Bedford Vehicles

Bedford Vehicles
Former type	Division
Industry	Automotive
Fate	Divested into IBC Vehicles and AWD Trucks
Successor	AWD Trucks; IBC Vehicles
Founded	1931; 94 years ago
Founder	Vauxhall Motors
Defunct	== Bedford Vehicles Media == Bedford K-series ambulance, seen in Dublin, Ireland. ; 1936 Bedford WTL lorry at Amberley Working Museum ; 1943 Bedford MW utility vehicle ; The war-time Bedford QL, with the driver perched above the engine in a forward control cab, foreshadowed post-war truck designs. ; Vauxhall Bedford PC Van, fabricado na Inglaterra e importado para o Brasil em 1950 ; A Bedford CA type new in 1959 ; Bedford S Type truck at Battlesbridge Classic Car Show ; Green Goddess fire engine ; 1967 Bedford SB mobile cinema ; AWD Bedford TM 6-6 (6x6) 14000 kg Truck ; 1986; 39 years ago
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 produced by Vauxhall Motors. It was ultimately owned by General Motors (GM). The brand was established in 1930 and built commercial vehicles. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international lorry brand. It had substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy lorries throughout the world. It was GM Europe's most profitable venture for several years.

Bedford's core heavy trucks business was sold off as AWD Ltd in 1987 but 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. After this, GM Europe's light commercial vehicles were branded as either Vauxhall or Opel, depending on the market.