1951 Leyland Motors purchase the share capital of Albion Motors; 1952 Morris and Austin merge to form the British Motor Corporation (BMC). 1955 Leyland Motors acquires Scammell Lorries Limited of Watford; 1960 Jaguar buys Daimler for the latter's production facilities. 1961 Leyland Motors acquires Standard Triumph
Rover was bought by Leyland Motors in 1967, which had already acquired Standard-Triumph seven years earlier. Initially, Rover maintained a level of autonomy within the Leyland conglomerate, but by 1978, Leyland – by then British Leyland (BL) – had run into severe financial difficulties and had been nationalized by the British Government.
Riley became part of the Nuffield Organization in 1938 and was merged into the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968. In July 1969 British Leyland announced the immediate end of Riley production, although 1969 was a difficult year for the UK automotive industry and many cars from Riley's inventory may have been first registered in 1970. [2]
LDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, was a British van manufacturer based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Historically part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF , it was later a wholly owned subsidiary of GAZ .
Pages in category "British Leyland vehicles" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. BMC ADO16;
From 1961 to 1976, Innocenti built under licence the BMC (later the British Leyland Motor Corporation / BLMC) Mini, with 848, 998 cc and 1,275 cc engines, followed by other models, including, from 1973, the Regent , with engines up to 1,485 cc. The company of this era is commonly called Leyland Innocenti.