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LEYLAND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST EXPORTER

5th October 1951, Page 41
5th October 1951
Page 41
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ACLAIM that Leyland Motors, Ltd., was the world's biggest exporter of commercial chassis was made by Mr. D. G. Stokes, general sales manager, when he addressed the Motor Trades Luncheon Club in Manchester, last weet Between 1939 and 1949, the number of goods vehicles on the roads of the world had, he said, risen by 86 per cent. and buses by 101 per cent, The average life of vehicles had increased from 10.2 years to 13.6 years.

Mr. Stokes said that he had been to every country to which Leyland sent its products. In Argentina it was necessary to offer 60 m.p.h. machines, and in Mexico buses that could operate at 6,000 ft. above sea level were required.