John Rumm wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In article , The Natural
Philosopher writes

So was the Vauxhall Viva. A very decent little McPherson strut live
rear axle thing. Or its bigger brother..the one before the cavalier..

Chevette?

Na, the shoveit was an Astra sized car. Cresta perhaps.

No.. the one that was almost an Opel Manta, but with 4 doors..
Cresta was earlier. I thought it *was* the chevette..

Not the omega, but close...

The last sort of 1.6-2 liter RWD that vauxhall did ...

Lets think. The cresta was yonks old, as was the Victor then there was
the viva and the Chevette and then the Astra in the smaller sizes. The
Chevette was the Opel Kadett IMMSMW..

Ah, Look in Wiki.

The first cavaliers WERE RWD Opel Asconas.
That the one. MkI Cavalier.


Then they went FWD with an alarmingly well selling car The MKII Cavalier.