Bedford Vehicles
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Bedford was a subsidiary of Vauxhall Motors, itself the British subsidiary of General Motors, 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 name. 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.
In 1998 General Motors bought out Isuzu out of the IBC partnership and moved the Frontera production line to the Ellesmere Port site.
Products
List of products produced at Bedford/IBC Vehicles LutonBedford models
Very approximately in size order- Bedford Chevanne
- Bedford HA
- Bedford Beagle
- Bedford Astramax
- Bedford Midi
- Bedford Rascal
- Bedford Brava
- Bedford CA [link] [link]
- Bedford CF [link][link]
- 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
Vauxhall (Opel) models
- Vauxhall Midi
- VauxhallAstramax
- Vauxhall Brava
- Vauxhall Rascal
- Vauxhall Frontera
- Vauxhall Vivaro
| Opel AG | ||
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Passenger:
Agila | Antara | Astra | Corsa | GT | Meriva | Signum | Sintra | Speedster | Tigra | Vectra | Zafira | ||
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LCV:
Combo | Movano | Vivaro | ||
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Concept:
Aero GT | Antara GTC | CD | Diesel Rekordwagen | Eco Speedster | Frogster | Frua Diplomat | G90 | GT 2 | Insignia | Maxx | OPC X-Treme | Snowtrekker | Trixx | ||
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Historic:
Admiral | Ascona | Blitz | Calibra | Commodore | Diplomat | Frontera | GT | Kadett | Kapitän | Manta | Monterey | Monza | Olympia | Omega | Rekord | Senator | ||
Renault
| Renault vehicles - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Modern: | Twingo | Clio | Mégane | Laguna | Safrane | Vel Satis | Kangoo | Modus | Scénic | Espace | Avantime | Kilimanjaro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numeric: | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-numeric: | Alliance/Encore | Fuego | Medallion | Logan | Premier | Torino | Rodeo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post-WWII: | 4CV | Caravelle | Colorale | Dauphine | Dauphinoise | Floride | Frégate | Ondine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Between wars: | Celtaquatre | Juvaquatre | Nervastella | Primaquatre | Reinastella | Viva Grand Sport | Vivaquatre | Vivasix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-WWI: | 10CV | 12CV | 35CV | 40CV | A | AG/AG-1 | B | C | D | E | G/H/J | L/M | N(a)/N(b)/S | N(c)/Q/U(a/e) | R/T | U | AS/V | X/X-1 | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alpine–Renault: | A106 | A108 | A110 | A305 | A310 | A610/GTA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renault Sport: | Clio Renault Sport | Spider | Mégane Renault Sport | Clio V6 Renault Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concept vehicles: | Alpine 210 RS | Altica | Argos | BRV | Espace F1 | EPURE | EVE | Egeus | Etoile Filante | Fiftie | Fluence | Initiale | Koléos | Laguna | Mégane | Next | Racoon | Scénic | Talisman | VESTA 2 | Wind| Steppe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vans and trucks: | Estafette | Fourgonette | Kangoo | Express | Kerax | Magnum | Mascott | Master | Midlum | Trafic | 50-series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dacia: | Gamma |Logan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renault-Samsung Motors: | SM3 | SM5 | SM7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links
- [Bedford history in Fleet Data website]
- [Bedford World]
- [Victor and Bedford Owners Club]
- [Galleries of Bedford vehicle photos]
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