Motor Traction

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Motor Traction Limited manufactured Rutland motor lorries at Rutland Works, Vulcan Way, New Addington, England. The lorries, capacities between 3 tons and 15 tons, and passenger chassis were built to an operator's specific requirements using the major components of other manufacturers. They first exhibited at the 1956 Commercial Motor Show.[https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/20th-july-1956/36/loading-ban-clause-to-six-foreign-makes-be-altered Six Foreign Makes for the Show] Commercial Motor 20 July 1956 page 36

The business operated from 1951 to 1958, at first from Croydon. An earlier name for the business was Waggon Rutland Limited. Vehicles were often marked MTN.{{cite book|last=Georgano|first=GN|title=The World's Commercial Vehicles, 1830-1964|date=1965|publisher=Temple Press Books|location=London}}

The shareholders chose to liquidate the company in 1958.The Accountant volume 138 part 2 Lafferty Publications 1958