Last month it was reported that Vauxhall would revive the Viva name on an all-new compact car which would slot in underneath the Corsa. Now, the company has confirmed the rumor with news that an all-new five-door entry-level model called Viva will launch in the Summer of next year in the United Kingdom.
The Viva designation comes from a hot-selling Vauxhall compact car from the 60s and 70s of the same name. It will be the latest addition to the automaker’s small car lineup, which also includes the new Corsa and the stylish Adam. Vauxhall says the car will offer “an extremely attractive price point” and will “be well specified and come in a range of trims and equipment levels.”
“This bold, radical name will attract attention and engender curiosity in the car,” said Vauxhall Marketing Director Peter Hope.
The Viva will share a platform with the next-generation Chevrolet Spark and will be available in both four and five-seat configurations. It will replace the current Agilia in the UK and will likely have a similar base price to that model, which starts at £8,695 ($14,024 USD) in the UK.
Opel is expected to make an announcement in regards to their version of the compact car tomorrow, which will retain the Agilia name. The Agilia/Viva is expected to make its first in-person appearance at the Paris Motor Show in October, at which point additional information about the car may be revealed.
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No there is not and will not be a car called Opel Agilia — drop the second “i”!
The name is Agila
If Opel is really keeping the name for what they call Vauxhall Viva on the island, will be known tomorrow.
Vauxhall have already confirmed the Opel version will be a different name to Viva
VIVA is cool name to.
PARIS MOTOR SHOW
OPEL CALIBRA CONSEPT
CORSA E
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OPEL VIVA
has been delivering the fastest, fortunately. before delivering a very slow pace.
There are rumors that it will be called Opel Karl!
No joke!
KARL not bad to !
If this happens it will be the first time in years that a pan European name won’t be used between Vauxhall & Opel, I just wonder how far they will go with this – next Insignia = Cavalier? New Corsa = Nova? Next Calibra = Firenza? I don’t have a problem with it but I am curious what the reasoning is behind it, Tim Tozer said he was looking for a completely different marketing direction so perhaps that’s what this is.
It’s official…say hello to the new Opel Karl XD
http://media.opel.de/media/de/de/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/de/de/2014/opel/09-11-karl.html
And in english:
http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2014/opel/09-11-karl.html
I see the “Karl” as a genial marketing gag.
It makes people talk and think about that car.
And it invites people to have a personal relationship with this machine.
Well I’m glad they didn’t use that in the UK! Adam was bad enough but having Adam and Karl would be really silly. Hopefully we will get some better picture of it soon
KARL way better than VIVA ahhaa I AM JOKES IHII. but really i like KARL more