LIAZ (Czech Republic)

LIAZ (LIberecké Automobilové Závody – Liberec Automobil Works) is a defunct Czech and Czechoslovak manufacturer of trucks. The company was formed in 1951 by the government as a division of Škoda. In 1953 LIAZ became independent of Škoda, but still continued to use its name until 1984 (Škoda LIAZ). Main plants were in Rýnovice, Mnichovo Hradiště and Liberec, later there have been opened factories in Mělník, Zvolen, Veľký Krtíš, Přerov and Holýšov. In the 1970s LIAZ was the biggest Czechoslovak truck manufacturer. The production ceased in 2002.

A few examples of products (click to truck-name redirected you to gallery of this vehicle on www.liaz.cz, or www.busportal.cz)

R series (1952–1958)

RT series (1956–1990)

MT series (1965–1990)

100 series (1974–2003)

200 series (1990–1995)

300 series (1992–2003)

400 series (1996–2003)

TEDOM 400 (2006–2009)

Greatest achievements of LIAZ in motosports

Dakar and other marathons (more informations and images: [1])

European truck racing championship (more informations and images: [2])

European truck-trial championship (more informations and images: [3])

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