Foden Trucks
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Foden Trucks was a British truck and bus manufacturing company which has its origins in Sandbach, Cheshire in 1856. PACCAR acquired the company in 1980, and ceased to use the brand name in 2006.
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[edit] History
In 1856 Edwin Foden became a partner in the agricultural equipment and steam engine manufacturing company that he worked for, and its name was changed to Hancock & Foden<ref> Mega Book of Trucks: Discover the Most Amazing Trucks on Earth. Chrysalis Children's Books. ISBN 1-9045-1621-1.</ref>. In 1887 the company was renamed to Edwin Foden Sons & Co. Ltd. when it started to produce steam lorries. Edwin's son E.R. Foden saw the future lay in diesel power and in 1931 he was thrown out of the boardroom for advocating it, leading him to form the breakaway ERF. Around 1900, Edwin Foden formed the Foden Motor Works Band, a brass band (in the British style) which has gone on to become one of the most famous and successful brass bands in the world, although today the Foden's Richardson Band – as it is now known – has no ties with the motor works apart from in name.
In 1980 Foden was acquired by the American firm PACCAR, and is now a division of that company. After the takeover of Leyland Trucks by PACCAR in 1998, independent Foden production ceased, and was replaced by models of DAF Trucks rebadged as Fodens (DAF Trucks having been acquired by PACCAR in 1996). These vehicles have had the option of either CAT, PACCAR or Cummins ISMe engines.
[edit] Brand retirement
In 2005, it was announced by PACCAR that Foden production was likely to cease in 2006. The reason given was that Foden production would be terminated to release manufacturing capacity at Leyland Trucks to allow for increased volume of DAF brand trucks<ref>"Foden - The End?", Transport News Network, 2005-06-13.</ref>.
The last Foden was produced in July 2006, putting an end to 150 years of Foden truck manufacturing<ref>"Sob...gulp..blubber....the last Foden to come off the production line", Transport News Network, 2006-07-24.</ref>.
The final vehicle to roll off the production line at the factory in Leyland, United Kingdom was an 8x4 rigid, which was delivered to the nearby British Commercial Vehicle Museum.
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