The FD's windscreen was bonded in, not rubber-sealed, a first for a mass-produced car years before it became standard practice.
Median 108 hp across 308 similar cars
Lead trim: 1.6 ohc · up to 123 hp
Vauxhall Victor FD / VX4/90 / Ventora1967–1972
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Vauxhall Victor FD / VX4/90 / Ventora yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactThe FD's windscreen was bonded in, not rubber-sealed, a first for a mass-produced car years before it became standard practice.
The FD was released at a time when the UK was undergoing a wave of "coke bottle" styling emanating from Detroit, five years before Ford's Cortina Mk III. It was fitted with all-new 1599 cc and 1975 cc engines that were the first British mass-produced belt-driven overhead camshaft engines, the Slant Four, advanced for its time and application. The car also featured a bonded-in windscreen, the first for a mass-produced car, and its suspension design was more sophisticated than most other British mass-produced efforts of the time, with a live axle located by trailing arms and a Panhard rod and sprung on coil springs instead of leaf springs, and a double-wishbone front suspension; the 3.3-litre overhead-valve six-cylinder powered the Ventora. 198,085 were produced.
Collectors Spotted in the Vauxhall Victor Lineage
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 ohc | 1967–1972 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 72 hp | 83 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 ohc | 1967–1972 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 88 hp | 102 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 3.3 ohv | 1967–1972 | 3.3 L Inline-6 | 123 hp | 176 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The FE looked much bigger than the FD it replaced but grew just 2 inches, the extra room coming from cleverer packaging.
The FD's windscreen was bonded in, not rubber-sealed, a first for a mass-produced car years before it became standard practice.
Vauxhall sold the FC's downgrade as an upgrade, badging it Victor 101 for a claimed 101 improvements over the FB.
Vauxhall gave up on America after the FB: Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick launched home-grown compacts and US sales stopped after 1961.
Vauxhall built the original Victor's body directly off the 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, right down to the forward-sloping windscreen pillars.
Rivals
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