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29th August 1981, Page 12
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ITIAL ORDERS, said to be )rth around Um, for 700 adium-duty Bedford TL lorries ve been received from Nige

rhe country, claims Bedford,its largest single overseas 3rket, and the company excts some 2,000 units to be Jered for 1984,

Bedford is also said to be lorry 3rket leader in Nigeria and curitly has more than one-third the market in the two-to-ten1 range. The TL is expected to :.rease its sales there by about per cent. In the first six 3nths of this year, Bedford's tail lorry sales in Nigeria tailed 2,894 units.

Bedford is currently completan expansion programme to plant, in accordance with the gerian Government's wish to Ind up a local motor industry. objective is to achieve a total sembly volume of 12,000 units tear by 1985.

Federated Motor Industries MI) assembles Bedfords ipped in completely knocked iwn form from the UK and is le of five commercial vehicle semblers approved by the deral Government of Nigeria. )wever, distribution of the hides is carried out by Niger otors, which has 11 retail anches with a further 55 indeDdent Bedford dealers.

The TLs being launched in Ni!ria are rated for 12.7 tonnes 2.5 tons) and 16.25 tonnes (16 ns) gross vehicle weight. They are two-axle rigids with three wheelbases for varied bodywork and applications. All are to be powered by the Bedford 8.2-litre, naturally aspirated Blue Series diesel engine.

Additionally, a special TL model is being offered in Nigeria, with an initial order for 48 units which have an extra axle and a gross vehicle weight of 22.35 tonnes (22 tons).

THE CHANGEOVER from mild steel to high-strength steels will be a critical feature of the commercial vehicle and car manufacturing scene over the next few years, according to the Welding Institute; and during November 3-4 the Institute is holding a symposium on the welding of high-strength steel sheet.


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