Bedford CF

The **Bedford CF** were a series of light trucks that were produced by Bedford Vehicles from 1969 to 1992, although prodution on some countries (such as Germany and Holland) continiued by Opel until 2003. The tooling of the vehicle was later used by General Motors (the parent of Vauxhall Motors who owned Bedford) to create the third generation of the Chevrolet Van light trucks. In total over 500,000 of these vehicles were built and sold until production eventually ended.

## Bedford CF

### Successor

Bedford CF 2

The first generation of the CF light trucks started getting produced in 1969 to replace the Bedford CA which was getting pretty outdated by that time. The CF was competing directly with the Ford Transit although the Transit was launched 5 years before, and thus it was more succesful, but the CF did indeed managed to take some competion from the Transit. By 1975 over 90,000 Bedford CF light trucks had been built and sold.

A version with updated headlights and a slightly modernized grille started getting produced in 1982 as the *CF-1*, but production of the older version did not stopped. Compared to other vehicles such as the Morris 250 JU and the Leyland Sherpa the CF was more reliable and had a more comfortable cab, but was not very fuel efficient and was not easily maneuverable, but it did sold well, however, it could not compete with the Ford Transit and by 1979 it was easily beaten in popularity by the Transit, which was more fuel efficient and slightly lighter. To solve these problems the CF was discontiniued and replaced by a modernized CF generation, in 1980 the company started producing the Bedford Midi which was based on the Isuzu Fargo, but nevertheless the CF continiued to be produced.

## Gallery

A Bedford CF used as a campervan vehicleA Bedford CF light truck that was likely used as a mail delivery truckA Bedford CF that is also used as a campervan vehicleA Bedford CF that is still used as a work truck

## Bedford CF

### Manufacturer

Bedford Vehicles
Opel

### Production

1985-1992 (Britain)
1989-2003 (Germany)

### Related

Bedford CF 1
Chevrolet Van

### Predecessor

Bedford CF 1
Opel Blitz

### Successor

Vauxhall Arena (Britain)
Opel Arena/Opel Vivaro (Germany)
Bedford Midi

A second generation of the Bedford CF started getting produced in 1985. It was made to solve the problems of the first generation of the Bedford CF, which were that it was not fuel efficient, and not very maneuverable. The second generation (nicknamed the *CF-2*) did managed to fix these problems and that slightly boosted sales, with around 110,000 vehicles having been built since 1989.

Since 1987 over 410,000 vehicles had been built and sold and it was still a common sight on British roads. In 1989 the vehicle also started getting produced in Germany as the *Opel Bedford Blitz* as a replacement for the Opel Blitz, which was discontiniued in 1975. In 1992 almost all Bedford vehicles were discontiniued except the Bedford TJ which was renamed to the Vauxhall Type J, the Bedford Midi continiued to be produced until 1995 when it was replaced by the Vauxhall Vivaro and Opel Vivaro.

## Gallery

A Bedford CF 2 Light truckA Bedford CF that is still used as a MinibusA Bedford CF used as a Cargo light truckA Opel Bedford Blitz light truck