Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Here's a leaflet Vauxhall released in 1993 to celebrate 90 years of making cars. Dannyk, eddyramrod, adw1977 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Interesting to know that vauxhall made Churchill tanks for the war effort. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Do they really mean to say the Corsa is a 'supermodel'? Supermini, Shirley? treehugger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 "The future: More exciting models to come..." *Photo of an Astra estate* Phwooooooar, can't wait! Dabooka and treehugger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liggle Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Was half expecting: 1857 - present day: Shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 A brown Carlton, nothing cooler than that! adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 29 minutes ago, barrett said: Do they really mean to say the Corsa is a 'supermodel'? Supermini, Shirley? A Freudian slip & don’t call the Shirley?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said: "The future: More exciting models to come..." *Photo of an Astra estate* Phwooooooar, can't wait! It did cross my mind that it was lucky this was printed in 1993 & didn’t have to gloss over the underperforming Omega & Vectra and oddballs like the Sintra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: A brown Carlton, nothing cooler than that! It was the 1970s luckily the 1982 facelift sorted things out & some metallic paint made them a look a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I loved how between 1972 and 1975 Vauxhall only had 2 models in their range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, ProgRocker said: I loved how between 1972 and 1975 Vauxhall only had 2 models in their range. The only really had 1 in the 1950s until the PA Cresta was launched, & then 2 before the original Viva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Richard_FM said: It was the 1970s luckily the 1982 facelift sorted things out & some metallic paint made them a look a lot better. My parents owned a fairly well used 1986 2200i CD auto (I keep banging on about it) in navy blue in the mid 1990s. Great car, got to drive it a few times after passing my driving test. Those big velour seats are a delight. Definitely the embodiment of 'waftability' about it. Replaced by a much more basic Astra 3. In fact all of the Vauxhalls my parents owned were great used buys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 hours ago, ProgRocker said: I loved how between 1972 and 1975 Vauxhall only had 2 models in their range. Ford and Volkswagen only had 4-ish. Leyland however had, well, er. too many. ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 hours ago, barrett said: Do they really mean to say the Corsa is a 'supermodel'? Supermini, Shirley? Wasn't the corsa launched with a campaign where supermodels were jealous of it? Think naomi Campbell was in it? Hence supermodel. Not my favourite supermodel advert though, that was the one where claudia schiffer took all her clothes off to drive a citroen of some kind. Phew, is it hot in here? ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I have something similar. No idea where it came from but Grandad was always a Vauxhall man so it could be something he or my Dad picked up at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, cort1977 said: Wasn't the corsa launched with a campaign where supermodels were jealous of it? Think naomi Campbell was in it? Hence supermodel. I don’t remember that advert, an early Corsa had being part of the family floating on a lilo & bring tucked into bed by an old woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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