Jelcz is a Polish manufacturer of trucks, buses, trolleybuses and different types of dedicated chassis.
Since 2013, the company has been part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa[1] and focuses on manufacturing off-road military vehicles.
History
In 1952, a decision was made to use a former German armaments factory in Jelcz-Laskowice near Wrocław for production in western Poland. A company called Zakłady Budowy Nadwozi Samochodowych (Automobile Chassis Works) was established. After the factory was rebuilt, the company started to develop and build bus bodies for Lublin and Star trucks, including buses such as the Jelcz PR110D.
In 1974, the Polish expedition to Lhotse used a Jelcz 316 car to travel from Warsaw to Nepal. In 1975, the expedition of the Wrocław Mountain Club to Broad Peak Central, in Pakistan, used a Jelcz 315-M car to travel from Wrocław to Islamabad, driving up to 9,000 km between 2 and 21 May.