17-662: LDV may refer to: Automotive industry [ edit ] LDV Group , formerly the UK manufacturer of Leyland DAF Vans and part of GAZ, before administrators sold to SAIC Motor LDV Vans Trophy , the name for the English Football League Trophy, an annual English association football knockout competition, from 2000 to 2007 due to being sponsored by LDV Group Other uses [ edit ] Local Defence Volunteers, renamed Home Guard (United Kingdom) Lansing Derby Vixens ,
34-564: A British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham , England. Freight Rover was created as a division of the Land Rover Group of British Leyland (BL) in 1981, creating a new single brand for BL's light commercial vehicle range, which had previously been sold under the Leyland and Austin-Morris brands - (although car derived vans such as those based on
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68-426: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages LDV Group LDV Group Limited , formerly Leyland DAF Vans , was a British van manufacturer based in Washwood Heath , Birmingham . Historically part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF , it was later a wholly owned subsidiary of GAZ . Owing to the global recession and a lack of long-term investment, production
85-748: The Morris Ital and Austin Metro continued to be sold under either the Austin or Morris brands). Essentially Freight Rovers were face-lifted, badge engineered 1st gen Leyland Sherpas . Under later company organisation changes, Freight Rover became part of the Leyland Trucks division of BL. In 1987, the Leyland Trucks division of, what was by then, the Rover Group (following the renaming of BL in 1986), merged with
102-845: The 1970s to 1990s, and which were a common sight in the United Kingdom. Between 1998 and 2001, LDV sold the Cub, which is a rebranded version of the Nissan Vanette Cargo after LDV entered into an agreement with Nissan . Production stopped in 2001 when Nissan replaced the Vanette Cargo with a rebranded version of the Renault Trafic called the Nissan Primastar, which is produced in Luton , England and Barcelona , Spain. LDV, having struggled to sell
119-537: The Cub, opted not to continue the agreement with Nissan. The last range of vans, the Maxus , was introduced in the end of 2004. The Maxus was originally planned as a joint venture with Daewoo Motors of South Korea. Daewoo however, went into receivership in November 2000, before the project came to fruition. LDV subsequently acquired the exclusive rights to the van from General Motors , who had taken over Daewoo, and purchased
136-687: The Dutch company being placed in administration. It was rebranded as LDV in January 1994. Prior to its merger with Leyland Trucks and DAF Trucks to form DAF NV (which in the UK traded as Leyland DAF ) in February 1987, it was part of the British Leyland / Rover Group empire, and was latterly the Freight Rover arm of the Land Rover Group division. In December 2005, after going into administration, LDV
153-409: The Dutch truck company DAF Trucks to form DAF NV (Which in the UK traded as Leyland DAF ), which was later floated on the Dutch stock market. The new company has three plants; two truck plants Eindhoven and Leyland , and a van plant in Washwood Heath . Following the collapse of DAF NV in 1993, the van plant was the subject of a management buyout and a new independent van company, LDV Group ,
170-690: The business and expand production at LDV's Birmingham plant by adding new product lines and entering new markets in Europe and elsewhere. GAZ had plans to export LDV technology to Russia, and start producing the Maxus at it's plant in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), with 50,000 as an initial volume. There were also proposals to export the GAZ Maxus to Australia, a traditional market for British Leyland. However, GAZ's plans never really showed any increased output, and due to
187-614: The existing tooling and shipped it all to the Washwood Heath factory in Birmingham from the Daewoo Plant in Poland where the van was originally intended to be built. The Maxus was fitted with direct injection, common rail, diesel engines supplied by VM Motori . LDV sponsored: [REDACTED] Media related to LDV vehicles at Wikimedia Commons Freight Rover Freight Rover was
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#1732852423230204-684: The same group of administrators who dealt with the demise of the MG Rover Group in 2005, the descendant of the original company Leyland Trucks was a part of. Also, SAIC Motor currently owns the rights to most of MG Rover's assets, reuniting the two companies. LDV produced a range of panel vans , pick ups and minibuses, all available with various modifications and specifications. LDV's main customers were large British corporations, such as Royal Mail , National Grid plc and many other utility companies , which were politically persuaded to buy British built vehicles. 200/400 Series The plant produced what
221-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title LDV . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LDV&oldid=1227853470 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
238-946: The severe worldwide recession and a lack of long-term investment and commitment, production was suspended at the LDV factory in Birmingham in December 2008. After the British Government tried once again to save the company by agreeing to pour in £5 million of grants to enable Malaysia 's WestStar Corporation to purchase LDV. WestStar failed to secure financing. The intellectual property rights were sold by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers to Chinese firm Eco Concept on 15 October 2009, who sold them to SAIC Motor in August 2010, with Maxus commencing production in China in March 2011. Coincidentally, PWC were
255-511: Was bought by group Sun Capital Partners , and was subject to a financial restructuring. What Van? reported LDV's commitment to its existing customers, including an assurance from their marketing director that their production target of 1,000 vans per month would put them well above break even point. GAZ acquired LDV on 31 July 2006. Former Ford of Europe executive Martin Leach and former AT Kearney executive Steve Young were appointed to run
272-593: Was known as the 200 and 400 Series vans, inside the plant these were known as the K2 and 210 respectively. After the factory went into receivership in 1993, and a management backed buyout headed by Allan Amey, the 200 and 400 were given a facelift on the existing chassis, and renamed Pilot and Convoy. Until 2006, LDV produced the Pilot and Convoy , derived from the British Leyland Sherpa, and developed considerably throughout
289-532: Was suspended at the LDV factory in December 2008. After a series of failed rescue attempts, the intellectual property rights were sold by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers to Eco Concept in 2009, who sold them to SAIC Motor in 2010, with its Maxus subsidiary commencing production in China in March 2011. LDV was formed in April 1993 as Leyland DAF Vans, following a management buyout backed by 3i of DAF NV 's Leyland DAF van manufacturing division, following
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