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The Firenza is a model of car offered by Vauxhall from May 1971 until 1975. It was a development of the Viva , but had a distinctive coupé body style (fastback) and only two doors. In South Africa, it was sold as the Chevrolet Firenza until it was replaced by the Chevrolet 1300/1900 during 1975.
A special variant of the Magnum estate, known as the Sportshatch, was produced in limited numbers (197) in 1976. This model used the "droopsnoot" nose cone, which had been designed by Wayne Cherry, Vauxhall's Chief Design Engineer to be used in the HP Firenza Droop Snoot model. In Trevor Alder's book "Vauxhall — The Post War Years" mention is ...
See also: Droop nose (aeronautics) The term droopsnoot or droop snoot has been variously applied to the following: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning (J variant) The Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber; The variable-angled nose of Concorde; The HPF model of the Vauxhall Firenza automobile
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The Vauxhall Chevette is a supermini car that was manufactured by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom from 1975 to 1984. It was Vauxhall's version of the "T-Car" small-car family from Vauxhall's parent General Motors (GM), and based primarily on the Opel Kadett C.
Firenza SLs had a two round-dial pack, though all other Vivas and Firenzas stuck with the original presentation. 1975 Viva 1800 Saloon. In September 1973, the Viva range was divided, the entry 1256 cc models staying as Vivas, with the 1.8-litre engine an option on the Viva SL with an automatic transmission. [19]
1966 (wg777), 1973 (wg774) The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 (internal designation Type V within Fairey) is a British supersonic research aircraft that was produced by the Fairey Aviation Company in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for a specialised aircraft for conducting investigations into flight and control at transonic and ...
The Manta A was released in September 1970, two months ahead of the then new Opel Ascona on which it was based. A competitor to the Ford Capri, it was a two-door "three-box" coupé, and featured distinctive round tail lights, quite similar to those on the Opel GT and which in fact were used on the GT in 1973, its final model year.