Leyland produced nice buses, but they were always behind others
in terms of technology, typical British companies. A product of
nationalisation, British Leyland was a company next to complete
failure, embattled by constant strikes, producer of inferior cars,
and a company so large (imagine the amount of marques which were
amalgamated) that diseconomies of scale basically set in.
When the nationwide privtatisation exercise took place (thanks
to Margaret Thatcher), which saw National Rail, British Leyland,
BAe and BAA, amongst others, a lot of British Leyland's marques
were sold to other (often) overseas companies. Examples were: Mini
(produced under the Morris brand), sold to BMW AG; Jaguar and Land
Rover, brought over by Ford, now owned by TATA and MG Rover, now
owned by the Chinese.
What happened to these brands is that they introduced a lot of
technology which were lacking in British cars, and made them more
reputable and marketable. The same goes for Leyland Bus, you would
notice a vast improvement from the Leyland Olympian to the Volvo
Olympian.
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