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Revision as of 05:26, 1 November 2018
| Industry | Automotive |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Defunct | 1987 |
| Successor | Leyland DAF |
| Headquarters | , England |
| Products | Vans |
| Parent | Land Rover Group |
Freight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Washwood Heath, England.
History
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Freight Rover was created as a division of the Land Rover Group of British Leyland (BL) in 1981, creating a new single brand for BL's panel van business. Essentially Freight Rovers were face-lifted, badge engineered Leyland Sherpas.
Under later company organisation changes Freight Rover became part of the Leyland Trucks division of BL.
In 1987 the Leyland Trucks division of, what was by then, the Rover Group (following the renaming of BL in 1986), merged with the Dutch truck company DAF Trucks to form DAF NV, which was later floated on the Dutch stock market. The British arm of the new company traded as Leyland DAF, with two main sites in the UK: the truck plant in Leyland and the vans plant in Washwood Heath.
Following the collapse of DAF NV in 1993, the van business was the subject of a management buyout and a new independent van company, LDV Group, was established.[1][2][3][4]
Vehicles
References
- ^ Leyland DAF in £8.6m rebound: Management brings change in fortunes and name The Independent 23 April 1994
- ^ Van firm in £1.5bn bid BBC News 2 May 2002
- ^ LDV: Countdown to collapse The Guardian 9 June 2009
- ^ State aid NN/41/2009 - Rescue Aid for LDV Group Limited European Commission 7 August 2009
External links
Media related to Freight Rover vehicles at Wikimedia Commons
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- British Leyland
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
- Manufacturing companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Truck manufacturers
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1981
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1987
- 1981 establishments in England
- 1987 disestablishments in England