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with the 1979 demise of the last solely vauxhall design, the viva (although the last "true" vauxhall product can be argued to be the bedford cf panel van, which ceased production in 1987), gm policy was for future vauxhall models to be, in effect, rebadged opels, designed and developed primarily in rüsselsheim. the original astra, launched in 1980, set the eventual precedent for all gm europe vehicles from that point onward – apart from the badging it had no styling or engineering difference from its opel sister – the kadett d. in the late '70s and early '80s, gm dealers in ireland and in the united kingdom sold highly similar opel and vauxhall models alongside each other. this policy of duplication was phased out, when the vauxhall and opel dealer networks were merged and rebranded as vauxhall-opel in 1982, and most of the opel range was discontinued in the united kingdom in favour of their vauxhall badged equivalents. opel was instead repositioned as a performance-luxury brand - the opel manta coupé remained, whilst the vauxhall royale was replaced in the line-up by its opel equivalent (the senator/monza). however, this strategy was gradually abandoned - the senator reverted to being badged as a vauxhall for the 1985 model year, and the opel monza disappeared at the end of 1987, whilst the manta was withdrawn in 1988.
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dealer team vauxhall, usually known as dtv, was a motorsport organisation.





























in the absence of official sponsorship of motorsport by general motors and vauxhall motors specifically, a group of london-based vauxhall dealers decided to start an organisation to financially support racing and rallying. it was known as "dtv" and set up in january 1971.





























the programs were principally run by bill blydenstein, an engine tuner and racing driver, and chris coburn for rallying. in 1976 blydenstein became responsible for both racing and rallying, with the focus changing to rallying from 1978.
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