Freight Rover
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 1981 |
| Defunct | April 1987 |
| Successor | Leyland DAF |
| Headquarters | Washwood Heath, Birmingham , England |
| Products | Vans |
| Parent | Land Rover Group |
Freight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham, 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 light commercial vehicle range, which had previously been sold under the Leyland and Austin-Morris brands (although car derived vans such as those based on the Morris Ital and Austin Metro continued to be sold under either the Austin or Morris brands). Essentially, Freight Rovers were face-lifted, badge engineered versions of the first generation Leyland Sherpa.
Under later restructuring, Freight Rover became part of the Leyland Trucks division of BL. Following the renaming of BL in 1986 to Rover Group, the Leyland Trucks division merged with the Dutch truck company DAF Trucks in 1987 to form DAF NV, which in the UK traded as Leyland DAF and which was later floated on the Dutch stock market. The new company had three plants: a truck plant in each of Eindhoven and Leyland, and the van plant in Washwood Heath. Following the collapse of DAF NV in 1993, the van plant was the subject of a management buyout and a new independent van company, LDV Group, was established.[1][2][3][4]
Vehicles
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- British Leyland
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
- Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Defunct truck manufacturers of the United Kingdom
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1981
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1987
- 1981 establishments in England
- 1987 disestablishments in England
- 1987 mergers and acquisitions
- British companies established in 1981
- British companies disestablished in 1987