David Wilkins

When I posted about the Vauxhall Senator a few weeks ago, @dentaku was asking if Vauxhall sold their own version of the original Opel Monza. The answer is yes, and here it is, the Vauxhall Royale Coupé (the first-generation Senator saloon was also badged Vauxhall Royale in the UK), seen here at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon last year.

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I miss big coupes...

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Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)6d ago
@alessandro @davidwilkins @dentaku I miss coupés, full stop. (I know Mercedes, BMW and Porsche still make them, and there are a few others, but a guy like me who bought mass-market brand coupés has fewer and fewer choices. No idea what will replace my Mégane III coupé when the day comes as there is not much in its class any more.)
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@jackyan

I feel your pain - that sounds like me, but for wagons 🥲 Crossovers have ruined everything.

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Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)6d ago
@alessandro @davidwilkins @dentaku I so agree. Give me a wagon any day over a crossover. I want the lower centre of gravity and better handling. I guess I could still privately import a Mégane IV but the choices are so limited.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)6d ago
@davidwilkins @dentaku Little-known V-car fact: that Royale badge was reused on New Zealand-assembled, upscale Holden Commodores (but not on the original Australian ones from where the CKD kits were sourced).
Show threadDavid Wilkins3d ago
@jackyan @dentaku There's a whole book to be written on the subject of how the different national subsidiaries of Ford and GM borrowed model names from each other!
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)2d ago
@davidwilkins @dentaku Declan Berridge used to maintain a site with this—we are talking nearly 25 years ago. Not just Ford and GM, as many as we could think of!