) ▁Bed ford ▁CA ▁( 1 9 5 2 – 1 9 6 9 ) ▁Bed ford ▁CF ▁( 1 9 6 9 – 1 9 8 8 ) ▁Bed ford ▁D orm obile ▁Bed ford ▁M idi ▁Bed ford ▁Ras cal ▁( 1 9 8 6 – 1 9 9 3 , ▁re bad ged ▁Su zu ki ▁Super car ry ) ▁V aux hall ▁brand ed ▁V aux hall ▁Arena ▁( 1 9 9 7 – 2 0 0 0 , ▁re bad ged ▁Ren ault ▁T raf ic ) ▁V aux hall ▁Bra va ▁ ▁Rel ations hip ▁with ▁other ▁G M ▁products ▁ ▁General ▁Mot ors ▁began ▁to ▁merge ▁the ▁product ▁lines ▁of ▁V aux hall ▁and ▁Op el ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁largely ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Op el ▁products . ▁The ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁H A ▁V iva ▁was ▁developed ▁under ▁some ▁secre cy ▁and ▁exhib ited ▁remarkable ▁similar ities ▁with ▁the ▁Op el ▁K ad ett ▁released ▁a ▁year ▁previously , ▁while ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁F E ▁Victor ▁was ▁essentially ▁the ▁first ▁over t ▁exponent ▁of ▁this ▁strategy , ▁sharing ▁its ▁platform ▁and ▁several ▁body ▁f itt ings ▁with ▁the ▁Op el ▁Re kord ▁D , ▁although ▁it ▁still ▁retained ▁V aux hall - des igned ▁running ▁g ear ▁and ▁had ▁no ▁inter change able ▁body ▁pan els . ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁saw ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁V aux hall ▁Che v ette