Leyland DAF

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 (60%) and Rover Group (40%).

[1][2] In June 1989, it was floated on the Dutch and London Stock Exchanges.

The company manufactured trucks at its plants in Eindhoven, Netherlands and Leyland, United Kingdom, and vans at its Washwood Heath (Birmingham) plant in the United Kingdom.

[7][8][9] Despite the company ceasing trading in 1993, the Leyland DAF marque remained on some existing trucks until 2002, 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.

[10] In June 2017, it was purchased by Spectris, owners of the Millbrook Proving Ground.