Bedford Vehicles

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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 1990.

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]