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all built up large fleets of new and second hand Tigers. A number of three-axle chassis were bodied as coaches. The last Tiger to be bodied in
Australia had been imported in 1984, but it was not until 1993 that its owner, Bass Hill Bus Service, had it bodied.
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Volvo acknowledged that the Tiger and B10M were broadly similar, and whereas
Leyland had sold 3,500 Tigers since the model's launch, Volvo had sold 20,000 B10Ms during the same period. The penultimate major buyer of the Tiger,
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Leyland Tiger was released in 1981. Initially, only one engine was offered, the turbocharged Leyland TL11, which could be rated up to 260 hp. The Leopard had enjoyed huge success as a bus in Scotland, usually with the
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Leyland in 1988, and from 1989 the Tiger was offered with the Volvo THD100-series engine (as fitted in the best-selling B10M). The large majority of Volvo-engined Tigers went to
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engine was also made an option by 1987. The
Cummins engine was being specified more often from around 1988, and with this engine, the gearbox would usually be a
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body forty chassis. Twenty-five of these bodies were the only
Plaxton 321 bodies built, this being the Plaxton derivative of the Duple 320 body acquired when
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Leopard, the Tiger was also sold as a bus. Usually, it would have a downrated engine, and leaf springs in place of the standard air suspension.
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Despite accounting for 50% of all UK bus sales in
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One articulated chassis was manufactured in 1985. It took two years to find a buyer, being purchased by Wests
National Coaches,
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who purchased 65 Tigers over a five-year period from March 1984, as well as a few more second-hand. Another large purchaser was
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841:Volvo Buys British Leyland's Bus Division
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292:as opposed to the Leyland Hydracyclic.
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566:Cummins L10 gives more bite to Tiger
528:. Venture Publications. p. 90.
513:London TD class Leyland Tiger buses
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16:For the front-engined bus, see
611:Royal wave to Lions and Tigers
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724:North & Western Bus Lines
358:North & Western Bus Lines
18:Leyland Tiger (front-engined)
1144:Vehicles introduced in 1981
1099:Leyland-DAB articulated bus
816:issue 115 July 2023 page 44
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810:Articulated Leyland Tiger
801:Australian Bus Fleet Lists
774:Australian Bus Fleet Lists
762:Australian Bus Fleet Lists
750:Australian Bus Fleet Lists
738:Australian Bus Fleet Lists
726:Australian Bus Fleet Lists
667:Peerless order for Leyland
409:, Australia and bodied by
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714:Bus Australia Fleet Lists
476:Made in Preston home page
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826:Bus buy-out goes through
652:Leyland shares NBC order
500:The Leyland Bus (Mark 2)
259:body, but had lost some
214:Edward Thomas & Son
194:chassis manufactured by
973:Royal Tiger Worldmaster
274:engine in the Leopard.
871:Leyland Bus takes lead
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1110:List of Leyland buses
1051:Titan (front-engined)
948:Tiger (front-engined)
897:at Wikimedia Commons
772:Thompson Bus Services
626:Irish Transport Trust
390:Thompsons Bus Service
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50:Leyland Tiger in 1982
682:Smith's Tiger double
637:SBG orders 178 buses
487:Bus Lists on the Web
323:National Bus Company
549:Gardners for Tigers
524:Jack, Doug (1994).
498:Jack, A.D. (1984).
401:Articulated version
856:Volvo buys Leyland
596:TL11 to be dropped
581:Tiger breaks cover
424:was acquired in a
315:Scottish Bus Group
261:Scottish Bus Group
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241:Arriva Buses Wales
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1023:Royal Tiger (B50)
958:Royal Tiger (PSU)
893:Media related to
789:10 September 1983
760:Surfside Buslines
736:Premier Illawarra
426:management buyout
382:Surfside Buslines
366:Premier Illawarra
350:Ventura Bus Lines
279:Dennis Dorchester
250:in September 2008
216:Plaxton Paramount
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136:Transmission
61:Manufacturer
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1129:Bus chassis
1091:Articulated
1066:Titan (B15)
1043:Double-deck
1018:Tiger (B43)
993:Panther Cub
983:Lion (PSR1)
940:Single-deck
616:12 May 1988
422:Leyland Bus
286:Cummins L10
248:Aberystwyth
185:mid-engined
158:Predecessor
121:Cummins L10
1123:Categories
463:References
434:Volvo B10M
386:Gold Coast
370:Wollongong
263:orders to
172:Volvo B10M
153:Chronology
100:Powertrain
71:Production
1061:Fleetline
1056:Atlantean
963:Tiger Cub
457:Farington
453:Shearings
354:Melbourne
334:Ulsterbus
327:Shearings
319:Alexander
309:Operators
268:Pennine 7
244:Alexander
230:Alexander
227:Ulsterbus
168:Successor
74:1981-1992
1076:Olympian
998:National
968:Olympian
447:closed.
411:Superior
394:Brisbane
378:Cessnock
265:Seddon's
56:Overview
988:Panther
978:Leopard
953:Olympic
931:Leyland
441:Plaxton
407:Nambour
344:Exports
338:Citybus
272:Gardner
206:History
196:Leyland
140:Leyland
116:Gardner
111:Leyland
65:Leyland
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362:Sydney
118:6HLXCT
106:Engine
48:bodied
1033:Swift
933:buses
445:Duple
430:Volvo
296:Volvo
192:coach
143:Voith
87:1 - 2
84:Doors
1081:Lion
1028:Lynx
530:ISBN
388:and
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313:The
284:The
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179:The
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