The Leyland Tiger Cub, coded PSUC1, was a lightweight underfloor-engined bus and coach chassis made by Leyland from 1952 to 1970. It was launched in 1952 as a lighter version of the Royal Tiger, which influential customers, especially in the BET group, thought overweight, over-specified and too expensive, and which was also found under-braked in vacuum-servo form. Most were built as 44 or 45 seat buses with a smaller number of coaches, to the 30 foot by 8 foot dimensions that were the UK maximum at launch. Power came first from the Leyland O350H 5.76-litre diesel of 91 bhp, a horizontal version of the Comet 90 engine, on a new lightweight straight frame.
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The Leyland Tiger Cub (coded as PSUC1) was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1952 and 1970.
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Most were built as 44-45 seat buses, with a smaller number as coaches.
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The Tiger Cub was powered initially by a Leyland O350H 91bhp 5.76-litre diesel engine, a horizontal version of the engine fitted to the Comet 90.
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