Editing Commer (section)

=== Commer Superpoise ===
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[[File:Commer Superpoise (1955).JPG|thumb|Commer Superpoise of 1955]]
[[File:Commer Superpoise B (15810219125).jpg|thumb|Commer Superpoise of 1957]]
The Commer Superpoise range (Q-series) was introduced in 1939, with both semi-forward and full-forward control options.<ref name=roadtransporthall>[http://www.roadtransporthall.com/yesterdays-workhorses/47-yesterdays-workhorses/yesterdays-workhorses/1256-commer Commer, www.roadtransporthall.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226132327/http://www.roadtransporthall.com/yesterdays-workhorses/47-yesterdays-workhorses/yesterdays-workhorses/1256-commer |date=26 February 2016 }} Retrieved 11 September 2015</ref> These newer models were more streamlined and modern in appearance and adopted an American [[International K and KB series|International]]-like front end. The line included trucks of {{frac|1|1|2}} to six tons capacity powered by 6-cylinder petrol or diesel engines.<ref name=roadtransporthall/> A new Superpoise range (QX-series, although QX had also been used on some earlier Superpoises) with payloads of between two and five tons was introduced in 1955.<ref name=roadtransporthall/> 

The truck proved fairly popular but did not provide fierce competition for products by more known brands such as [[Leyland Trucks|Leyland]] and [[Bedford Vehicles|Bedford]]. Production ended in 1961.

Even though Commer was not purchased by Chrysler until 1967, the British Dodge 200 series (the successor to the [[Dodge 100 "Kew"]] trucks) which came out in 1958, had its cab styled by a company called Airflow Streamlines of [[Northampton]] after Chrysler contracted them. Airflow Streamlines was coincidentally the same company that styled the 1955 Superpoise, leading to both vehicles using almost the same cab design and having many parts interchangeable.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dodge, Cyprus. |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumpbung/21180111112 |publisher=SteveJeffsson |access-date=25 February 2023 |quote=Thanks to Anthony for finding this info on the Dodge, it is a 200 series with an Airflow cab made in Northampton, first produced in 1958 it shared the same cab design as the Commer Superpoise B series.}}</ref> For export markets, the 200 series was sold as a [[Fargo Trucks|Fargo]] or [[DeSoto (automobile)|DeSoto]].

The Dodge would go on until 1963, before being modernized as the "Dodge 400 series", receiving the cab of the American [[Dodge D series]] medium-duty truck and a new range of engines by [[Perkins Engines|Perkins]] and [[Leyland Motors]]. This model was mostly produced for export but was also available to the [[United Kingdom]]. The model was not successful on its home market and production there would end by 1965. Due to the Dodge 400 series being almost identical to the original American truck, telling the 2 apart is almost impossible.<ref>{{cite web |title=1964 Dodge/Fargo Kew 400-Series (Int'l) p1 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifhp97/6196745869/in/album-72157624582885269/ |website=Flickr |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CORGI’S MYSTERIOUS DODGE |url=https://www.maronline.org.uk/corgis-mysterious-dodge/ |website=Maronline |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>

Dodge would re-use the method of mating an American truck with a European chassis on the [[Dodge 50 Series|Dodge 50 series]] of 1979, effectively using the [[Dodge Ram van|Dodge B series]] van cab and a British designed medium-duty truck platform.

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