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For a time Vauxhall had double access to the Canadian market, with Pontiac dealers selling Vauxhall-badged cars, while Chevrolet ones also sold them as the GM Envoy. The second-generation Envoy is shown here, with a look borrowed from the FB Victor VX4/90. #carbrochure #Envoy
On this sunny weekend my account has edged past 15,000 followers, so to celebrate here's a combination of big number cars. I really do appreciate your interest in this weird hobby of mine. Please feel free to let me know if there's anything you'd like to see me do more of. / Andy
Car brochures once mostly relied on hand-drawn artwork. Many manufacturers favoured the artist portraying tiny people to make the cars themselves appear massive. Here's a classic example from Rootes Group, featuring the late- '50s Humber Hawk estate. #carbrochure #Humber
Although the cars were the butt of many jokes, their low prices and proactive marketing meant Škoda could proudly boast of nearly 100,000 sales in the UK. The company's import and spares hub, based at the Norfolk port of King's Lynn, featured in the brochure.
Incremental improvement was the order of the day at Škoda, and for 1982 its rear-engined saloons, called Super Estelle in the UK, gained bigger rear lights as well as a new rectangular headlight style for certain models. The 105S, 120L and LE feature here. #carbrochure #Skoda
The word Lada is conspicuously absent from this Canadian brochure, with the local importer, Peter Dennis Motor Corporation, apparently selling these Soviet-made cars under its own name for a while. As well as the Signet sedan and wagon there was the Dennis 4X4. #carbrochure #Lada
Demand for affordable convertibles was high in the early '90s and lots of manufacturers scrambled to join in. This Belgian brochure called the new 1.3-litre Suzuki Swift cabriolet 'a little jewel'. GM also sold the model in North America as the Geo Metro. #carbrochure #Suzuki
Chrysler's run as one of Australia's 'big three' automakers began in 1962 with the assembly of the Valiant, a US-designed 'compact' which gradually became more and more Australian. The 1966 VC series is shown in this brochure, with new squared-off styling. #carbrochure #Chrysler
One trump card the early VXR (VX Racing) range had over its OPC (Opel Performance Center) equivalent was its exclusive Australian flagship, the Monaro VXR, based on an enhanced HSV version of the Holden (and Vauxhall) Monaro coupé. It had a mighty 6.0-litre V8 developing 403bhp.
VXR was Vauxhall's high performance sub-brand between 2004 and its demise in 2017, the equivalent of OPC over at Opel. In its heyday the VXR magic was extended to some unlikely vehicles, including the 144mph Zafira VXR, hailed as the fastest MPV ever made. #carbrochure #Vauxhall