Vauxhall Viva in-depth review - Carbuyer
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2016
- The Vauxhall Viva has returned! However it's now a compact five-door city car aimed at stealing sales from the Hyundai i10, VW up! and Peugeot 108 (and all of their associated sister cars). It comes with a 1.0-litre engine in three trim levels, while there's an economical Viva ecoFLEX to opt for as well.
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It stops, it starts, it keeps the rain off. Fits the bill!
Even if the rear windows are not electric, the fact that they go down makes it better than many of it competitors that only have pop out windows (up, mii, citigo, 108, c1, aygo...)
Well I think than Sköda Citigo in it's 5 door version the rear windows complete down
Its a great little car...iI've driving them in the US as a Chevrolet Spark. 10 out of 10 and great value.
So I recently got this car, despite complaints on not being powerful enough for the motorway.
Meanwhile, I seem to get to 60mph and above just fine 🤔.
Motorways and country roads are no problem at all.
Of course, I'm not expecting BMW results.
Really don't get the negative reviews 🤔
At long last! I've waited like a million years for this review ...
We have a Viva as a second car for doing the school run and then driving to and from work on an A road. Can't really knock it at all - it's more than capable on the open road if you use the gears properly, and absolutely fine for zipping round country lanes and stop/starting on the school run.
I honestly don't understand why they have such negative reviews...?
"Keep fit windows" LOL Nice one +Carbuyer
I had this car as a rental for a holiday in Italy and I loved it. I prefer it to the hyundai i10 though the hyundai was more spacious. The Viva (or Karl, as it's called in Europe) got me 54mpg in mixed driving, mostly city and motorway. I thought it was a great car.
My girlfriend owns this car. It's not that bad - it has quite a lot of features at a cheap price, and the built quality is pretty good :P
Viva SE model ; Can remove the back seats completely in this model which is a big bonus as many other cars can't. Real Air-conditioning too. Blue-tooth so you can link up your phone and play your own music. Telephone flashes on the screen to when calling in and can switch on and off the phone using the buttons on the steering wheel. Not so powerful going up hills but it still is nippy around town and has a great wheel turning ratio in a small space. Yes, it's economical.
+Carbuyer please i need advice! Mercedes S65 AMG Coupe or this? Thanks
This doesn't share anything with the previous gen Mazda2 does it? The quarter panels look oddly similar.
I was a little shocked when I heard that road tax for it is 20 quid/year. In Portugal I pay € 105 on mine. Quite a privilege to own a luxury car like that in this country.
In the Netherlands I pay 252 euro's a year......
@@Thenosferatu1900 There's a noticeable hatred of cars in the Netherlands. I remember once paying a small fortune to have a car parked for two days in central Rotterdam - a punishing amount. (It could of course be mentioned that given the much lower purchasing power here in PT €105 is arguably higher than the Dutch €252, but in any case it does indeed seem that one day driving a car may well be only for a select few - sadly IMHO).
@@jclfreitas A part of dutch government are radical climate activists who want to tax us back into the dark ages...
@@jclfreitas you think we are all rich here? That is an illusion. Cost of living is immense here. 43 m2 "appartment": 730 euro's a month! And thats just one example
Good car, stylish, well equipped and easy to park.
I have one and my mother has one, only let down is hills, and when it rains your dash goes off like a disco and shows code 68 power steering but theres nothing wrong does it in my mothers too!
Finally waited for this review
love that intro , nearly as much as i love his trousers..
Loved the sixties style intro.....my first car was a 1965 Vauxhall Viva, so I've always been partial to the marque.....
people still calling transmission tunnel but actually is exhaust pipe tunnel? in some cars like bmw Mercedes-Benz and some more yes is transmission tunnel, not this one. :)
Here in Ireland it's called the Opel Karl.
I love that xD
please car buyer can you'll do a review about the PERODUA ELITE VIVA please or the TOYOTA PRIUS GEN 3 2013 edition
I have one and I can easily get over 58mpg average and I don't drive it very efficiently , how was he getting 45.7mpg???
Loved the intro.
Is this General Motors?
A nice little motor and better looking than the Ka Plus and VW Up which looks like a fridge on wheels.
This guy's dress sense is on point - nice chinos, boots and quilted jacket
+monk3yboy69 I think you'll find that chinos form the basis of numerous smart casual outfits. not here to have any sort of debate, just making a point. take it or leave it!
I think you will find maroon and red chinos are worn by cocks. I've nothing against chinos. An absolute staple as you point out. But anyone worth listening to will tell the exact same thing.
That is what I meant by you might want to think about the chinos before making your next purchase.
All informed people would have got the point I was making.......
in Malaysia perodua use same name they call perodua viva but different engine and body with Vauxhall
Try changing the rear wiper on one..good luck you'll need it
R they going bringing sports cars
i think the KIA and Hyundai city cars offer more for your money. more space and 7 year warranty.
