Bailey of Bristol to partner with Ford Pro to begin manufacturing its first van conversion later this year
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Bailey of Bristol is delighted to announce that it will be partnering with Ford Pro to begin manufacturing its first van conversion later this year. |
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The company’s first panel van range will be called Endeavour and will have its first public viewing at the Motorhome and Caravan Show in October. The Bailey website www.baileyofbristol.co.uk will be updated with full product information on this new addition to our motorhome portfolio on 5th October 2023 in advance of its public launch at the forthcoming NEC show.
Bailey’s first collaboration with Ford was with the best-selling Adamo coachbuilt motorhome in 2020. Since then the popularity of this five-model range has meant Ford has quickly become our leading base vehicle provider, meaning they were the natural choice of partner for the new Endeavour van conversion.
The two companies already enjoy a strong working relationship, with Bailey successfully becoming an official Ford Pro Convertor (formerly QVM) for coachbuilt motorhomes in August last year.
A representation from the Bailey Product Development Team presented their first pre-production Endeavour model to the Ford Pro Special Vehicle Team for evaluation recently at their UK HQ in Dunton, Essex.
In addition, Bailey also updated them on the work they had been undertaking on a concept van conversion based upon the Ford E-Transit. The development of this pioneering new concept van is a central part of the company’s on-going sustainability planning as it looks to continue to reduce the environmental impact of its leisure vehicles.
Bailey Managing Director Nick Howard said “the introduction of our first van conversion this Autumn is the next important step in the expansion of our existing motorhome portfolio. Working with our trusted partner Ford Pro on a totally new type of leisure vehicle has helped make the development process very straight forward and we’re extremely pleased with the end results”.
