After briefly teasing the van last month, Opel has officially unveiled the 2015 Vivaro commercial van ahead of its official on-sale date this summer.
The new Vivaro adopts a more modern design akin to the rest of the Opel lineup, with the biggest change being the new front fascia with a large and rather prominent grille that’s accompanied by unique headlights with a clean, functional design.
Customers will be able to choose from three different body design trim levels, along with two body-lengths and two roof heights. Under the hood, the new Vivaro will be available with two four-cylinder diesel engines at launch — a turbocharged 1.6-liter CDTi diesel along with a 1.6 liter BiTurbo unit, which Opel claims will deliver “low fuel consumption”.
The new Vivaro will be built at General Motor’s plant in Luton, U.K., while its platform mate — the Renault Trafic — will be built at Sandouville, France.
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The new Vivaro will be built in VAUXHALL’S factory at Luton!
UG – LY
Does anyone think that this could be the City Express replacement?
Evan, I think that would be great, but a UK built vehicle would probably be a lot more expensive than the Express built in Mexico, and GM probably can’t justify the expense of federalizing it. The Nissan van is ready to go, so there isn’t much of an investment or risk. If it sells well, maybe they’ll reconsider for the next gen.
Front wheel drive, like the Nissan?
Sure, front wheel drive.
BTW, the Renault twin will not be built in Luton, but in Renault’s own factory in Sandouville.
The Nissan versions of this vehicle (“Primastar”) will probably be produced in Nissan’s own factory in Barcelona (Spain), where in 2012 also some Opel versions of this vehicle had begun their life.
The reason for this is that despite a multi million pound refit the Luton plant would not have the capacity to supply enough vehicles for Vauxhall, Opel and Renault. I understand from my contacts at Vauxhall that any of the 3 plants could produce any of the 3 brand variants if demand is not evenly spread across Europe. GM & Renault are expecting much bigger sales for the new Vivaro / Traffic than the previous model.