Metro Cammell Weymann

Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW)
FormerlyMetropolitan-Cammell-Weymann
IndustryManufacturing
PredecessorsMetro Cammell
Weymann Motor Bodies
Founded1932
Defunct1989
FateSold by the Laird Group; some bus designs sold to Optare
HeadquartersWashwood Heath, Birmingham, England
Elmdon, Solihull, England (1944–1969)
ProductsBus bodywork
Integral buses and coaches
OwnerLaird Group

Metro Cammell Weymann Ltd. (MCW) was a British bus manufacturer and bus body builder based at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, England. MCW was established in 1932 by Metro-Cammell's bus bodybuilding division and Weymann Motor Bodies as a sales organisation pooling its resources to jointly produce bus bodies.

MCW bus bodies were built in Metro-Cammell's and Weymann's factories until 1966, when Weymann's factory in Addlestone was closed. All work was then moved to Metro-Cammell's Elmdon factory, while the Metro-Cammell and Weymann brand names were discontinued in the same year. After 25 years spent headquartered in Elmdon, MCW moved back to its original Washwood Heath headquarters in 1969. From 1977 onward, MCW also built bus chassis with the launch of the integral MCW Metrobus double-decker bus.

In 1989, the Laird Group decided to sell its bus and rail divisions. No buyer for all of the subdivisions could be found, so each product was sold separately to various companies interested in its assets. The Metrorider was bought by Optare who relaunched it as the MetroRider; the Metrobus design was bought by DAF (chassis) and Optare (body), who jointly reworked it into the Optare Spectra; the Metroliner design was acquired by Optare though not pursued, and the Metrocab was bought by Reliant. Metro-Cammell's rail division and the Washwood Heath factory went to GEC Alsthom.