Talk:Vauxhall Victor

VX4/90

The article states that the 4/90 stands for 4 cylinder, 90 cubic inch... I always thought it was meant to be 90 bhp, though the 90 c.i. sounds feasible as this is about 1500cc. Graham 23:39, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Size

The article describes the car as small/medium. In its day, I believe the Victor was firmly a medium sized car - the subsequent Viva was the small car in the lineup and the Velox/Cresta was the large car. Over time, car sectors have grown in size (witness the difference between original and current Mini; also the original VW Golf compared to the current version). So, just because the Victor appears small today, it was not considered small/compact at the time.--621PWC (talk) 01:55, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

We get endless discussion of the sizes of various cars in wikipedia. Often there's simply not a one size fits all answer, because people are coming from different places. I THINK the issue here probably arises because back around 1960 (before the corrosion issue was uncovered) a lot of the first Victors sold well in Canada, and I would guess that a Canadian contributor entered the "small/medium" label.

I grew up in England where in 1960 the market definer for "medium" was maybe the Austin A55/A60 Cambridge and by 1970 it was maybe the Ford Cortina. By the end, the Victor was half a size up from the Cortina - in German terms more of a Rekord equivalent than an Ascona equivalent. So in English terms and indeed in north European terms that makes the Victor Medium plus. (In Italy or Spain, parked by a Fiat / Seat 124 the equivalent Opel was clearly B.I.G.)

In one or two places I have complicated the text by refering to the size of a car being differently viewed in different markets. (Renault 12 family car in France but on the small side for that label in Germany or Sweden if parked by a Opel Rekord or a Taunus 17M or Volvo 144) but for the info box, I don't think it worthwhile to complicate life by having three lines for size (North America), size (north Europe), size (south Europe).

But ... I reserve the right to be wrong about that, of course. Don't let me stop you launching a campaign. But probably your wiki time can be better spent! Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:26, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Class

So the Vauxhall Cavalier, a large family car, had as its predecessor this small/medium model, whose real successor is the execute Vauxhall Carlton. I'm confused.

Or are the "small" and "medium" labels just the size, and independent of class? Did the Victor belong to any class? -- Smjg (talk) 17:04, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

turtle-deck

What's a "turtle-deck". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.73.124 (talk) 06:39, 25 February 2017 (UTC)