Such trucks were marketed as "British Chevrolet". This enabled them to import vehicles into Britain under Imperial Preference, which favoured products from the British Empire as far as import duties were concerned. Until 1925, General Motors assembled trucks in Britain from parts manufactured at its Canadian works. The van manufacturing plant of Bedford, now called GM Manufacturing Luton, is now owned and operated by Stellantis, following Vauxhall's acquisition by PSA Group in 2017. The company was a leading international lorry brand, with substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy lorries throughout the world.īedford'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. Established in April 1931, Bedford Vehicles was set up to build commercial vehicles. Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle manufactured by Vauxhall Motors, then a subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors.
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