Vauxhall Viva

Vauxhall Viva review. There were actually three versions of the Viva, starting with the HA - 1963 - 66 HB - 1966 - 70 HC - 1970 - 79 The HA bodywork was used on all Viva vans, and also the Beagle and Roma Campers. The HA vans were actually used up until 1983! This was due mainly to huge advance orders by the Post Office and the then British Telecom. The vans were eventually replaced by the Chevanne, this was of course, a commercial version of the Chevette. The HA was a small car indeed, it weighed just 709 Kilos, held seven Gallons of petrol, and the idea was a car shaped like three boxes, one for the engine, one for ...  Read the complete review

Vauxhall Viva HC Manufactured between 1971 and 1978 Varients include: Viva - 2 and 4 door saloon, 1159cc and 1256cc engines. Larger engines were fitted. Viva E - 2 door coupe. Viva SL - 2 and 4 door saloon. Viva GLS - 4 door saloon. Firenza - 2 door coupe, 1800cc and 2300cc engines used. Magnum - 4 door saloon, 1800cc and 2300cc engines used. Was as popular as it's HA and HC predecesors both as a family and fleet car, but rightly or wrongly earned a reputation for being unreliable. It also suffered badly from rust, thought to be due to the poor steel purchased from the continent because of stopages and disputes in the UK at the time of manufacture. ...  Read the complete review

I haven't always been the sensible individual you encounter online occasionally. No, in what seems a life time ago, I rear-ended someone <<Shocked looks>>. Hmmmm...I'm wondering what you are thinking now but I will explain in time. Simply read on, McDuff (or be damned, Sherlock) Cast your minds back to 1983. Ye gads, the fluffy, billowing of New Romantic cravats were blowing themselves out whilst I was entering my final stages of puberty as an 18-year-old (medically, it was probably some time before this but I've included this reference for effect). Of course, at this stage in a teen's life, the upwardly mobile, pseudo James Dean type (he ...  Read the complete review