In my opinion you're best review to date 👌
My mother just traded her corsa for a viva full spec inc full leather interior great car to drive I driven it from Lincolnshire to Heathrow and back in a day no issues in 6ft 4 v comfortable
what was wrong with the corsa?
+John Kyon nothing really good car but wanted five doors and the equivalent corsa spec wise was £3500 more had a nova when they first came out but this is ideal for town driving. And if I was too be honest a bit more power on motorway would have been useful but for what it was designed for its a great car to drive
nice review, comical opening lol.
the tail lamp looked alike celerio's
pretty sure on their website it states 63mpg on motorways and about 45mpg in areas like in the video.
Anyone know where Matt has gone?
Great review btw! This guy is doing a great job.
Yes, that's the one.
Carwow
Keep fit windows! I'll remember that!
well its interesting to see vauhall decided to compete against itself and make a corsa competitor
2:52 sums up this car's build quality really...
Nice small vehicle, personally don't matter if doesn't have electric windows, at least open wide, not like other cars in the category, which got the rear windows pop up system
Nice
Do a reveal on Cadillac SRX
It's both a shit and a good car, depending on what the context is. I'm 19 years old and have the SL paying monthly for it. For me, it's very good; has everything I need, drives well and has a few extra-features (cruise control, lane departure etc.)
For someone older, yes I would agree this is not too good - but the Viva is trying to replace the Corsa for being the 'kids car' (quote Vauxhall dealer).
Think about it retrospectively.
Hello !! always I like this vid deeply!four ! !
3:44 the rain drop on the bottom of the ca!era lens looks like a dent!
Maybe it's worth pointing out that you actually CAN get electrically operated rear windows, a feature the bigger and more expensive Corsa is still being denied.
Brilliant car
when my wife had a small accident in her picanto she was loaned a viva, I have said for years that no one makes a bad car anymore , I was wrong this car felt unconnected with the road, narrow seats, a silly small display ahead of the driver, very underpowered on the m25, this is not a car to attract the young but would be fine for an older couple for town driving,
Suzuki Celerio with an opel badge?
It's not even available in my country, so I don't know what to think of it.
Vauxhall*
Alex Mitchell Meh, same thing.
+ast5515 I was surprised to find out that apparently this and the Celerio are actually completely different cars. Viva shares GM's Gamma platform with the new Chevrolet Spark While Celerio is on a different platform with different wheelbase, engines and a different body. It's not even built in the same country. It just looks suspiciously similar.
Maybe they began designing this car while Opel and Suzuki were working together, then parted ways at some point while engineering the car? The Splash and Agila were the same so the companies do have the link. Who knows? It's like Simultaneous invention or something. focus groups and market researchers forming one outcomes. People are individuals but groups are all the same so it seems. weird.
RoobehTunes What I meant is that they aim at a similar target audience. And they look similar.
I could have had a brand new one of these, or a 3 year old corsa for a little more a month. I'm glad I chose the corsa - it's just good enough for motoryway driving and fine on fuel. Same lack of performance though.
I did smething similar and chose a 1-yr old Polo over a new Up. Never regretted it!!! I did drive the Up as a rental, my back wasn't too happy after trips longer than half an hour in the Up. These cars are really a lot less car than a supermini like Corsa or Polo.
It's sweeeeeeeet!
It's a good car but I'd be so depressed if I had to drive one of this :(
Well I drive it and I'm not depressed lol
The weird thing is that we in The Netherlands know this car as the Opel Karl
+Matts Koldewijn In my country ther is no Opel Viva or Karl, however the international Karl that is sold in for example Germany, is much better than this thing.
+ast5515 Oh is that so? I only know the thing from the commercials which are cringeworthy... "That much kit for that price?! That must be a joke! But fortunately for you Germans do jokes" Uggh
Matts Koldewijn I'm not german. I just know the german version of this.
In the United States they are sold as the Chevy Spark.
It's the same in Ireland
tf a mp3 port?
Just driven one as courtesy car while my Hyundai Santa Fe having it's hand brake fixed. It would not move at low revs. At first I thought the hand brake was not properly down. No it was, it was just lack of power. I am around 80 kg. Am I asking too much for the car to move. Besides there is Radio and Jack pin port but no CD player.
Odd, because my Viva literally moves with the clutch alone, and I weight 96kg
I think this will be good for Learner/Novice drivers and the elderly as well
did anyone notice dent on rear bumper of the viva
Yes I did baby
My uncle brought it then 1 week later he sold it and brought a twingo he's loving it
James the Goth, you didn't look to happy reviewing the car but that's understandable. Great review though, very honest in between the lines ;)
Keep fit windows? That's some description I've never heard before about the rear window;-)
Better than carwow. I think the CB reviewers should start stating that cars that are currently road tax exempt (sub 100 g / km cars), will no longer be from 2017 unless they are full EV.
