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There is a short history of Seddon-Atkinson at the  foot of this page
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SEDDON-ATKINSON.  Oldham, England.

Seddon-Atkinson was formed in 1970 when Seddon Diesel Vehicles Ltd of Oldham took over Atkinson Vehicles Ltd of Preston. For the first five years each company retained its identity.  A new joint product, the Seddon-Atkinson 400, was under development when International Harvester purchased the company in 1974.

The Seddon-Atkinson 400 came on to the market in 1975 with a choice of Gardner, Cummins and Rolls-Royce diesel engines. The next range was the 200 and 300 series, which featured the ill-fated International diesel engines.

From 1982 the range was updated with the 401 series, which reinstated the ‘Big A’ badge at customers request. In 1986 the range was again updated becoming the 2-11, 3-11 and 4-11. By this time International had sold Seddon-Atkinson to the Spanish ENASA Group, are you counting? this is change number 2.

Motor panels had made all the cabs for Seddon-Atkinson but this ceased with the introduction a new long haul truck, the Strato, which shared a Cabtec design used by DAF and Pegaso.  In 1992 ENASA was taken over by Iveco (3) and soon cabs similar to the Iveco-Ford, customised at first to look distinctive but later the only difference was the ‘A’ badge on the front.

Fewer and fewer trucks were built at Oldham as the plant began to concentrate on municipal chassis. In 2002 the production of Seddon-Atkinson vehicles was transferred to Madrid and vehicle production at Oldham ceased.

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