David WilkinsMar 20

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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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)
@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!
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