Mar 10

It’s known that Vauxhall produces vehicles for the UK that are branded as Opel on the continent. Vauxhalls are essentially Opels with the steering wheel on the right

But what is even more hilarious is that Opel and Vauxhall use the same adverts… But mirrored. Like they are the exact same videos, but the video is flipped for the UK

The best example to show you is the advert for the latest Astra model

https://youtu.be/ht36CeDLxmI - Vauxhall

https://youtu.be/D0arupTbe6E - Opel

All-New Astra | Vauxhall

YouTube
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@yassie_j why does terfland do that it makes everything more convoluted for no reasonnn,,,
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@zaire why does the UK have Vauxhall? It’s an older brand that GM bought in the early days of motoring, but in the 1970s, GM shuttered it’s original vehicle manufacturing. From then on, Vauxhall would basically just take German Opel vehicles and fix them for the UK and Irish market
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@yassie_j Ah i mean the driving on the other side of the road thing
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@zaire ancient history! Probably from horse and carriage days. It’s the reason why trains in France and Sweden run on the left, British influence
Mar 10 at 3:02pmWeb