railstaff:
But on the face of it,it should have worked.Make everything in house.
Not if outsourcing provides a better solution as in the case of Leyland with at best the Ergo derived cab of the Marathon and too short stroke TL12 to put up against the F12 and DAF 2800.With the T45 not being much better on introduction when it mattered.
While it was Bedford that had the best chance of making the in house model work by using the turbocharged Detroit 92 series followed by the 60 series in the TM.In both case what we actually got in the form of the marathon 2 and the 71 series powered TM could only have been the result of conspiracy not ■■■■ up.Let alone factoring in all the other sabotage and sell out of the UK automotive industry.