AWD Trucks
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| Company type | Parent Caterpillar | |
|---|---|---|
| Website | https://multidrivevehicles.com/ (for Multidrive Vehicles) |
AWD Trucks was a British truck manufacturer that produced
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group
. The last truck of the company was discontinued in 1998, and so the Bedford name became entirely defunct at that time. There is another British based company called AWD Company Limited Of Camberley in Surrey England an entirely different original brandname who were specialized in developing and manufacturing all wheel driven lorries, earthmoving machinery and other 4WD 6WD roadvehicles founded in 1958 production ended in 1966.
History
In 1986,
military.[1]
At that time Brown opened a new firm called Multidrive Vehicles that built 8x6 versions of the
Queen's Awards to Industry, with an annual turnover of £400 million.[2]
In 1996 David J.B. Brown sold the Multidrive Vehicles company to Caterpillar. Brown then became a design consultant for the Cat 7 Series ADT. The Bedford trucks that were built by Multidrive Vehicles, were modernized, re-skinned, and were re-badged to Caterpillar vehicles.[2]
These Caterpillar trucks were exported to many countries and were also used in the
Bosnia, Kosovo, and in other countries. The company re-entered the British market in 2001, and also started exports to South Africa that same year. In 2003 the company started producing a whole new range of military vehicles, but the production of the older trucks did not stop. With the death of Brown in 2006, the company was bought by Dr Qu Li.[2]
Products (Multidrive Vehicles)
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References
- ^ "AWD-Bedford". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "MULTIDRIVE VEHICLES LTD COMPANY HISTORY". Retrieved 26 July 2021.