Leyland Bus was a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
bus manufacturer. It emerged from the
Rover GroupRover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
(formerly
British Leyland) as a
management buyoutA management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by
Volvo BusesVolvo Bus Corporation is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.It is the world's second largest bus manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation...
in 1988 and the name finally disappeared in 1993.
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Leyland Bus was a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
bus manufacturer. It emerged from the
Rover GroupRover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
(formerly
British Leyland) as a
management buyoutA management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by
Volvo BusesVolvo Bus Corporation is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.It is the world's second largest bus manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation...
in 1988 and the name finally disappeared in 1993.
History
- 1896 Formed as the Lancashire Steam Motor Company.
- 1907 Name changed to Leyland Motors.
- 1968 Merger with British Motor Holdings
British Motor Holdings Ltd was a British motor company created in an attempt to halt the decline in Britain's manufacturing base in the 1960s.-History:...
to form British Leyland Motor CorporationBritish Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd . It was partly nationalised in 1975 with the government creating a new holding company called British Leyland Ltd which became BL Ltd in 1978...
(BLMC).
- 1975 BLMC was nationalised and became British Leyland (BL).
- 1986 BL changed its name to Rover Group
Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
.
- 1987 The bus business of Rover Group became independent as Leyland Bus following a management buyout.
- 1988 The business was acquired by Volvo Buses
Volvo Bus Corporation is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.It is the world's second largest bus manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation...
.
- 1993 Volvo discontinues Leyland ending all production of the buses and the Workington
Workington is a town and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England at the mouth of the River Derwent. Lying within the borough of Allerdale, Workington is southwest of Carlisle, west of Cockermouth, and southwest of Maryport....
factory, where they were built.
