Talk:Vauxhall Viva

message: Well, when I arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1996 I looked out of the aeroplane window and saw a Viva HC!
:I see an HA most days on the way to work in Harlow, UKMr Larrington (talk) 14:44, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a Viva HC ("the third one") Charles01 (talk) 16:36, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

text: Tables are often a good idea.  Different people digest information from different sources, but lots of us have got used to reading and interpreting tables.   I've no idea what kind of table you advocate, but if you have time, you should add it.   Probably you should find an existing table that comes close to what you have in mind and then improve on it for the Viva.   But do what works for you, not what might or might not work for me.  Charles01 (talk) 16:40, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Sightings

message: :as with a lot of other British cars of that period, many Vivas failed to survive long term, not so much due to their poor corrosion protection, but more due to local British councils putting salt on the roads to melt ice during the winter.
Er, so does that mean that councils no longer use salt, or that cars are now made from materials that do not require corrosion protection? As someone whose first, very elderly, car was a Viva HA which progressively disintegrated in this way, I'm mightily relieved to hear that it was all the council's fault, and not in any way due to poor design! Pterre (talk) 18:19, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: British drivers expect major roads to be kept completely free of snow and ice - there's no tradition of driving on snow with winter tyres there. Roads are treated with a mixture of grit and crushed rock salt. This caused awful problems for the cars of the 1960s, which were being driven for much longer distances on salty surfaces than earlier models. The corrosion problems lessened gradually in the 70s as manufacturers improved their rustproofing, but even today structural corrosion is the most common reason for a car to be scrapped in Britain. The Viva HA was no more rust prone than its contemporaries. --Ef80 (talk) 14:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salt 

message: Regarding the mention of the Viva in the Elvis Costello song - it is well referenced and accurate but according to WP:TRIVIA it is not relevant. Otherwise it sets a precedence for making a long, boring list of every song, movie, advert or TV show that the Viva ever appeared in. Unless the mention in the song materially affected the car, its sales, its place in the world or the world then it should not be in this article.  Stepho  talk  12:55, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elvis Costello trivia 

message: It's certainly nothing to do with the horsepower, so is it the torque (maybe in Nm rather than lbft), or just a signifier that it can reach and maintain 90mph, which a 44hp car with 1960s aerodynamics and gearing certainly couldn't? 87.114.14.230 (talk) 22:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The earlier Vauxhall VX4/90 was thusly named in reference to the top speed, maybe the Viva 90's name was a reference to that car? Can't seem to find any good information on this matter.  Mr.choppers | ✎  01:57, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I was going to guess that it had a 90" wheelbase (actually 91.5" but with a bit of rounding in the name). But http://www.vauxhallviva.com/?page_id=41 says that '90' designated the high compression engine (power went from standard 44 hp to 60 hp). I'm going to guess that it had a 9.0 compression ratio.  Stepho  talk  05:31, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I remember reading that it was because the car could manage 90 mph which would if true have been quite a lot for a small car at the mid 1960s.   Back then it was in any case more or less taken for granted in Britain that manufacturers' claims for top speed would include a significant margin of optimism (just as they seem to these days with fuel consumption...).  However, my memory of that explanation might result from no more than an off the cuff piece of quick thinking by a press spokesman or Vauxhall director when asked the question.   In any case, I don't remember where I read it, but it was a long time ago.   No source from me, I'm afraid.   Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:43, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What did the "90" mean? 

message: Bring this page back to Vauxhall Viva. No need to split it just because GM is reviving the name for the Opel Karl. Please see WP:AUTOCONV.  Mr.choppers | ✎  01:11, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Restore

message: The article describes dreadful reliability and reputational issues for the HC 'Firenza' in the Canadian market. This is odd, because the same car from the same factories was popular in the UK and it wasn't known for reliability or quality problems there. It would be useful if the article examined the reasons for these different perceptions and whether they were fair. Ef80 (talk) 14:21, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viva HC in Canada