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Freight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

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company was created as a division of the Land Rover Group
Land Rover Group

Land Rover Group was a division of British Leyland and later the Rover Group that was in existence between 1981 and 1987. LRG brought British Leyland's light commercial vehicle production under one management, consisting of the Land Rover utility 4x4 range, the Range Rover luxury 4x4 and the former LDV Pilot van range ....
 of British Leyland (BL) in 1981, creating a new single brand for BL's panel van business.

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
Rover Group

Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the nationalisation vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
 (following the renaming of BL in 1986), merged with the Dutch truck company DAF Trucks
DAF Trucks

DAF Trucks NV is a Netherlands truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assembly are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium....
, to form the new independent DAF NV
DAF NV

DAF NV was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In 1993 DAF NV became insolvent....
 company which soon after was floated on the Dutch stock market.






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Freight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

History

The company was created as a division of the Land Rover Group
Land Rover Group

Land Rover Group was a division of British Leyland and later the Rover Group that was in existence between 1981 and 1987. LRG brought British Leyland's light commercial vehicle production under one management, consisting of the Land Rover utility 4x4 range, the Range Rover luxury 4x4 and the former LDV Pilot van range ....
 of British Leyland (BL) in 1981, creating a new single brand for BL's panel van business.

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
Rover Group

Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the nationalisation vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
 (following the renaming of BL in 1986), merged with the Dutch truck company DAF Trucks
DAF Trucks

DAF Trucks NV is a Netherlands truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assembly are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium....
, to form the new independent DAF NV
DAF NV

DAF NV was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In 1993 DAF NV became insolvent....
 company which soon after was floated on the Dutch stock market. The British arm of the new company traded as Leyland DAF
Leyland DAF

Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in the United Kingdom, and a division of DAF NV. In 1993 DAF NV became insolvent and Leyland DAF went into receivership....
, with two main sites in the UK: the truck plant in Leyland
Leyland, Lancashire

Leyland is a town in the South Ribble of Lancashire, England. Lying approximately six miles south of the city of Preston, Leyland has a population of around 40,000....
 and the vans plant in Birmingham.

Note: following the collapse of DAF NV in 1993 the Birmingham van business was the subject of a management buyout
Management buyout

A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing Management acquire a large part or all of the company ....
 and a new independent van company, LDV Limited
LDV Limited

For other uses see LDVLDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, is a UK van manufacturer, based in the Ward End area of Birmingham, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian GAZ group....
, was created.

Vehicles

  • Sherpa/200 Series
  • 300 Series