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Spotted_in_CA
By the VIN, it's a Vauxhall Vivaro, ex (UK) KL56 CHY

MWS
Spotted_in_CA
By the VIN, it's a Vauxhall Vivaro, ex (UK) KL56 CHY

How does the VIN of the Opel Vivaro differ from the VIN of the Vauxhall Vivaro? They are made at the same factory with the VIN W0LF........ and the Vauxhall Vivaro does not have its own unique VIN code. In Ukraine, it is registered as an Opel, its insurance is an Opel, and whoever it was in a "past life" - now it is an Opel.

BimmerDude
MWS
Spotted_in_CA
By the VIN, it's a Vauxhall Vivaro, ex (UK) KL56 CHY

How does the VIN of the Opel Vivaro differ from the VIN of the Vauxhall Vivaro? They are made at the same factory with the VIN W0LF........ and the Vauxhall Vivaro does not have its own unique VIN code. In Ukraine, it is registered as an Opel, its insurance is an Opel, and whoever it was in a "past life" - now it is an Opel.

The VIN may not be different, but a VIN decoder website will tell you if a specific VIN was assigned to a Vauxhall or to an Opel.

A car doesn't change its brand just because it was exported to a different country. That doesn't make any sense.

The fact that the Ukrainian registration office registered it as an Opel does not change the actual brand, which is Vauxhall. For some reason in a fair few countries they just register them as Opels, easier I guess.

The VIN showing previous registration in UK, as well as the Vauxhall badges on the front and back, are more than enough evidence to conclude that this is indeed a Vauxhall Vivaro, which has been converted to left-hand drive, and not an Opel Vivaro.

MWS
Yes, I looked it up, it really does look like an Opel, but it's made as a Vauxhall. I thought the situation here was like with the Cadillac Catera, which we register as an Opel Omega, but after checking the VIN of one of these (AI9080MM), it turned out that it was made as an Omega, even though it looks like a Cadillac, which is also strange

BimmerDude
MWS
Yes, I looked it up, it really does look like an Opel, but it's made as a Vauxhall. I thought the situation here was like with the Cadillac Catera, which we register as an Opel Omega, but after checking the VIN of one of these (AI9080MM), it turned out that it was made as an Omega, even though it looks like a Cadillac, which is also strange

AI 9080 MM is not a Cadillac Catera. It is an Opel Omega with the trunk lid swapped from a Cadillac Catera.

Front pic from instagram:

As you can see on the Catera below, it has entirely different front bumper, grille and bonnet. The presence of side indicators on the fenders and a rear bumper fitting a European plate also show that the Ukrainian one is just an Opel Omega, with the only piece from a Cadillac Catera being the trunk lid.

MWS
In Ukraine, it is registered as an Opel

MWS
выходит опелями в Украине нарекли сотни, если не тысячи воскхоллов

Beerlab
MWS
выходит опелями в Украине нарекли сотни, если не тысячи воскхоллов
не исключено. Как видишь, нужно довольно глубоко копать, чтобы найти британские корни. Даже в одной из европейских стран была подобная ситуация - по базе Опель, а кто-то из британцев пробил ВИН и оказалось, что изначально это был Воксхолл.

Firestarter
бачив тут праворульний Опель, думаю якби була база, і можна було б відслідкувати VIN, то там мб теж було британське минуле.

Beerlab
Firestarter
бачив тут праворульний Опель, думаю якби була база, і можна було б відслідкувати VIN, то там мб теж було британське минуле.

Опель праворульки майже на 100% є Воксхоллами. Ну хіба хтось в Британії купив Опель з Європи та переобладнав, але це на межі фантастики