Tim Adams's first car, a Vauxhall Viva HA, had six years of rough treatment being rallied. Now, 41 years after its last rally, he is restoring it. My first car was a Vauxhall Viva HA which my dad ...

On 26 September 1963, The Engineer announced the launch of a compact one-litre car set to compete with Ford’s 100E, the Morris Minor and Austin’s A35 saloon: the Vauxhall Viva HA. The ’economical, ...

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Stellantis is marking 60 years of vehicle manufacturing at its Ellesmere Port plant, beginning when an HA Vauxhall Viva rolled off the assembly line on 1 June 1964. The former RAF site Hooton site was ...

With Vauxhall reviving the Viva name for its all-new compact car this summer, motoring memories have been stirred about the original model. Colin Hart, Haughley, near Stowmarket. My first car was a ...

In advance of the media launch of a ‘revived’ or ‘retro’ model line I usually coat myself liberally with sweetened cynicism based on what has gone before. Ford Mustang (which never really went away ...

General Motors’ Vauxhall unit here in the UK has celebrated 50 years of production at its Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire, near Liverpool. The first car produced at Ellesmere Port on 1 June, 1964, ...

Along with teaser shots of the new Astra for Vauxhall and Opel came this shot displaying the first nine generations of the car — assuming you include the Vauxhall Viva and Chevette. It's an ...

Details of the Viva revival as a sharply styled small hatchback are revealed in the latest edition of motoring magazine Auto Express. The original Viva was launched in June 1964 with the first ‘HA’ ...