In 1881, Henri Jonckheere began building horse-drawn carriages in the village of Beveren, near Roeselare in the province of West Flanders, Belgium.

In those days, many largely wooden bodies with typical styling were built upon several famous chassis, such as Minerva and Rolls-Royce.

After World War II, a huge need emerged for road transport vehicles, including buses and coaches.

In the 1970s, Jonckheere launched the Bermuda range that started to appear in the United Kingdom in 1977 and remained in production until 1982.

The range included a low floor P35 model, regular P50/P599 model, P799 with underfloor cockpit, P90 semi-decker with a rear lounge, P95 with an underfloor drivers cab and rear lounge, and P99 double decker.