Vehicle History

The Bedford Rascal and Suzuki Supercarry was introduced in April 1986 as a joint venture between General Motors and Suzuki. British built and available in both van and pickup variants, the vehicle's strengths were it dimunitive size and maximum payload weight; 550kg for the van and 575kg for the pickup. When the Bedford name ceased to exist in June 1990, General Motors vehicles were rebadged as Vauxhalls. UK production ceased in July 1993 and then resumed in Japan.

All vehicles are fitted with a 970cc Suzuki engine of four-cylinder overhead camshaft design, mounted longitudinally and inclined to the left, with the transmission mounted at the rear of the engine. All models are rear wheel drive, and have either a four or five speed manual transmission.

Throughout the range, the suspension layout is coil-over-damper struts at the front, and leaf springs with dampers at the rear. In addition, van deriviatives are fitted with a front anti-roll bar. On all models braking is servo assisted, utilising drums at the rear and discs at the front.