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It is with great sadness that we mourn the death on Friday, 27 March 2015, of John Lambert MBE, a very close friend and founding inspiration of Brotherwood Automobility. He was a C-5 quadriplegic, paralysed from the neck down, and had been in a wheelchair for 34 years.

In 1985 Brotherwood Automobility revolutionized transport for disabled people across the UK, by re-engineering Nissan Prairie to carry a wheelchair seated passenger, whilst blending seamlessly with the other cars on the road - unlike the ‘Pope-mobile’ style conversions prevalent at the time. In turn Brotherwood pioneered a new method of wheelchair accessible vehicle manufacture which has often since been imitated, but never bettered. 

30 years later the Dorset-based company has set yet another first for wheelchair passenger transport, teaming with Nissan again with the launch of the Brotherwood Envy: The UK’s first Fully Electric Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle, based on the Nissan eNV-200 Combi. The Brotherwood Envy marks yet another milestone for the pioneering company which was also the first to create a wheelchair passenger ‘up-front’ Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), and also the first to achieve Low Volume Type Approval for a wheelchair car conversion.

Brotherwood Automobility Ltd, Beer Hackett, recently replaced its computers. Rather than dispose of its former IT equipment it decided to donate it to Thornford Primary School.

The company invited the school children along to the business to collect the donated equipment and learn about technology in the work place.

The Kia Sedona Gold Label is one of our most popular ever wheelchair accessible vehicle conversions, offering luxury up-front wheelchair travel, with huge interior room and a smooth, refined drive.

For a  limited period we are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of newly-converted Sedona Gold Labels - our final Exclusive Edition.

Brotherwood have long been renowned as producers of the highest quality wheelchair accessible vehicle conversions, with a heritage of engineering spanning 30 years. Regarded as the market leader in quality, the Dorset-based company has now confirmed their faith in the outstanding durability of their product, offering an industry-leading 5-year, 100,000 mile conversion warranty on the popular VW Caddy Goodlife, Morelife and new Ford Carete Tourneo Connect models when purchased by retail customers.

Brotherwood are pleased to announce the highly anticipated Motability Advance Payments for our popular new Ford Tourneo Connect WAV, delivering the popular Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle from just £5,995 to Motability customers via the 5-year Contract Hire scheme.

Brotherwood are pleased to announce that our Volkswagen Caddy Goodlife and Morelife models have been granted PAS-2012 accreditation.

Brotherwood Automobility are pleased to announce the launch of a brand new model of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle, based on the new Ford Tourneo Connect, which brings a host of innovative and unique safety and comfort features to the disabled motoring sector.