Leyland DAF


Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV. In February 1993, Leyland DAF was placed into receivership.

History

Leyland DAF was formed in February 1987, when the Leyland Trucks division, including the Freight Rover van making interests, of the British Rover Group merged with the Dutch DAF Trucks company to form DAF NV which was owned by DAF Beheer and Rover Group.
In June 1989, it was floated on the Dutch and London [Stock Exchange]s. The new company traded as Leyland DAF in the United Kingdom, and as DAF elsewhere. The company manufactured trucks at its plants in Eindhoven, Netherlands and Leyland, United Kingdom, and vans at its Washwood Heath 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 management buyouts:
Leyland Trucks and DAF Trucks 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 management buyout. In February 2005, the company was renamed MI Technology Group and in 2013, the CSA Group. In June 2017, it was purchased by Spectris, owners of the Millbrook Proving Ground.

Vehicles

Model NameYears ProducedLoad CapacityImage
Leyland DAF 451987-19935000kg
Leyland Daf 501987-19934 tonnes
Leyland DAF 601987-1993Up to 18000kg
Leyland DAF 701987-199318000-26000kg
Leyland DAF 801987-199318000-38000kg