Editing Commer (section)

=== Commer N- and LN-series ===
[[File:Jour d'la Libéthâtion Jèrri 9 d'Mai 2010 53.jpg|thumb|Commer N1]]
The N-series was introduced in 1935, and was also used by the British armed forces in World War II. Production was halted in 1939 and was not recommenced after the war.<ref name=rootescat>{{cite web | url = http://www.rootesarchive.org/catalogue/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170701214155/http://www.rootesarchive.org/catalogue/ | archive-date = 2017-07-01 | title = Catalogue | publisher = The Rootes Archive Centre Trust | location = Banbury, UK }}</ref> Cab-over and bonneted trucks were both available, fitted with petrol or diesel engines.<ref name="olyslager2">[[#sbcv|Miller]], p. 64</ref> The six-cylinder petrol engine was available in {{cvt|3181|cc|abbr=on}} or {{cvt|4086|cc|abbr=on}} versions. The [[Perkins Engines|Perkins]] Leopard diesel engine was also available.

The range included N as well as the lighter-duty LN range of trucks (numbered N1 through N6 depending on their approximate weight capacities in [[Long ton|tons]]), as well as the PN-series of buses, commonly fitted with diesels. There was also the 4/5 ton PLNF5 introduced in 1938.<ref name=rootescat/> The LN was officially capable of carrying weights similar to those of the corresponding N-series trucks, but had a lower overall max weight and was "definitely not intended to carry an overload" – a tacit recognition of British truckers' habitual overloading of their trucks.<ref name=2337CM>{{cite journal | url = http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/23rd-april-1937/42/new-4-5-ton-model-addef#voKzeUyEXuih52mQ.99 | journal = Commercial Motor | page = 358 (42) | date = 23 April 1937 | title = New 4-5-Ton Model Added | number = 1675 | volume = LXV | editor-last = MacKenzie Junner | editor-first = G. | publisher = Temple Press Limited }}</ref> The LN-range was also designed to operate effectively within the 1930s [[Road speed limits in the United Kingdom#Early years|30&nbsp;mph speed limit]] for heavier lorries. After the introduction of the 4/5-ton LN5, the {{frac|5|1|2}}-ton ({{convert|5.5|long ton|kg|abbr=on|disp=output only}}) N5 was discontinued. However, the market decreed otherwise and the N5's revival was announced in February 1938.<ref name="olyslager3">[[#sbcv|Miller]], p. 66</ref>