In Popular Culture
- On the BBC motoring programme Top Gear, the presenters are challenged to buy lorries and presenter Richard Hammond buys an ERF from Walker Movements Limited in Leicester. He pronounces the name phonetically. In response to a quip about its diminutive size, Hammond responds by calling it 'the Caterham of lorries' due to the fact it has an engine that could match Jeremy Clarkson's 12 litres (732.3 cu in) Renault Magnum, but as light and as small as James May's Scania P94D. It was also the fastest among the three; it has a top speed that exceeds 90 miles per hour (145 km/h).
- Dai Davies OBE, a former ERF director has written a book called ERF - The Inside Story, Davies now lives in Johannesburg in South Africa. He worked his way up from Apprentice when he started working for the firm in 1954 to director of South African, Australian and New Zealand operations.
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