Vauxhall Chevette Original TV Advert [Opel Kadett]
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- I couldn't resist not posting this, even if it just illustrates just how far cars, (and their advertising) have come in the past 25+ years. By comparison the 1980's cars that followed were positively space age in comparison.
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Proud these cars were produced in my home town of Ellesmere Port… at one time my whole family and most of my friends families all worked for Vauxhall and one of the last cars made that had true character in its design in my opinion.
I own and drove one of this when I was in school 5 years ago and I'm still driving the same car today
"The Vauxhall Chevette is whatever you want it to be!" Love the jingle!
John Carter! This jingle is based on the First Class single 'Life Is Whatever You Want It To Be' which was released as a single in May 1975.
My favourite advert ever!
Chevette ad was composed by John Carter and sung by Tony Burrows, John Carter, Clare Torry, Chas Mills, Kay Garner & Stephanie De Sykes
Ah yes, a 1970s Vauxhall Chevette (or the Vauxhall Shove It as it was less affectionately known !!)
I remember as a kid Redifusion ran fleets of chevannes. Not a bad looking car but I reckon it needed a bigger engine option in the standard car, say a 1.6 or something, the 1256 OHV was a load of crap, and the HS versions too expensive for everyman
This car saved Vauxhall in Britain. In 1974 the company's reputation was so low they were being outsold by Datsun. OK the Viva was a reasonable car, but the bigger models were rust ridden flops that were completely outsold by the opposition.
In the UK, you had Chevette Hatch, saloon (sedan) and estate (sw) versions, all badged chevette, there were van (wagon) versions too, which I think were badged chevanne.
I once had a 1982 chevette, with a full HSR Rally bodykit, it looked amazing in it's day, like a shortened sporty version of the Open Manta.
An early version appeared in the Likely Lads film, finished in red with checked cloth seats( an L model as the base had vinyl seats). Sadly the car ended up having its wheels stolen, being crashed and broken into, but seemed to keep going regardless.
The song was released by Tony Burrows and company as First Class, and the lyrics were changed to "you know that life is what ever you want it to be"
great old car advert,thank you for the blast from the past.
It was quite a flexible useful decent family car that could do everything you wanted and more, Vauxhall's marketing men got it right "it's whatever you want it to be".
I own the car seen with the pigs in the back. It was rescued some years back from a dealer who was going to scrap it.
That's good! ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺
You saved that car's bacon. The previous owner must have been a road hog. You could've made a complete pig's ear of it considering he treated that car like a pigsty
Sancho O'Dell Absolutely true. If I brought a car and the previous owner treated it like a rolling dumpster, I would give the vehicle a huge overhaul inside-out and save the car's beef.
a viva chassis? are you clueless? the Chevette is based on the Kadett C, a german Opel. it only has any link to the viva with the engine - gearbox basically.
I have a rust free Vauxhall chevtte
Wow
lol my first car i had a 83 chevette L hatch
reliable motor finally drove it to the scrap yard because it wouldnt break!!!
nice ad tho
my first car 1.2 gl xreg had some amazing times in the 3 years i owned it 2 clutches and a gearbox oh and i added a peco exhaust sounded awesome even if it was a tadge slow lol. But what great memories and adventures gutted when they brought out the boxy astra.
Limited edition Chevette Sun Hatch 2-door Saloon model introduced with sunroof, tinted glass and radio fitted as standard thats my one
I had a 1982 Chevette in Carmine red did over 100,000 miles in it never let me down, it did get through about 4 water pumps in its time possibly due to to the high temp stat of 98c which was used to stop the mayo building in the rocker box causing the seal to break down.
It also had a Bosch Distributor which was 100% better than the AC Delco type.
setting the valve clearences was fun it was done with the engine running!
when I sold it it still had 60psi of oil pressure when hot at 55 mph.
The Chevette was actually considered to be a really good-looking small car when it was released. The so-called "droop snoot" look (clean nose) was best seen on the sporty Firenza model, but it was also carried over to other models such as the Cavalier. I remember that one of the nicknames it gained was, Shove-It. You can get the First Class single version of the song on iTunes, it was released as "Life Is Whatever You Want It T Be"
Claire Torry - she was responsible for the 'wailing' vocals on Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the sky" from Dark Side of The Moon...
As for Tony Burrows, he sang the lead vocals on Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" and Brotherhood of Man's "United we stand"...
WOW! Good times back then! You could barely get them to go 40 MPH on hills. I knew a guy who had a 1981 with the optional Isuzu 1.8L Diesel engine. That would be a rare find in the US today...
In Colombia they kept on producing the Chevette Coupé (Chevrolet or GMC) until 1998, very solid and reliable.
I've always dreamt of fitting a K6 Mazda engine (1.8 V6) to it.
wow, never seen the ads! Still drive one today, same age as me! the little A reg beast! lol.
nice one. an interesting note is the the station wagon was called 'chevanne'. The holden gemini while similar shape is not exactly the same as well.
The wagon was known as Chevette - the Chevanne was the van model, and was sold as a Bedford... - As for the Holden Gemini, while the front is different the wagon's wagorear panels were identical - Holden sourced the Gemini wagon and van's rear panels CKD from Vauxhall...
