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The Leyland Lynx was a 26 Tonne truck built by Leyland between 1975 and 1980. It was designed to replace the ageing Leyland Ergomatic Mk1 generation of vehicles.

Production vehicles began to enter service in 1975, the majority were sold to parcel companies and other light haulage businesses.

Leyland has last used the 'Lynx' name in the 1930's on the original Leyland Lynx (1936-40); it was later used in the 1990's as a bus name.

Although the large majority of Lynxs were sold to parcel companies some were used as tanker trucks.

In the later stages of it's production many Lynx's were produced with a rigid chassis.

In the mid 1980's the Lynx saw a huge decline due to unpopularity of the ageing 'Ergomatic' cab range and Leyland had released the Road train line of vehicles to replace them.

Preservation
Several MkI and MkII Lynxs have now gone into preservation, with some requiring extensive rebuilds to bring them back to original condition due to body corrosion, although many rigid still remain only 2 tractor units are in preservation.

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