It's been out for ages
I just bought one, cheap insurance, cheap road tax, cheap on petrol, leader seats and steering wheel,Bluetooth, not as ugly as Kia, Hyundai,Skoda and it's brand new. Only stupid people would buy used car instead of new!
+Intars Noviks
On the contrary, it is the people who buy new that are stupid. As soon as your 4 tyres touch the ground, you lose 30% of what you paid for the car. That is £3k if you car cost 10k. Is that so smart, Mr. Noviks ??
Get a German nearly new, is a much better bet.
It's sold as the Chevrolet Spark here in Canada and most of them are rentals. Nobody wants them because they're too expensive. A decently equipped model is the same price as a year old cruze with 30k on it.
that intro takes me back to a simple time when men had all the power, women did as they were told and petrol cost thruppence a litre.
In case people are wondering and didn't notice yet: Vauxhall Viva = Opel Karl.
It's basically a kia picanto/hyundia i10
Please do the new BMW M2
The old Viva was pants. Nothing's changed.
There is no transmission tunnel .... The car is front wheel drive. .... When are car reviewers going to find a new name for it ?
Of all the people, they get this guy..Carbuyer pls
0:58 eehh no. its opel designed opel built vauxhall is just for the british market because opel pulled out in the 80s
its called opel karl
This is not a new car and not really a Vauxhall. It is a Chevrolet (nee Daewoo) Spark designed and made in South Korea and replaces the Vauxhall Agila. It it also called the Opel Karl in the rest of Europe.
The license plate says pity
Why would you buy this? Vauxhall seem to have models competing with each other. Seems totally pointless.
+admiralpicard2010 Because it's cheap. It doesn't compete with the Adam because that is much more stylish inside and out but also more expensive.
+admiralpicard2010 The Viva is a Up!/i10/picanto/Mii rival, doesn't compete with the corsa because the corsa is a polo rival, or the adam since that's a 500 rival.
+ShroomWalrus hardly a rival of the 500 when they are basically the same car body wise, same goes for the ford KA.
*****
The vectra is now Insignia
LoL Perodua Also have Viva.
I like viva but I'd prefer Hyundai I10
What happened to Matt?? :(
+Drew Crawford Wow you've been living under a rock. Started his own reviewing channel CarWow
+ShroomWalrus cool thx good sir
Vauxhall has hit every target with this car. That is to say there is no engine choice, it's cheap and the styling - if you call a melange of nothing such - is so nondescript and boring it might as well be anything. It's not so much a car, it's a means to an end. A vehicle for someone who doesn't care and just wants to go from A to B. You can't prang it and make it look bad because it already looks crap from day 1 and only blind car thieves would steal it.
Its okay but i cant imagine anyone wanting to buy it brand new!?
What's the point of an Adam then?
The point of the Adam is:- you buy that and not this.
Because there's enough strange people who want to buy Vauxhall's take on a Fiat 500
+Chrstian “Driver” mrclep False, the Viva is Opel Karl. Adam is a different model.
+Musadiqur Rahman The point of an adam is to be a fiat 500 rival
Looks like a Chevrolet All new Spark
+김기환
Yes, they are under the same group, GM. it is probably a re-badging excercise.
hmm
Where the heck is Mat Watson
It is what it is and that is ok. The comment about the lack of space for a large water bottle was just daft. Who carries one of those around ffs. Get real.
+mikeymarmalade Not necessarily a water bottle but gotta have something to drink with you
I didn't say that I said 1l is not what most people have in their car is is 33cl. Look at the garages. They sell thousands of the smaller size so 1l is stupid near the centre console. Only door bins on any car can cope with that. It was a daft statement.
mikeymarmalade
I'd say 5dl / 50cl is the most popular size, but then again i live in finland
Dress it up all you want, it's bloody awful.
Don't buy, my viva with 17,500 miles on the clock,4mths out of warranty has total brake failure no warning,should be a recall,repair quote 1100 pounds,Vauxhall don't want to know,finding any excuse not to help with cost
Or as Europeans call it: Opel Karl
The designers of Vauxhall did nothing but change the badge.
Good job marketing dept. Make the base model the SE and people will think it is good! Why would you bother with this car all the other city cars mentioned are better and you do not have to deal with an awful Vauxhall dealer to get them.
Something my mom would buy... Ewwww
Iv had to drive one, as a courtesy car from Vauxhall, it was shite.
french cars please
So basically its garbage. By the way, who is paying for the dint in the rear bumper at 03:42 ?
This is a disguised Chevrolet Spark
Vauxhall has gotta be one of the least desirable brand
Was pretty desirable back in the 70s, but that was when Vauxhall hadn't been welded to the bosom to Opel as well enough as it is today.
Last vauxhall I had ever thought was nice was the Cavalier SRi back in 1985, but that's it.
another day, another vauxhall...
Vauxhall Viva = Chevrolet Spark
Vauxhall are great at producing competent yet dull cars. They have so little character.
where did you get this so called expert, thank goodness I have better car knowledge.