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The Vauxhall Victor is a large family car produced by Vauxhall from 1957 until 1976. The Victor was introduced to replace the outgoing Wyvern model. It was renamed Vauxhall VX Series in 1976 and continued in production until 1978, by which time it had grown significantly and was viewed, at least in its home market, as a larger-than-average family car.
Vauxhall vehicles, past and present, sold under the Vauxhall brand, now a subsidy of Stellantis. ... Envoy (1960–1970), see Victor; Epic (1963–1970), see Viva ...
Vauxhall Wyvern Vagabond. The E Series Wyvern was produced from 1952 to 1957. [24] In addition to building the 4-door integral body-chassis Wyvern sedan, GMH continued to build a separate chassis [25] and developed a 2-door convertible and a Coupe Utility for it. [26] The convertible was initially marketed as the Caleche and later as the Vagabond.
Vauxhall Motors Limited [note 2] is a British [6] car company headquartered in Chalton, Bedfordshire, England. Vauxhall became a subsidiary of PSA Group in 2017, and latterly its successor Stellantis in January 2021, having previously been owned by General Motors since 1925.
The Envoy name was first used in the Canadian market for a version of the Vauxhall Victor F Series 2. [1] It was sold through Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealerships at the same time as the Vauxhall version was sold though Pontiac-Buick dealers. [1] Introduced in 1959, the Envoy models differed from the Vauxhalls in terms of trim and equipment.
Front disc brakes with vacuum servo appeared as an option in 1960 and were made standard in 1961 (four-wheel drum brakes only, in Australia). The name became the Consul 375 in mid-1961, It is designed to compete with the Morris Oxford Series III, Austin A55 Cambridge, and the Vauxhall Victor F. The convertible version made by Carbodies continued.
Bedford continued to develop its share of the light transport market, with the introduction of the 8 cwt ASYC and ASXC vans, a close derivative of the Vauxhall Light Six car. The AS series of vans continued in production until 1939. 1936 Bedford WTL lorry at Amberley Working Museum. Bedford introduced the 3 ton WT series in November 1933.
The Vauxhall Velox had been introduced in 1948, with a new version in 1951. The Cresta E version, launched in 1954, had the same 2262 cc six-cylinder engine in the same state of tune but scored over the Velox in having a choice of leather or fabric upholstery, optional two-tone paintwork, a heater as standard, a small electric fascia mounted clock, a cigar lighter, a lamp automatically ...