In 1969, the company took over the neighbouring Coventry Ordnance Works on South Street, which it used for truck component manufacture.

[6][7] In 1980, vehicle production at the former Albion factory ceased, moving to the British Leyland plant at Bathgate, however component manufacturing continued.

[12] In 1900 the company built its first motor car, a rustic-looking dogcart made of varnished wood, powered by a flat-twin 8hp engine with gear-change by "Patent Combination Clutches" and solid tyres.

Although the manufacture of motor cars was the main industry in the first ten years of its existence, it was decided in 1909 to concentrate on the production of commercial vehicles.

Almost all Albion buses were given names beginning with "V", these models being the Victor, Valiant, Viking, Valkyrie, and Venturer.

In 1923, the first dedicated bus chassis was announced, derived from the one used on the 25 long cwt (2,800 lb; 1,300 kg) truck but with better springing.

A lower-frame chassis, the Model 26, with 30 to 60 hp (22 to 45 kW) engine and wheelbases from 135 to 192 inches (3,400 to 4,900 mm) joined the range in 1925.

The CX version of the chassis was launched in 1937, with the engine and gearbox mounted together, rather than being joined by a separate drive shaft.

The last Albion double-decker was the 1961 Lowlander, which was marketed in England as a Leyland, and the last design of all was the Viking, re-using an old name.