Leyland DAF was a

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manufacturing company based in Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of

DAF NV DAF NV (originally DAF BV) was a holding company formed in April 1987, when DAF Trucks and the Leyland Trucks division of the Rover Group merged. In February 1993, it was placed in receivership. History DAF BV was formed on 6 April 1987, whe ...

. In February 1993, Leyland DAF was placed into

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History

Leyland DAF was formed in February 1987, when the Leyland Trucks division, including the

Freight Rover Freight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham, England. History Freight Rover was created as a division of the Land Rover Group of British Leyland (BL) in 1981, creating a new singl ...

van making interests, of the British

Rover Group The Rover Group plc was the British vehicle manufacturing conglomerate known as "BL plc" until 1986 (formerly British Leyland), which had been a state-owned company since 1975. It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (compris ...

merged with the Dutch

DAF Trucks DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar. DAF originally stood for ''van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek''. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabin (lorry), Cabs and axle assembly line, assemblies ...

company to form

which was owned by DAF Beheer (60%) and Rover Group (40%). In June 1989, it was floated on the Dutch and

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s. The new company traded as Leyland DAF in the United Kingdom, and as DAF elsewhere. The company manufactured trucks at its plants in

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, Netherlands and Leyland, United Kingdom, and vans at its

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(

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) plant in the United Kingdom. Following the insolvency of DAF NV in February 1993, Leyland DAF went into receivership. Four new companies emerged from it as

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s: *

LDV Group 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. Due to the 2008 financial crisis ...

as a van manufacturer based in

; continued trading until 2009. *

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, which was formed out of the firms parts company based in

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; later acquired by

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. *

Leyland Trucks 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 ...

as a truck manufacturer based in Leyland; would be acquired by

Paccar Paccar Inc. (stylized as PACCAR) is an American company primarily focused on the design and manufacturing of large commercial trucks through its subsidiaries DAF, Kenworth and Peterbilt sold across markets worldwide. The company is headquartere ...

in 1998. * Albion Automotive as a truck components manufacturer based in

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and Leyland; later acquired by

American Axle American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, is an American manufacturer of automobile driveline and drivetrain components and systems. History AAM was founded in 1994 when a private investor group, led by Ri ...

. Leyland Trucks and

(the Dutch successor to DAF NV) would both later come back together in 1998 when Paccar acquired Leyland Trucks. Despite the company ceasing trading in 1993, the Leyland DAF marque remained on some existing trucks until 2000, after which the Leyland part of the marque was dropped and trucks coming out of the Leyland plant started being solely produced under the DAF marque. In July 1994, Leyland Technical Centre, formerly part of the Leyland DAF global test operations, and located close to the Leyland Trucks site also emerged as a

. In February 2005, the company was renamed MI Technology Group and in 2013, the CSA Group. In June 2017, it was purchased by

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, owners of the

Millbrook Proving Ground Millbrook Proving Ground is an English vehicle testing centre located at Millbrook, Bedfordshire. One of the largest vehicle testing centres in Europe, it is near to the M1 and Bedford. History Modelled on the Milford Proving Ground operated ...

.2017 Half Year Results
Spectris 25 July 2017

Vehicles

Leyland Daf mixer - Flickr - sludgegulper

Vans

Leyland DAF 200 Series The LDV Pilot was the final model in a series of panel vans produced from 1974 to 2005, originally launched as the 1974 Leyland Sherpa, which was developed by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland and derived from earlier light commercia ...

(1989–1993) *

Leyland DAF 400 Series The LDV Convoy is a light commercial van that was manufactured from 1983 until 2006. The Convoy and its predecessors were wider and longer versions of the Freight Rover Sherpa, based on the Leyland Sherpa series of vans from 1974 and later know ...

(1989–1993)

Trucks

*Leyland DAF 60 Series (up to 18000 kg) *Leyland DAF 70 Series (18000 kg to 26000 kg) *Leyland DAF 80 Series (18000 kg to 38000 kg)

References

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