Bedford Vehicles
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Bedford was a subsidiary of Vauxhall Motors, itself the British subsidiary of General Motors (GM), established in 1930 and constructing commercial vehicles.
In 1986 the Bedford van factory in Luton was reorganised as a joint venture with Isuzu. The resulting company IBC Vehicles produced a European version of the Isuzu MU Wizard called the Frontera and a range of Renault-designed vans sold under GM's Vauxhall and Opel brand names.
In 1998 GM bought Isuzu out of the IBC partnership. [1] The plant now operates as GMM Luton Vehicles, and produces the Vauxhall/Opel Vivaro, Renault Trafic and Nissan Primastar.[2]
On vans the Bedford name was discontinued in 1990 in favour of Vauxhall.
The Bedford trucks site was sold to David Brown in 1987 and the new trucks business was named AWD Trucks. AWD Trucks went bankrupt in 1992 and was bought by Marshall of Cambridge.
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[edit] Products
List of products produced at Bedford / IBC Vehicles Luton
[edit] Bedford models
Very approximately in size order
- Bedford Chevanne (based on Vauxhall Chevette)
- Bedford HA (based on Vauxhall Viva)
- Bedford Beagle (estate version of HA; see Vauxhall Viva, above)
- Bedford Astramax (based on Vauxhall Astra)
- Bedford Midi
- Bedford Rascal
- Bedford Brava
- Bedford CA
- Bedford CF
- Bedford CF 4x4
- Bedford Blitz
- Bedford MW
- Bedford W series
- Bedford K series
- Bedford M series
- Bedford O series
- Bedford A series
- Bedford D series
- Bedford S series
- Bedford ML (bus)
- Bedford OB (bus)
- Bedford J (bus)
- Bedford SB (bus)
- Bedford VAS (bus)
- Bedford TJ
- Bedford TL
- Bedford TK
- Bedford MK
- Bedford KM
- Bedford VAL (bus)
- Bedford VAM (bus)
- Bedford Y series (buses)
- Bedford TM
- Bedford TM 4x4
[edit] Vauxhall models (some also sold as Opels and other GM brands)
- Vauxhall Midi
- Vauxhall Astramax
- Vauxhall Brava
- Vauxhall Rascal
- Vauxhall Frontera (a 4x4 SUV)
- Vauxhall Vivaro
[edit] Renault models
- Renault Trafic (platform-sharing version of Vauxhall & Opel Vivaro, also sold as Nissan Primastar)
[edit] Notes
- ^ European Heritage 1990–1999. General Motors Europe.
- ^ Company Profile. Vauxhall.
[edit] External links
[edit] General
- Bedford history in Fleet Data website
- Bedford World-the one stop website for all things Bedford
- Bedford Register, the worlds largest Bedford owners club & registry
- Victor and Bedford Owners Club
- Galleries of Bedford vehicle photos
