Vauxhall Victor

Vauxhall Victor
Vauxhall Victor Saloon (F Series)
Overview
Manufacturer	Vauxhall (General Motors)
Also called	Vauxhall VX4/90 Vauxhall Ventora Envoy
Production	1957–1978
Body and chassis
Class	Large family car (D)
Chronology
Predecessor	Vauxhall Wyvern Vauxhall Cresta (FE series)
Successor	Vauxhall Carlton Vauxhall Viceroy Vauxhall Royale

The Vauxhall Victor is a large family car produced by Vauxhall from 1957 until 1976. The Victor was introduced to replace the outgoing Wyvern model. It was renamed Vauxhall VX Series in 1976 and continued in production until 1978, by which time it had grown significantly and was viewed, at least in its home market, as a larger-than-average family car.

The last Victor, the Victor FE, was also manufactured under licence by Hindustan Motors in India as the Hindustan Contessa, during the 1980s and early 2000s, with an Isuzu engine.

The Victor was replaced in 1978 by the Vauxhall Carlton - essentially a badge engineered version of the Opel Rekord E.

The Victor briefly became Britain's most exported car,^[1] with sales in markets as far flung as the United States (sold by Pontiac dealers, since Vauxhall had been part of GM from 1925), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Asian right-hand drive markets, such as Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.

In Canada, it was marketed as both the Vauxhall Victor (sold through Pontiac/Buick dealerships) and the Envoy (through Chevrolet/Oldsmobile dealers). The Victor was also instrumental in giving Vauxhall its first in-house-designed estate car, which complemented the four-door saloon.