List of Leyland buses
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This is a list of all known passenger chassis and integral bus vehicles manufactured by Leyland Motors Ltd
and successors from 1919 until closure.
Leyland Motors Ltd
Leyland Motors Limited was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. It gave its name to the British Leyland Motor Corporation formed when it merged with British Motor Holdings, later to become British Leyland after being nationalised...
and successors from 1919 until closure.
1919 - 1925
- A1, A5, A7, A9, A11, A13 - 1920-1926
- B - 1919-1920
- C, C1, C5, C7, C9 - 1919-1926
- D - 1920-1924
- E - 1919-1920
- F - 1919
- G, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7, G8 - 1919-1924
- H - 1919-1920
- J - 1919-1920
- K - 1919
- L - 1919-1920
- M, M1 - 1919-1921
- N - 1919-1921
- O, O1 - 1919-1921
- RAF - 1919-1925
- SG2, SG4, SG6, SG7, SG9, SG11 - 1923-1926
- GH2, GH4, GH5, GH7, GH8 - 1923-1926
- OP2 - 1921-1924
- OH2 - 1923-1926
- LB2, LB4, LB5 - 1922-1926
- Z3, Z4, Z5, Z6, Z7 - 1923-1926
1925 - 1942
- Leviathan - 1925-1927
- Leopard - 1926
- Leveret - 1926-1928
- Lioness - 1926-1934
- Lion - 1926-1940
- Titan (front-engined) - 1927-1942
- Titanic - 1927-1939
- Tiger (front-engined)Leyland Tiger (front-engined)The Leyland Tiger was a heavyweight half-cab single-decker bus and coach chassis built by Leyland Motors between 1927 and 1968, except the period of World War II....
- 1927-1942 - Tigress - 1934-1939
- Badger - 1930-1936
- Cub - 1931-1940
- Cheetah - 1935-1940
- Gnu - 1937-1939
- Panda - 1940
Double deck
- Titan (front-engined) - 1945-1970
- Lowlander - 1961-1966
- AtlanteanLeyland AtlanteanThe Leyland Atlantean is a model of double-decker bus built by Leyland in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1986....
- 1956-1986 - FleetlineDaimler FleetlineThe Daimler Fleetline is a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis built between 1960 and 1973 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and from 1973 until 1980 in Farington, Lancashire, England. However, the last complete vehicle did not enter service until 1983...
- 1973-1980, from DaimlerDaimler Motor CompanyThe Daimler Motor Company Limited was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H J Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry. The right to the use of the name Daimler had been purchased simultaneously from Gottlieb Daimler and Daimler Motoren... - Titan (B15)Leyland Titan (B15)The Leyland Titan was a model of double-decker bus produced by the Leyland Truck & Bus division of British Leyland from 1977 until 1984, almost exclusively for London Transport.-Development:...
- 1974-1984 - Victory Mk 2Leyland Victory Mk2Leyland Victory Mk2 is a front-engine double-decker bus chassis that was built by Leyland between 1978 and 1981. Like its competitor Dennis Jubilant, Volvo Ailsa B55, it was specifically designed for contemporary operating environment in Hong Kong.The chassis was developed from the Guy Victory J,...
- 1978-1981, built in Guy factory at WolverhamptonWolverhamptonWolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... - OlympianLeyland OlympianThe Leyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production before the demise of Leyland Bus.-Construction:...
- 1979-1993 - Lion - 1985-1988
Single deck
- Tiger (front-engined)Leyland Tiger (front-engined)The Leyland Tiger was a heavyweight half-cab single-decker bus and coach chassis built by Leyland Motors between 1927 and 1968, except the period of World War II....
- 1948-1968 - Comet - 1948-1971
- OlympicLeyland-MCW OlympicThe Leyland-MCW Olympic was a successful underfloor-engined single-deck bus built for at least eighteen countries from 1949 to 1971. 3,564 Olympics were built at four factories from 1949 to 1971, with 1,299 Olympics built as right hand drive and 2,265 as left hand drive...
- 1949-1971 - Royal Tiger - 1950-1955
- WorldmasterLeyland Royal Tiger WorldmasterThe Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster, sometimes simply known as the Leyland Worldmaster, was a mid-underfloor-engined bus chassis built by Leyland between 1954 and 1979.-Description:...
- 1955-1979 - Tiger CubLeyland Tiger CubThe Leyland Tiger Cub was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis built by Leyland Motors between 1951 and 1970, most as 44-45 seat buses, with a smaller number as coaches...
- 1952-1969 - OlympianLeyland-MCW OlympianThe Leyland-MCW Olympian was an integral single-deck bus built by Weymann Coachbuilders of Surrey for the Metro Cammell Weymann group using Leyland Tiger Cub units....
- 1953-1958 - LeopardLeyland LeopardThe Leyland Leopard was a mid-engined single-deck bus and coach chassis built by Leyland between 1959 and 1982. It was popular with bus and coach operators throughout the British Isles...
- 1959-1982 - LionLeyland Lion PSR1The Leyland Lion, coded as PSR1, is Leyland Motors' first production rear engined single decker. A total of 88 were built between 1960 and 1967, which was low for the time...
- 1960-1965 - Royal Tiger Cub - 1960-1968
- PantherLeyland PantherThe Leyland Panther was a rear-engined single-deck bus chassis built by Leyland between 1964 and 1972. It gained a reputation for unreliability, which to some extent was common to many of the first generation of rear-engined single-deckers....
- 1964-1972 - Panther CubLeyland Panther CubThe Leyland Panther Cub was a rear-engined single-decker bus built by Leyland Motor Corporation in the United Kingdom.It was a derivative of the Panther that Leyland were forced into building for an influential customer, it was only offered on the home market, and only bought by operators in...
- 1964-1968 - National/National 2Leyland NationalThe Leyland National is a British single-deck bus built in large quantities between 1972 and 1985. It was developed as a joint project between two UK nationalised industries - the National Bus Company and British Leyland. Buses were constructed at a specially built factory at the Lillyhall...
- 1969-1985 - Tiger (mid-engined)Leyland TigerThe Leyland Tiger, also known as the B43, was a mid-engined bus and coach chassis which was built between 1981 and 1993. This name had previously been used for a front-engined bus built between 1920s and 1950s. It replaced the Leyland Leopard, which had been in production for over 20 years...
- 1979-1992 - B21 - 1975-1983
- Royal Tiger (B50/B54)Leyland Royal TigerThe Leyland Royal Tiger was a rear-engined coach built by Leyland between 1982 and 1988. It was intended to counter the offerings of foreign competitors such as DAF and Scania, but was not particularly successful, with only between 160 and 170 built....
- 1982-1987 - LynxLeyland LynxThe Leyland Lynx is a single-decker bus built by Leyland between 1984 and 1992. It was designed to replace the ageing Leyland National.Production vehicles began to enter service in 1986. From 1990 to 1992 the updated Lynx II version was produced...
- 1984-1992 - SwiftLeyland SwiftThe Leyland Swift was a midibus chassis built by Leyland Bus from 1987, sharing many components with the Roadrunner light truck but with the engine relocated to behind the front axle which was itself set back to permit a passenger entrance in the front overhang...
- 1987-1991
See also
- List of buses
- Leyland Motors LtdLeyland Motors LtdLeyland Motors Limited was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. It gave its name to the British Leyland Motor Corporation formed when it merged with British Motor Holdings, later to become British Leyland after being nationalised...
- Leyland BusLeyland BusLeyland Bus was a British bus manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group as a management buyout of the bus business...