
British and European Trucks of the 1980s
Mergers, amalgamations and joint ventures have meant that the number of existing pan-European truck manufacturers can now almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Modern legislation governing gross weights, emissions and operations, also mean that many of today''s trucks are almost uniform.
However, there was a decade when more than 50 truck manufacturers built a diverse range of sizes and con...
Mergers, amalgamations and joint ventures have meant that the number of existing pan-European truck manufacturers can now almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Modern legislation governing gross weights, emissions and operations, also mean that many of today''s trucks are almost uniform.
However, there was a decade when more than 50 truck manufacturers built a diverse range of sizes and con...