The Leyland Landtrain was a heavy truck made in the 1980s by British Leyland for export markets in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, and it was especially popular in Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe. It was meant for areas of limited infrastructure, where roads are rough and fuel is scarce, and came with four different engines and three gross weights of 19, 30 and 36 tonnes, as a two-axle 4x2, a three-axle 6x4 rigid and a 6x4 tractor. Built at Wolverhampton from 1980 to 1982, then at Bathgate and finally at Watford in 1984, with kits sent to plants in Taiwan, Nigeria and Kenya, it ceased production in 1987 after the merger of Leyland with DAF.
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The truck was produced in the Leyland plant in Wolverhampton between 1980 and 1982, when production moved to Bathgate, and then finally to Watford in 1984.
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The truck ceased production in 1987 after the merger of Leyland with the Dutch company DAF.
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The Leyland Landtrain was a heavy truck that was produced in the 1980s by British Leyland.
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