Leyland In N.Z.
When Standard - Triumph (N.Z.), Ltd., begins assembling a range of cars and Leyland light commercial vehicles in the converted Nelson cotton mill buildings, it will be producing only a tiny fraction of the range of its giant overseas parent company. The Leyland Motor Corporation, which took over Standard-Triumph in 1961, is the world’s largest exporter of heavy commercial vehicles. With subsidiary and associate companies throughout the world, it operates more than 20 major manufacturing companies in Britain alone, some
of them, such as Albion Motors, Ltd., Scammell Lorries, Ltd., and A.E.C., Ltd., having international reputa-: tions in their own right. The group’s products range from sports cars to giant road tractor trains capable of moving loads in' excess of 200 tons; from buses to armoured fighting vehicles. Leyland engines are used as power units in locomotives and fishing trawlers, in oil welldrilling rigs and mobile construction plants.
In New Zealand, assembly of Leyland heavy commercial vehicles will continue in Auckland.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30543, 11 September 1964, Page 9
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163Leyland In N.Z. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30543, 11 September 1964, Page 9
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