Foden
United Kingdom
Foden was a British truck manufacturer from Sandbach with roots in steam road vehicles and an important early role in diesel lorry development. Its later heavy-truck ranges continued under PACCAR before production ended.
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Truck Models
S20
Introduced 1956
The S20 was Foden's post-war heavy road-truck range with a conventional coachbuilt cab, immediately preceding the marque's pioneering glass-fibre S21.
S24
Introduced 1962
The S24 introduced a tilting forward-control cab to Foden's heavy truck range and formed a distinct successor phase to the fixed-cab S20 and S21.
Alpha
1998–2006
Foden's Alpha heavy-truck family began in 1998 with the DAF F230-derived cab and entered a substantially revised, CF-derived second phase in 2001 before Foden production ended in 2006.
F1
Production period unknown
Early Foden diesel lorry that helped establish commercially successful diesel road haulage in Britain.
Fleetmaster
Production period unknown
Fleetmaster was Foden's named heavy road-haulage range using the S10 cab architecture for maximum-weight tractor and rigid work.
Haulmaster
Production period unknown
Haulmaster was Foden's named construction and vocational counterpart to Fleetmaster, built around the same S10-era modular cab family.
S21
Production period unknown
Post-war Foden heavy truck recognized for its distinctive glass-fibre cab and used in tractor and rigid service.
S36
Production period unknown
The S36 was a later glass-fibre-cab Foden heavy range for tractors and rigids, bridging the classic S-series era and the company's subsequent Fleetmaster and Haulmaster products.
S80
Production period unknown
Foden heavy road and vocational range representing a major later cab and chassis family.
S95
Production period unknown
Modern Foden heavy-truck family for maximum-weight tractors and rigids preceding the Alpha era.