Seddon Atkinson

Seddon Atkinson was a British manufacturer of commercial vehicles from Oldham. The production in the UK was abandoned in 1981, marketed under the brand Seddon Atkinson vehicles manufactured after this time in Spain.

Seddon Atkinson was born in 1970, when the Seddon Diesel Vehicles Ltd. the company Atkinson Vehicles took over. In 1974 the company of International Harvester ( IHC) was purchased. The company retained the logo of Atkinson, a capital A in a circle, as a distinctive mark. 1986 Seddon Atkinson of the Spanish ENASA, this in turn taken over by IVECO 1992. Then got the Seddon Atkinson models cabins, which were similar to IVECO Ford.

With the 400 series, the company introduced the first newly developed model. It included two-, three - and four-axle and two-axle tractor. With these vehicles Seddon Atkinson covered the field of heavy-duty trucks. Most diesel engines than Gardner were used. The vehicles in this series had tiltable driver cabs. In 1976, the series was followed by 200, which was designed for payloads up to 17 tons. The two-axle vehicles were offered with different wheelbases. As the engine was D358, a diesel engine of International Harvester, are used. The 300 series, which included three-axle vehicle with a gross vehicle weights up to 24 tons, aimed in 1978 to the market segment of medium-duty trucks

From 1982, the above-mentioned series were replaced by the series 201, 301 and 401. The vehicles remained until the mid-1980s in the production program and a permanent facelift were subjected. By the end of 1981, the traditional production site in Oldham was abandoned.

The 2-11 replaced from 1986 to 201 Two- and three-axle covered in versions with different wheelbases, the payload range of 16 to 24 tons from. The cab was on the engine panels Ltd.. supplied from Coventry. Standard was a Perkins Phaser diesel engine, which was also offered with a turbocharger. The chassis was in the UK a wide distribution as a chassis for refuse collection vehicles, most of which were manufactured by Britannia Trucks. Also in 1986, the series were 301 and 401 replaced by the revised 3-11 and 4-11.

Today most engines and cabins are used from the normal IVECO program. But there are also Cummins engines. Even trucks are produced for local use, which have a superior cabin ( garbage truck ).