Today, more extraordinary ordinariness from last year’s Festival of the Unexceptional. This is a Vauxhall Nova four-door saloon. The Nova hatch was launched in 1982 and the saloon came along a couple of years later. In most European markets, this car was the first-generation Opel Corsa but Vauxhall reportedly thought the word Corsa carried unfortunate implications of coarseness. Later generations of the car were badged as Corsa in the UK as well.

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@davidwilkins Can confirm, that was the 4-door Corsa over in Portugal.

Rather rare, people either went for the 3/5 door Corsa or they'd step up to the Astra or Manta.

@davidwilkins I will never forget my #Nova. It didn't meet a good end.
@davidwilkins It must rank was one of the most ordinary looking cars of the 80s.
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I have never made the connection between “corsa” and “coarser”.
@robtherunt Yes, over-cautious, I think!