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• Leyland Princess
  |Marque = [[Leyland]] Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
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• Leyland P76
  |Marque = [[Leyland]] Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
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• Transverse engine
  ...on (with the exception of some [[Audi]]s), while most [[rear wheel drive]] vehicles use a front-to-back [[longitudinal engine|longitudinal]] arrangement. ...guration became common in the 1960s. They were also used in the British [[Leyland Atlantean]] and in many transit buses and nearly all [[double decker bus]]e
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• Riley
  ...1938 and was later merged into [[British Leyland Motor Corporation|British Leyland]]. Today, the trademark is owned by [[BMW]]. ...nbsp;L engine, while the [[Riley RM|RMB]] got the Big Four. The RM line of vehicles, sold under the "Magnificent Motoring" tag line, were to be the company's h
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• Alvis Cars
  ...dom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceased. ...BS was rumoured to be the new Alvis model but with the takeover by British Leyland this too was shelved. By the time the TF21 was launched in 1966, (available
  12 KB (1,702 words) - 10:22, 25 May 2010
• Morris Marina
  ...car industry. It was known in some markets as the '''Austin Marina''', '''Leyland Marina''', and '''Morris 1.7'''. Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
  16 KB (2,385 words) - 07:47, 22 November 2009
• Straight-8 engine
  ...a long engine compartment, making the basic design unacceptable in modern vehicles. Also, due to the length of the engine, torsional vibration in both [[cran ...rt>Welsh Motor Sport - Cars</ref><ref name=HistomobileLeyland>Histomobile: Leyland - 1920s</ref>
  12 KB (1,791 words) - 12:04, 24 May 2010
• Austin Allegro
  ...customers taking delivery in April. It replaced the [[Austin 1100|British Leyland 1100/1300]] range which had been sold under [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
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• Tom Walkinshaw Racing
  ...ge Rover]] for René Metge in 1982, TWR began an association with [[British Leyland]], preparing the [[Jaguar XJS]] and [[Rover SD1|Rover 3500 Vitesse]] for bo ...[[Holden]], creating its performance and tuning division, [[Holden Special Vehicles]].
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• Bedford Vehicles
  ...), established in 1930; and constructing [[commercial vehicle]]s. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international [[truck]] manufacturer, with substantial export ...trucks manufactured at their Canadian works. This enabled them to import vehicles into Britain under Imperial Preference, which favoured products from the Br
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• Austin Maxi
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options ...robably quite unjustifiably- it has long been the fashion to deride 1970's Leyland products regardless of ability. The company produced many excellent designs
  11 KB (1,551 words) - 13:05, 22 November 2009
• Rover
  ...ile making Meteor engines for tanks and Solihull became the new centre for vehicles with production resuming in 1947 and would become the home of the [[Land Ro ...on]], which merged with the [[British Motor Holdings]] to become [[British Leyland]]. This was the beginning of the end for the traditional Rover, as the Sol
  14 KB (2,071 words) - 11:44, 18 December 2010
• MG
  ...bed into the [[British Motor Corporation]] in 1952, and latterly [[British Leyland]] in 1968. Under BMC, several MG models were no more than [[badge engineeri The marque lived on after 1980 as [[British Leyland]] (later [[Austin Rover Group]]), the then-owner, continued to place the MG
  14 KB (2,221 words) - 01:54, 22 December 2010
• Morris Minor
  ...nes, but for the management of what had, by 1971, mutated into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, the Morris Marina was seen primarily as a 'cheap to buil [[Category:Morris vehicles|Minor]]
  9 KB (1,391 words) - 07:17, 16 June 2007
• Compact car
  ...he world as a "''C-segment''" (between [[B-segment|B-]] and [[D-segment]]) vehicles. Compact cars usually have [[wheelbase]]s between 100 inches (2,540 mm) and The 1977 model year marked the beginning of a downsizing of all vehicles, so that cars such as the [[AMC Concord]] and the [[Ford Fairmont]] that re
  17 KB (2,561 words) - 11:18, 20 May 2010
• Ginetta Cars
  ...d 31 years of solvent trading without any Government handouts like British Leyland. However under the skilful leadership of Bob Walklett; the company always a {{commonscat|Ginetta vehicles}}
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• Overdrive
  ...e gearshift knob, and does not require operation of the [[clutch]]. Newer vehicles have electronic overdrive in which the computer automatically adjusts to th ...e found in vehicles manufactured by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[British Leyland]], [[Jaguar|Jaguar]], [[Rootes]] and [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] to name but a few
  11 KB (1,827 words) - 12:25, 28 January 2009
• Supermini car
  The 1980s saw the supermini market reach its peak. British Leyland began the decade by introducing the [[Austin Metro]], which was seen as a r
  9 KB (1,406 words) - 08:55, 26 June 2010
• Austin Maestro
  ...of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. {{British Leyland}}
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ===Horse drawn vehicles=== ...of light one-horse vehicles to avoid taxation, and steel springs in larger vehicles. These were made of low-carbon steel and usually took the form of multiple
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