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Is it possible to have spent every third or fourth summer in the UK from the ages of three to seventeen and have completely forgotten the Vauxhall Firenza? Especially when the first car we ever drove besides a go-kart or a Rambler on our father's lap was an Oldsmobile that shared the same name? Especially given our reverence for the Opel Manta — and to a lesser extent — the Ford Capri? Sadly it is. So as penance for our lack of reverence for this 1970s Eurobred, we are posting about it. We do, however, suddenly remember being in Northern Ireland in what must have been 1987 and seeing a Firenza parked on the street on the way to Mass and thinking, "Hrm, that doesn't look like the Firenza we have at home...but it kind of does, only weirder-looking." Hindsight being what it is, we'd take the Vauxhall over the Olds.
Vauxhall Firenza [Wikipedia]
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Comments
There's been a lot of international nameplate recycling done by the General over the years. These are the one's I can think of right off the top of my head:
-Oldsmobile/Vauxhall Firenza
-Oldsmobile/Vauxhall Royale
-Oldsmobile/Holden Calais
-Oldsmobile/Opel/Vauxhall Omega
-Chevrolet/Vauxhall Chevette
-Chevrolet/Opel Monza
-Chevrolet/Vauxhall Cavalier
-Chevrolet/Holden Caprice
-Chevrolet/Holden Kingswood
-Chevrolet/Holden Suburban
I guess that's one of the benefits of being, as Wert put it so eloquently, "omnipotent and stuff."
Don't forget the LaSalle Corsa! Oh, wait...
Firenza enthusiasts might like to read my page about the one I used to own: http://apptree.net/firenza.htm
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