For the Vauxhall Viva sold since 2015, see Opel Karl.
Not to be confused with Vauxhall Vivaro.
Motor vehicle
Vauxhall Viva
Vauxhall Viva HC Series
Overview
Manufacturer
Vauxhall
Production
1963–1979
1,516,792 produced
Assembly
England:
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Luton, Bedfordshire
Body and chassis
Class
Small family car (C)
Chronology
Successor
Vauxhall Astra
Vauxhall Chevette
The Vauxhall Viva is a small family car that was produced by Vauxhall in a succession of three versions between 1963 and 1979. These were designated the HA, HB and HC series.
The Viva was introduced a year after Vauxhall's fellow GM company Opel launched the Opel Kadett A. Both cars were a result of the same General Motors project and share the same floorpan and engine constructions, but with one main difference being the use of metric measurements for the Opel and imperial ones for the Vauxhall. They are also visually similar, however few components are interchangeable and the cars are thus not "sister models" or versions of one another[1] – as Opel and Vauxhall vehicles would become from the mid 1970s onward. A van version was also produced, as the Bedford HA. In the UK the Viva's principal competitors at the time of its launch included the well-established Ford Anglia and Morris Minor.
The third generation HC series was the last solely Vauxhall designed passenger car when it ceased production in 1979 (although not the last Vauxhall designed vehicle to go out of production overall – that distinction belongs to the Bedford CF van), as GM Europe unified the Opel and Vauxhall brands around a single range of Opel-developed models.
Vauxhall revived the Viva nameplate from 2015–2019 on a rebadged variant of the fourth generation Opel Karl/Chevrolet Spark.
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