Viva Vauxhall! British Brand Adds Spark To Its Lineup
Published: May 22nd, 2014
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Spurred on by the success of the Volkswagen Up! and Ford Ka, Vauxhall (and presumably Opel) will market a city car slotting below the Adam.
Based on the next-generation Chevrolet Spark, the Vauxhall will wear the Viva nameplate, which was last used in 1979. According to Auto Express, the Opel variant will use a different name, which would be a rare departure from the typical Opel/Vauxhall arrangement. Power is said to come from GM’s new small engine family, likely a 1.0L 3-cylinder unit. Like the Spark, the Viva would be built in South Korea. Hopefully the handsome styling carries over to our side of the pond.
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What is really left of Vauxhall? Is there anything going on there, other than marketing and badge engineering?
They can have Coldplay do the ad for this over in the UK and use their song from 08.
That's the biggest improvement in design....
With a much less ugly front end than the US version. Does it still have the stupid 'motorcycle inspired' instrument panel?