Buyers Guide?

From the beginning Brotherwood Automobility has been very aware of the particular needs of their customers. Although our wheelchair accessible vehicles look standard, they are cleverly converted to make wheelchair entry and exit easy for the wheelchair passenger.

Almost as important is keeping the head-height of the wheelchair passenger at the same level as the other seated passengers. "It`s very important for the social side of travelling," explains Rod Brotherwood, Managing Director and founder of the company for 23 years. "Our customers say they can go out as one of the family in one of our vehicles, and that is very important."

The key to achieving this is a new, lowered flat floor of our own design that Brotherwood builds into many of its models.

New vehicles are bought in and stripped inside and out. The shells are then mounted on a jig, the floor is cut away and a new steel floor pressing, between 100mm and 300mm lower, is welded in. The new floor also means fitting a new petrol tank, new exhaust and new rear axle carriers. On some models the roof is cut away, and a new roof panel inserted to give more headroom.

All changes to the shell and components carry full European Low Volume Type Approval, and the company operates to full ISO 9000:2001 quality standards. Wheelchair exit and entry is by way of the rear hatch with a hinged ramp. This is a safe, secure and maintenance-free method.

We believe Brotherwood Automobility has built a reputation for finely engineered conversions for people with mobility difficulties needing a wheelchair accessible vehicle and that our success is based on putting the customer’s needs first.