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2007-2014 AUTOCRUISE DRIVING RANGE

A brace of Driving coachbuilts (Wentworth and Gleneagle) transferred from the previous X44 Peugeot Boxer to the (then) all-new, cutting-edge X250 for the 2007 model year.

Autocruise converted them in Mexborough, Yorkshire. The company was owned by industry legend Gordon Bentley and family. When he retired, it was sold, first to a consortium and eventually to the Swift Group.

Vehicle production continued at the Mexborough premises for a while, then transferred to the larger Swift factory in Cottingham. So in the seven-year production run, the company had two homes and three owners.

Although they are

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