Vauxhall Firenza Coupe

The Firenza is a model of car offered by Vauxhall from May 1971 until 1975. It was a development of the Viva, but had a distinctive coupé body style and only two doors. In South Africa, it was sold as the Chevrolet Firenza until it was replaced by the Chevrolet 1300/1900 during 1975. Its name is derived from Firenze, the name of the Italian city known in English as Florence.
Launched in May 1971, the initial Firenza was available in a base model 1159 cc overhead valve engine carried over from the Viva HB, and two models with the Slant-4 overhead camshaft engine from the Victor FD, in 1599 cc and 1975 cc variants. The latter was the same engine as used in the earlier Viva GT. The entry 1159 cc lasted 3 months before the 1256 cc was launched in August 1971, being produced until July 1972 before the smaller engine was dropped from the range. Some six months after launch, in December 1971, performance was boosted when the engine capacities were enlarged to 1759 cc and 2279 cc respectively. These engine models started production in March 1972 through to September 1973. All models had a front-mounted four-cylinder engine driving the rear wheels. The SL model in each engine size carried the highest level of trim....