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Bedford Vehicles
Company type
Division
Industry
Automotive
Founded
1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Founder
Vauxhall Motors
Defunct
1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Fate
Divested into IBC Vehicles and AWD Trucks
Successor
AWD Trucks IBC Vehicles
Headquarters
Luton
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Bus chassis Military vehicles Trucks Light commercial vehicles
Parent
Vauxhall Motors
Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle manufactured by Vauxhall Motors,[1] then a subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors. Established in April 1931, Bedford Vehicles was set up to build commercial vehicles. The company was a leading international lorry brand, with substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy lorries throughout the world.
Bedford's core heavy trucks business was divested by General Motors (GM) as AWD Trucks in 1987, whilst the Bedford brand continued to be used on light commercial vehicles and car-derived vans based on Vauxhall/Opel, Isuzu and Suzuki designs. The brand was retired in 1991.
The van manufacturing plant of Bedford, now called Vauxhall Luton, is now owned and operated by Stellantis, following Vauxhall's acquisition by PSA Group in 2017.[2]
^History of Bedford trucks
^Stellantis stops shift at Luton plant due to pandemic Just Auto 19 July 2021
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