Talk:Vauxhall Cresta

Minor corrections
I know that with twin 5" headlights, it is usual to have the outer headlights high/low, and the inner high only. It is so de rigueur that I cannot find a reference. The reason for this setup is to have the lights give the broadest spread on dip.

Holden VL and VN had Nissan engines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by L-Bit (talk • contribs) 09:59, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Vauxhall Cresta estate picture (the blue one)
There appears to be dissent about the dates of manufacture and first registration of the blue Vauxhall Cresta estate PA pictured (at 13 March 2015) on this entry. For the record, here's what the tax office thinks:


 * Vehicle make VAUXHALL
 * Date of first registration 22 May 1962
 * Year of manufacture 1962
 * Cylinder capacity (cc) 2651cc

You can check these data for yourself at

The UK tax office is not infallible, especially in respect of older cars and especially if (as sometimes happens with older Vauxhalls) the cars were first registered in Australia and then imported to the UK thirty years later after the originally British registered ones had undergone a sustained encounter with the British climate and come second.

As far as engine size and year of manufacture are concerned, there are times when the tax office will simply enter the information as declared to him by the owner. But in this case, and in the absence of powerful contrary evidence, I think we may take it that the car was both (1) manufactured and (2) first registered in 1962. On the overwhelming balance of the available evidence.

Regards Charles01 (talk) 07:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Likenesses
I am pleased to see another editor has expressed some concern. The comparisons in this article with various Chevrolets and a Packard call for revision because the likenesses are extremely weak. I will gather up some images of the cars concerned and add them to this page for others to consider. Eddaido (talk) 08:13, 11 July 2018 (UTC) "IN fact, it bears an uncanny resemblance to a 1955 Packard Caribbean" was inserted by an ip on 18 December 2005 and, mercifully, has since disappeared. Eddaido (talk) 08:23, 11 July 2018 (UTC) And the other claims have gone too and those claimed likenesses I was concerned about reduced to the one Impala noted by User:Charles01 and linked by him to the right image. I can go back to sleep. . . Eddaido (talk) 08:32, 11 July 2018 (UTC)