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  2. Vauxhall Astra - Wikipedia

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    The Vauxhall Astra is a compact car/small family car that has ... It will be offered as a hybrid for the first time and will unveil a 180-horsepower engine. The 225 ...

  3. List of automobiles known for negative reception - Wikipedia

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    The Vauxhall HC Viva was renamed the "Firenza" in the Canadian market in response to the previous generation's quality problems, and to hide its British origins. [54] The Firenza was plagued with quality problems, compounded by a lack of spare parts due to the frequent UK labor strikes at the time. [ 54 ]

  4. GM Ecotec engine - Wikipedia

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    The GM Ecotec engine, also known by its codename L850, is a family of all-aluminium inline-four engines, displacing between 1.2 and 2.5 litres.Confusingly, the Ecotec name was also applied to both the Buick V6 Engine when used in Holden Vehicles, as well as the final DOHC derivatives of the previous GM Family II engine; the architecture was substantially re-engineered for this new Ecotec ...

  5. Opel Astra - Wikipedia

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    The Astra nameplate originates from Vauxhall, which had manufactured and marketed earlier generations of the Opel Kadett (the Kadett D and Kadett E) as the Vauxhall Astra since March 1980. Subsequent GM Europe policy standardised model nomenclature in the early 1990s, whereby model names were the same in all markets regardless of the marque ...

  6. Start-stop system - Wikipedia

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    A start-stop system off button on a Perodua Myvi. A vehicle start-stop system or stop-start system (also known as S&S, micro hybrid, or micro hybrid electric vehicle (μHEV)) [1] automatically shuts down and restarts the internal combustion engine to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling, thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions.

  7. List of General Motors factories - Wikipedia

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    9 (Opel/Vauxhall) Valmet Automotive: Uusikaupunki: Finland: Saab 9-3 Convertible & 9-3 Viggen Saab 900 Opel/Vauxhall Calibra: 1969: 2003: Built under contract by Valmet Automotive for Saab & for Opel/Vauxhall. 8 (since 1993) E (before 1993) Vauxhall Ellesmere Port: Ellesmere Port: United Kingdom: Opel/Vauxhall Astra K (5-door, Sports Tourer)

  8. Easytronic - Wikipedia

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    Easytronic is the Opel tradename for a type of transaxle-based automated manual transmission, as used in some Opel/Vauxhall cars. Easytronic is not a tiptronic gearbox design; it does not have a torque converter. It is fundamentally a conventional manual transmission, with a single-plate dry clutch.

  9. GM Family 1 engine - Wikipedia

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    The GM Family I is a straight-four piston engine that was developed by Opel, a former subsidiary of General Motors and now a subsidiary of PSA Group, to replace the Vauxhall OHV, Opel OHV and the smaller capacity Opel CIH engines for use on small to mid-range cars from Opel/Vauxhall.