Bean Cars

Bean Cars
Founded	January 1919; in Dudley, England
Founder	Sir George Bean
Headquarters	Dudley, England
Key people	Sir George Bean; John Bean, CBE
Products	cars (1919–29); light commercial vehicles (1924–31)
Brands	Bean Cars
Owner	A Harper, Sons & Bean (1919–26); Hadfields Limited (1926–56); Standard-Triumph (1956–60); Leyland Motors (1960–68); British Leyland/Austin Rover (1968–88); independent (1988–95); Ferrotech (1995–2005)

Bean Cars was a brand of motor vehicles made in England by A Harper Sons & Bean, Ltd at factories in Dudley, Worcestershire, and Coseley, Staffordshire. The company began making cars in 1919 and diversified into light commercial vehicles in 1924. For a few years in the early 1920s Bean outsold Austin and Morris.^[1]

Bean suffered financial difficulties and the steel-maker Hadfields Limited took it over in 1926. The launch of an under-developed new model in 1928 worsened sales, and the company stopped making cars in 1929. Hadfields continued Bean commercial vehicle production as "Bean New Era" until June 1931. In 1933 Hadfield re-launched the company as Beans Industries, making components for other motor vehicle manufacturers.

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Founded	January 1919 in Dudley, England
Founder	Sir George Bean
Headquarters	Dudley , England
Key people	Sir George Bean John Bean, CBE
Products	cars (1919–29) light commercial vehicles (1924–31)
Brands	Bean Cars
Owner	A Harper, Sons & Bean (1919–26) Hadfields Limited (1926–56) Standard-Triumph (1956–60) Leyland Motors (1960–68) British Leyland/Austin Rover (1968–88) independent (1988–95) Ferrotech (1995–2005)