1964 Vauxhall Epic [HA]

1964 Vauxhall Epic [HA] in L'âge ingrat, Movie, 1964

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for:

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Author	Message
datsunZ ◊ 2007-05-24 00:41	In France its local name was Epic or Envoy -- Last edit: 2007-05-24 00:42:08
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-24 00:55	Ah bon? By the way, I don't remember to have seen many of them in France when I was kid , sales must had been very confidential ... so we should change the name, but what the difference between the Epic and the Envoy?
DynaMike ◊ 2007-05-24 01:12	That's true, DatsunZ. In the car magazine "L'Automobile" nr 222 (October 1964, special for the 'Salon') the car is called Vauxhall Epic, indeed. On Goggle I did find several Vauxhall Envoys, but all of different types.
datsunZ ◊ 2007-05-27 20:11	datsunZ wrote In France its local name was Epic or Envoy Extract by booklet(printed in 1980 by Vauxhall-GM UK PR Office)"A HISTORY OF VAUXHALL"(chapter:"A SPATE OF NEW MODELS",caption atop,pg.59): "...Vivas were also sold in Canada under the names Epic and Envoy."
dsl ◊ 2015-03-15 19:32	Viva was sold in F as Epic, because Renault still had Viva trademark