Watched the filming of the Chevette shooting off the end of the jetty at West Bay, Dorset. Me & bro, aged 13&9, half inched the wheels after the crew left 😉
The Chevette was also sold in Mauritius, so NZ is not the only country in the S hemisphere where it was sold.
Chevettes were good cars when launched, but the small car class was rapidly moving towards front wheel drive shortly after, making it seem dated, alebit the Chevette remained a very nice car to drive.
Look at today's BMW 1 series, which proudly proclaims to be the only rear drive car in its class! What goes around comes around.
Wonderful ad!!!
How about mixing that soundtrack with clips from the film"The Likley Lads"!!!
Towing the caravan across Tyne Bridge and chasin the truck..
That image of Terry(James Bolam)when Bob crashes across the central reservation is a picture!!
"The Vauxhall Chevette is whatever you want it to be..where Bobs walkin back into the house with the front all stoved in!"
GM New Zealand sold the Chevette between 1976 and 1981 in all body styles - likely the ONLY market in the Southern Hemisphere where the Vauxhall Chevette variant of the GM T-car was sold...
The Chevettes in NZ got interesting from 1979 onward, when Holden designed radial tuned suspension (complete with lower suspension and wider sports wheels) were fitted to all models...
my dad had one of those it was his first car and he had to get new piston heads for it and it was always breakin down
The Viva was before the Chevette. Most of the mechanical parts are the same, mainly a different body. 167,000 miles on my 1982 Chevette estate so far.
And so much cheaper and easier to work with too for that reason.
I've a car with a carburetta (all mechanics) and it's a doddle to get things done myself and with pleanty of space under the bonnet to fit another(yes) another full size spare wheel under it.
This video will be 35 years old now!
ive had 4 chevette the best one was a 1981 gl h back ive to buy one now
one odd thing about my chevette is it won't die even when i put it trough a stone wall when the breaks failed it stiil runs as sweet as a nut with a few battle scars :) and poeple say they where a bad car
If anyone wants the original song - ruclips.net/video/UBfNUkLDMPE/видео.html
actually i think you will find the chevette was the hatch, the chevanne was a wagon (except for the countries that kept the chevette for both) and the viva was the sedan........ i kinda owned all of them. Gemini was great as the 2L bolted straight in with no modifications. But i always preferred the 79 chevette/chevanne nose as it had the protrouding headlights.
@AusWanabee
But this engine was just right for the 3 door hatchback. It might have been a bit slow in the heavier Viva, but was right for the smaller Chevette, giving it a good turn of speed and decent economy. Also remember the Chevette was the turning point for Vauxhall in the way the FE Victor never could be.
My dad had one of these for a month after he crashed his mk2 escort. Lets just say about 2 weeks later it threw a rod going to work....... He then brought a mk3 escort and had that for many years....
Nice looking and decent handling car. Unfortunately the 1256cc engine really did belong back in the 1960s.
The Viva was a different model range altogether and was slightly larger than Chevette...
I can second that comment, the exhaust manifold you could get a "standard" one which looked like it bolted onto a boiler rather than a car.....the "Sport" one was better as it was actually curved....but still cast
OMG!! WTF is that???:D Looks like a mini-Manta or something :D Was was the base of it? Opel didnt have a small car like this back then... :O
It was actually based on the '70s opel kadett but with different front end and inferior (IMO) vauxhall 1256cc engine
Vauxhall Shove it
In the early 80s it certainly did...
My first car was a red Vauxhall Chevette coupe. What was yours?
Space age when it came out but after a while it looked like dinosaur age
you got any Viva's left ?
@TigerIPanzer i no!!! ecus didnt come in till the mid 80s
Shuv-it! Shuv-it!!!
I wishd id had cavalier. Chevette.
it wasnt what 1 person wanted it to be!!!
What model have you got?
I'd rather have an Allegro!
Kieran Curtis I'd rather have herpies
This is when Vauxhall made good looking cars and rear wheel drive fun and with a c20xe conversion in it.its even more interesting to drive lol 😂
Chevette was made 1975-1984
Es un Opel Kadett y lo han vendido como Chevrolet
They were good cars; but yeah, the front wings were it's downfall! lol
sorry boys chevette not a patch on an escort
Sorry I’d still prefer a Vauxhall Chevette more individuality Instead of the following the sheep 🐑
Ah i drive one of this there funny litte cars
Vauxhall Vauxvette
lol what model have you got?
I Brazil is GM sold the Chevette between 1974 and 1995
IS GM BRaZil witc GM New Zelandia... +/-
see chevette in brazil.. is diferent
Ahh the Vauxhall shove-it, only matched by the Austin All-aggro
I just wanted it to be a good car. Unfortunately it was really a P O S...
it's too bad we Americans influenced the marketing department to use a catchy but stupid jingle
Horrible crap rot box car . RUBBISH . Would I have another now ? Hell yes along side another Sunbeam .Ooh YB or Zetec .I would even make do with pinto power oh plus a good diff ! :)
Lol lol, it's a shit vette.
gr8 car rubbish engine
awful car, I owned one
These where shity cars viva chassis whith with a new body