Leyland DAF 200-400
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Leyland DAF 200 flatbed
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200-400 | |
Manufacturer: | LDV |
Production period: | 1989-1997 |
Previous model: | Freight Rover 200-300 |
Successor: |
LDV Pilot LDV Convoy |
Technical specifications | |
Designs: | Panel vans , flatbed trucks , minibuses |
Engines: |
Petrol engines : 1.7 liters 2.0 liters 3.5 liters Diesel engines : 1.9 liters 2.0 liters 2.5 liters |
The Austin Rover Group with the commercial vehicle division Freight Rover was split up in 1987 through the privatization of the British government under Margaret Thatcher . The trucks and small delivery vans from Freight-Rover were brought into the Leyland DAF, which was founded together with DAF , and so the Freight Rover 200-300 became the Leyland DAF 200-400 in the Commonwealth of Nations and the DAF 200-400 in continental Europe from 1989 onwards .
Leyland DAF and DAF 200-400 series 1989–1997
The Freight Rover 200-300 was initially continued to build after the establishment of Leyland DAF, the series received a new radiator grille in 1989 with the Leyland DAF or DAF badge. A PSA XUD 1.9 liter diesel engine replaced the MDI engine and the 300 became the 400. Air suspension was now available as an option.
In 1993 Leyland-DAF went bankrupt. From the bankruptcy estate, the newly founded LDV LTD, which continued to build the 200-400 series until 1997 , emerged alongside Leyland Trucks LTD . In 1997 the model series was modernized and replaced by the LDV Pilot and LDV Convoy .