History of nova questions ?

[mayhem]

Which country designed the Vauxhall Nova / Opel Corsa A ?
-opel.. so germany

Which country made vauxhall nova's ? was it spain ?
-zaragossa, spain

Which country made Opel Corsa's ?
-same as above

Which country made the Nova SPORT ?
??

Which country designed the Nova SPORT ?
??

why is there an OPEL and a Vauxhall and theyre called corsa and nova why didnt they just call it vauxhall nova everywhere ?
-you have vaux, i have opel (like the rest of europe), australia has holden.
guess some vaux dude decided to sell it as a nova.

Was the Nova Sport a 1.3 with 150 HP ? (heard this somewhere ) *CONFIRMED NO*

[Ste L]

Nova = Nova in Spanish..

No Va (2 words) = No Go, in Spanish...


as mark said, it's called the corsa in other country's just becuase... tis the same as the Cavalier/Vectra, Carlton/Omega, Astra/Kadett

[LEWI007]

Thank you alot for those answers mate also i heard that Andrew durden has a list of all the nova sport chassis numbers why wont he release the list ? i mean if anything should happen to him we'd never be able to identify whats a real genuine sport and what isnt ?

[tom_beverley]

Thank you alot for those answers mate also i heard that Andrew durden has a list of all the nova sport chassis numbers why wont he release the list ? i mean if anything should happen to him we'd never be able to identify whats a real genuine sport and what isnt ?

The first reason that springs to my mind is the risk of ringing.

[craig green]

Andrew durden has a list of all the nova sport chassis numbers why wont he release the list ? i mean if anything should happen to him we'd never be able to identify whats a real genuine sport and what isnt ?

Its not all that important in the grand scheme of things.

As for the design of the Nova. Its likely that most European countries' design team had a hand in its development. The UK was a large market for small hatch backs & GM set out to rival the Fiesta as the Novas main competition, seeing as the UK was the Fiestas largest market, I'd assume much of the development was carried out by Vauxhall UK. Rumour has it some early cars (Y reg) were UK built. Not sure how true that is....

Sports were Spanish the same as the rest, Vauxhall ordered tham with parts deleted from the spec & the stickers were applied at Portbury (bristol) docks, the Webers etc were all dumped in the boot (or fitted) at the dealership upon sale.

[Mike]

A fact which i garantee none of will know...

Alexander Wilson founded the company in Vauxhall, London in 1857. It was originally named Alex Wilson and Company, then changed to Vauxhall Iron Works where the company used to build pumps and marine engines.

In 1903 the company built its first car, a five-horsepower model steered using a tiller, with two forward gears and no reverse gear

[Jack]

Technically, an American designed the Corsa; Wane Cherry was dispatched to Vauxhall by GM in 1965, and was promoted to director of design at Russelsheim in 1983. Its he that decreed Opel and Vauxhall should share the same models (albeit with different names).

I've heard that the reason why the Vauxhall name is used in the UK dates back to the post WW2-era. GM decided that dropping the British Vauxhall name in favour of the German Opel branding wouldn't bode well for sales, considering the German's recent actions. So Vauxhall remained.

[Jack]

Whilst we're on the subject of random Vauxhall facts; car production was suspended during WW2 so the factories could churn our Churchill tanks.

[nova_saloon]

I think nova means NO GO in spanish ?

No im afraid Nova is just a name and in spanish its mean Nova but where people get mixed up is that no va as in nova with a space in the middle means in spanish 'it will not'.
so yes easy mistake but its no urban legend.

[twistysnovagte]

A fact which i garantee none of will know...

Alexander Wilson founded the company in Vauxhall, London in 1857. It was originally named Alex Wilson and Company, then changed to Vauxhall Iron Works where the company used to build pumps and marine engines.

In 1903 the company built its first car, a five-horsepower model steered using a tiller, with two forward gears and no reverse gear

mike thats so true ive read about this recently on a website about the history of vauxhall and its the same as youve spoke spot on