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Bedford's 1300S Astra var snappy performer. With a payload of 525kg, excludinc driver, it took only 11.5 sec( to accelerate from 0 to 50r The clutch, brake and thr responded easily and made ing in heavy traffic air( effortless. The in-cab noise was low — only 70dB(P 50mph. The car-derived looks and feels good value, comfortably firm tweed-cm, seats and fully carpeted floo Front-wheel drive and transversely mounted en gives a low and flat load and provides room in a cor ted bui well laid out engine partment. The floor is ribb, reduce friction when Im vy boxes and the side body els are lined to waist level. spare wheel sandwiched bethe rear axle is stowed bea hatch in the load platform. luld it be needed on a wet windy night, then the load st be moved first.
full-width metal bulkhead lad the seat gives considerprotection from the load.
I comparison to a diesel Jel we tested last year, the tra's 8.48 lit/100 km 32mpg) fuel consumption seem poor but it compares mrably with other petrol-en3d car-derived vans.