A commercial vehicle is any type of motor vehicle used for transporting goods or paying passengers. Depending on laws and designations, a commercial vehicle can be any broad type of motor vehicle used commercially or for business purposes.
7-748: Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland , United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV . In February 1993, Leyland DAF was placed into receivership . 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
14-462: A commercial vehicle. Variations may exist from state-to-state on which "commercial vehicles" are prohibited on certain routes and lanes and between homeowner associations, which may employ broader definitions than their municipalities with regard to their own parking restrictions. Broadly defined, a vehicle may be considered a commercial vehicle if it: A vehicle can be used for a business, if not exclusively, and remain privately licensed, depending on
21-686: The Leyland part of the marque was dropped and trucks coming out of the Leyland plant started being solely produced under the DAF marque. In July 1994, Leyland Technical Centre, formerly part of the Leyland DAF global test operations, and located close to the Leyland Trucks site also emerged as a management buyout . In February 2005, the company was renamed MI Technology Group and in 2013, the CSA Group. In June 2017, it
28-588: The amount of time used for business. In the United States, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration defines a "commercial motor vehicle" as any self-propelled or towed vehicle used on a public highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle: The federal definition, though followed closely, is meant to accommodate and remain flexible to each state's definitions. The European Union defines
35-460: The insolvency of DAF NV in February 1993, Leyland DAF went into receivership. Four new companies emerged from it as management buyouts : Leyland Trucks and DAF Trucks (the Dutch successor to DAF NV) would both later come back together in 1998 when Paccar acquired Leyland Trucks. Despite the company ceasing trading in 1993, the Leyland DAF marque remained on some existing trucks until 2002, after which
42-511: Was owned by DAF Beheer (60%) and Rover Group (40%). In June 1989, it was floated on the Dutch and London Stock Exchanges . The new company traded as Leyland DAF in the United Kingdom, and as DAF elsewhere. 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. Following
49-476: Was purchased by Spectris , owners of the Millbrook Proving Ground . Commercial vehicle In the United States, a vehicle is designated "commercial" when it is titled or registered to a company. This is a broad definition, as commercial vehicles may be fleet vehicles , company cars , or other vehicles used for business. Vehicles that are designed to carry more than 15 passengers are considered
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