Earlier this year, Opel unveiled the stylish new redesign of the utilitarian Vivaro commercial van. The van features a new, more modern exterior, a more upscale interior and a family of all-new turbo diesel engines, among many other notable changes. Now, the automaker has priced the new Vivaro out at 23,590 euros (28,072 euros incl. VAT and RRP) in Germany.
The entry level price will get you the 4,998mm L1H1 panel van body style coupled with the new 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbo diesel engine producing 90 horsepower and 190 lb-ft of torque. The Vivaro is also available in combi, crew van or platform cab body variations with two different body lengths and two roof heights. There is also a more powerful engine option, the 1.6-liter BiTurbo CDTI unit, which is offered with either 120 or 140 horsepower.
Opel has sold nearly 600,000 Vivaro vans since the first-generation of the vehicle went on sale in 2001. It is currently built at Vauxhall’s plant in Luton, UK. Production of the second-generation Vivaro began there during the second quarter of this year.
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That means the cheapest Opel Vivaro is over £1,100 more than the base model Vauxhall Vivaro in the UK!!!
Currently, EURO is very weak what means that imports are expensive.
Do you think it is likely that we will see our current Chevy Express van bite the dust and GM will import the Vivaro as a Chevy for the US market?
It’s possible. The Vivaro, by my estimates, has very nearly equal volume capacity to the Express. It’s interior certainly looks better put together. The diesel 4-pots seem to be torquey enough.
The down side; it’s FWD. That, and I don’t know how reliable it would be when compared with our oldest Express. I’ve seen Sprinters that look like they’ve been through a war despite being half the age of our vans, and the new Ram Promaster looks like it’s already been rear-ended.
Of course they will. Why should GM be any different from Ford or FCA. Their all global company’s. GM is now importing SUV’S from China into North America
The Express will die no question.
Now I do see a version of this but it will be built here. No imports.
I also see another tall RWD van also being part of the line up.
According to reports from the “Commercial Vehicle Show 2014” in Birmingham (England), Opel plans to grow substantially in the LCV market.
When the new generation Vivaro was unveiled, one learned also that the Renault version (Trafiq) would no longer built at the Vauxhall factory in Luton (England), but at Renault’s own factory in Sandouville, France. This leaves more capacity at Luton for the Opel/Vauxhall branded versions.
For 2022, Opel projects the sale of 150’000 LCVs; last year they sold around 83’000. Opel plans to create task force to coordinate Europe-wide all activities in the LCV area.
In conjunction with the announcement of ending Chevrolet (Korea) sales in Europe, Opel CEO Neuman suggested that the space left in dealer premises by the Chevrolet cars could and should be used for a special presentation of LCVs. And he said (in an interview with the German language “Automobilwoche”) that the successor to the current Combo compact LCV would be co-developed with PSA.
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