The European Ford Cargo was originally a lightweight truck when launched in 1981 by Ford of the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Truck (disambiguation). ... “Ford” redirects here. ...

The Cargo was styled by Patrick le Quément. It included windows which extended down to floor level in the doors to enable drivers to see pathways in urban locations easier when parking. The Cargo cab was very successful and still survives in Ford trucks made in Brazil and in some Sterling and Freightliner models in the USA. Patrick le Quément (born 4 February 1945 in Marseille) is a French car designer, currently chief designer of Renault. ... The Ford Cargo was a originally a lightweight truck when launched in 1981. ... Sterling Trucks is a manufacturer of heavy duty trucks. ... There are two entries concerning Freightliner For the Freightliner Truck Company, please see Freightliner (truck) For the United Kingdom Rail Company, please see Freightliner_(UK) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

With the demise of the Ford Transcontinental heavy truck range, British Ford introduced a range of heavyweight Cargo tractor units ranging from 28- to 38-tonnes gcw. The 38-tonners were powered by the Cummins L10 while those at 28- and 32-tonnes had Perkins, Cummins or air-cooled Deutz diesels. The Ford Transcontinental was a heavy goods vehicle tractor unit manufactured between 1975 and 1983 by Ford of Britain. ... Perkins can mean: // People Last or surname Perkins Al Perkins (musician-guitarist) Anthony Perkins (actor) Bill Perkins several well-known people named Bill Perkins. ... This article is about the diesel engine manufacturer. ... There are multiple topics for Deutz Deutz, Germany: the town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Deutz AG: a diesel-engine manufacturer in Germany. ...

In 1986 Ford sold its European truck operations to the Italian Iveco group and subsequent vehicles have been badged Iveco Ford. After the recession in the 1990s, Iveco rationalised its production operations, and its Langley, Slough plant closed in October 1997, bringing UK Iveco/Ford truck production to an end. Iveco is a European truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. ... Langley (also known as Langley Marish) is a village in the unitary authority of Slough in the county of Berkshire in the south of England. ...

The original lightweight Cargo was replaced in 1993 by the Iveco Eurocargo range, covering the 7.5-ton to 18-ton GVW range.

Ford Cargo trucks are still made by Brazilian Ford subsidiary, the Turkish Ford Otosan and the Indian Ashok Leyland. Otosan stands for Otomobil Sanayi which is Turkish and means Automobile Industry ... Ashok Leyland (NSE: ASHOKLEY, BSE: 500477) is a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Chennai, India. ...

See also

• Ford Cargo — from the American perspective
• Ford