Industry | Automotive |
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Predecessor | Leyland DAF (DAF NV) |
Founded | April 1993 |
Defunct | October 2009 |
Successor | Maxus (SAIC Motor) |
Headquarters | Washwood Heath, Birmingham, England, UK |
Products | Vans |
Owner | GAZ (2006-2008) |
Number of employees | 850 (2009) |
Website | www.ldv.com |
LDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, was a British van manufacturer based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Historically part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF, it was later a wholly owned subsidiary of GAZ. Owing to the global recession and a lack of long-term investment, production was suspended at the LDV factory in December 2008.
After a series of failed rescue attempts, the intellectual property rights were sold by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers to Eco Concept in 2009, who sold them to SAIC Motor in 2010, with its Maxus subsidiary commencing production in China in March 2011.