Abstract
The MT211 vehicle launched in September 1984 completed Leyland Trucks' model replacement programme which started in 1979 with the T45 truck. The cab for this vehicle, the C44, was conceived in a very severe economic climate, with fierce competition for a declining market. Cost and investment had to be minimized without reducing quality or consistency of manufacture. The design and manufacturing technology developed for the C44 has enabled the company to produce a cab shell at approximately half of the previous cost, with about a third of the number of parts at less than half the investment previously needed. Machine minutes in the press shop have been reduced to less than a half and assembly time reduced to a third.
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