What is Leyland Motors?
{{Infobox company |name = Leyland Motors |logo = |caption = |type = |traded_as = |genre = |fate = Merged with [[British Motor Holdings]] |predecessor = |successor = [[British Leyland|British Leyland Motor Corporation]] |foundation = {{start date and age|1896}} (as Lancashire Steam Motor Company) |founder = |defunct = {{end date|1968}} |location_city = [[Leyland, Lancashire|Leyland]] |location_country = [[England]] |locations = |area_served = |key_people = |industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]] |products = [[Bus]]es<br>[[Car]]s<br>[[Truck]]s |production = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |aum = |assets = |equity = |owner = |num_employees = |parent = |divisions = |subsid = }} '''Leyland Motors Limited''' (later known as the '''Leyland Motor Corporation''') started in the town of [[Leyland, Lancashire|Leyland]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. It started as a [[bus]] [[manufacturing]] company but soon started to make [[truck]]s too. The [[factory]] locations included Spurrier Works in Leyland. A new factory was opened in [[Workington]] where the Leyland National Bus was produced from 1972 to 1985. == References == * Jack, Doug (1984). ''The Leyland Bus Mk2'', UK: Transport Publishing Company. {{ISBN|0-903839-67-9}} {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons category|Leyland trucks}} {{commons category|Leyland buses}} * [http://www.bcvm.co.uk The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland] * [http://www.heritageandhistory.com/contents1a/2008/09/leyland-motors-clock-at-kendal-brewery-arts-centre/ Leyland Motors clock – Kendal, Cumbria] [[Category:1896 establishments in England]] [[Category:1968 disestablishments in England]] [[Category:British transport companies]] [[Category:Lancashire]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United Kingdo