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KHALL MOTORS must make a profit before Bedford can play a in General Motors' world truck programme. BILL BROCK re'.
said GM vice president DoAtwood last week when he unced that Vauxhall's ints may be divided into three one covering cars, parts, commerical vehicles. After years of heavy trading is, which have been covered he American parent, this only its commercial vehicle ast remains in the red.
rrowings of about £50m are tated for this year but trad: expected to return to profit e end of 1983.
A as a whole is showing a
t of $750 million for the first months of this year.
dford's participation in the d truck concept — the first ;h example of which could luilt as early as 1985 — is aver, vital to its success. ide North America, Bedford Isents GM's only venture he truck market.
• Atwood identified the premalaise of the commercial :le industry as over-capeand added that a tremenshake out is near. Specific enges facing Bedford ' in3 a lack of profitability and a I for improved facilities to mmodate new products to
strengthen the product line-up and improve international competitiveness. Some models may be bought in from the US to strengthen the light end of the market in Europe.
Detroit Diesel, too, must continue to earn its way as individual GM chassis manufacturing plants will continue to use other suppliers such as Perkins and Cummins.
Success on the production side of the project will depend
• on reliability of supply betweenthe various GM plants around the world. To protect customer