the original model is the Opel Corsa that was originally built in Spain (that's where I live), exactly in the factory located in Zaragoza province. This model has been made to sell worldwide and logically has to change his name depending on the geographical location. For example, Vauxhall Nova in the UK (since 2nd generation, Vauxhall Corsa). The Spanish slogan was something like: "Ingeniería alemana a tu alcance" (German engineering at your reach), and it's true at all, don't you think so?
My apologies, but Volvos are one of very few cars from the 80s that didnt rot. My Nova doesnt have a 'redtop' in nor do I have any intention of fitting one. Mine when built will be used only for competing in road rallies and other club level motorsport. As said before when set up well with a good driver they are one hell of a weapon...take the blinkers off
You cannot find an unmodified vauxhall nova, not even if you googled it as all of them are either dead in the scrapyards or being attacked by those stupid morons who think that putting a 'redtop' 2.0 engine in it, they instantly have a 'car' that is worth bragging about. haha the car is a shell, so if you take out the original engine and put a chavalier engine or vectra engine in its place, it sure as hell isn't a nova anymore. So don't be bragging at how your nova can 'smoke' larger cars...
not all Nova drivers are chavs, in fact i think very few are in this day and age. I love my Mk1 Nova (even squarer front end). Novas have so much character and are a rare sight on the roads. The Nova is not a shit car and a well set-up Nova will embarass most other cars on the road. Yes tin-worm has always been a problem with Novas but how many cars from the 80s/90s didnt rot?! Excellent cars with excellent engines. Long live the Nova!!
LOL @ 0:49 I remember this advert like it was yesterday, I was only 7 in 1990 but remember this ad, funny how this joke on stling actuallt stook with some people.
The nova is a decent little motor. But unfortunately it was adopted by the 'chav modified car crowd'. Id rather drive a standard Nova like this than some desperate attempt to look like you are cool in a modified car. Lets face it the money some of these Lonsdale boys spend on modifying a nova they could probably buy a brand new corsa.
@trigga1uk yer but why wud you want corsa even when they where new back in the day i had a red 2 door saloon with a cav v6 in it it was droped 60mm all round with astra gte wheel in matt black i never got called i chav not once saying that when i was 18 chav just ment you where a kid
Exellent little car, built for the masses & everyone remembers them! Top little hot hatch, used to have the Turbo diesel, 50+ mpg & a very quick, great engine shame about the tin worm.
You guys who automatically assume that 'cahvs' drive novas are so stereotypical! Not all people who drive Novas are chavs! There is a difference between 'shavvy modified' and 'not over the top tastefully modified'. Not everybody who owns a Nova sticks a massive spoiler and chavvy lights on it and drives like a d*ck. AGH u make me so mad!
haha the car may not be the best and yes people in tracksuits should be in the vid butttt i love the way the video is made. its really good for the age of the video. and personally i'm a jap fan boy but you gotta admit a c20xe in a nova is pretty impressive sometimes
it's an amazing car, and very reliable i drive one 15years old and still goes every time i turn the key. It's a great car and good for muckin around in
To all those dissing the Nova, my sister (estranged) has always driven Vauxhalls. First car was a 1978 Chevette, the second was a 1985 Astra, then a 1996 Astra and at the moment, it's a Corsa Mk2. She has always found them to be great. Mike S.
Good God alive! Comments 'rust bucket' - barely any cars of that age didnt rust. '<unreliable>' Other than perhaps the 205 or Xr2i's more long living cars of such an age and engine capacity are hard 2 find. Other wrongs in comments I can't b polite about.
'Don't stand there admiring' admiring wot?! the shitness! lol that adverts not rite, wheres his burberry cap and trackies tucked into his footie socks!
not sure my friend, jus generally seems to be a chav mobile, its cos their easy to modify and sticking a 2 litre engine in it is apparently quite easy!
Quite a good advert; It would've caught the attention of younger people going for their first car. The scene with the 'vette is not to be taken literally(obviously) it is stating in less words that their Nova can give "road hogs" a run for their money, you don't actually see it outrunning it. I like the analogy to a 'pet' too, tries to give the impression that it's like part of the family. Only thing I find strange is that it's being marketed at male business type.
it's an amazing car, and very reliable i have one 13years old and still goes every time i turn the key. so i think that proves it reliable and its a torquey wee thing so dont sit there and bad mouth this amazing car, OK!YOU WANKER
The Nova is possibly the worst car ever made! That bit were he's got in it, started driving it and its bouncing down the road, made me pi** myself, because thats what there actually like to drive! What a bag of sh*t!
I could'nt agree more total shit 17 - 25 yr olds should be banned from driving them after all how can you take anyone seriously driving one of these uugh! £5K spent on a worthless peice of crap you can buy a scooby RA for that...
Funny how Vauxhall shows another GM product (albeit an American Chevrolet Corvette)apparently having a seizure at the stop light! The Vette must need a new carbureteur! (As if a Vaux Nova would give a Vette a run for the money.... how stupid did GM think we were?)
how stupid do you think they are risking lawsuit against another company , that way they make the comercial and people wont even notice that's another car from the same brand.
the original model is the Opel Corsa that was originally built in Spain (that's where I live), exactly in the factory located in Zaragoza province. This model has been made to sell worldwide and logically has to change his name depending on the geographical location. For example, Vauxhall Nova in the UK (since 2nd generation, Vauxhall Corsa). The Spanish slogan was something like: "Ingeniería alemana a tu alcance" (German engineering at your reach), and it's true at all, don't you think so?
Llucmajorero 5 months ago
great little cars
TheX4honda 6 months ago
Layla is in this adv, again! (:
Miguell996 1 year ago
Yer Aw full eh s@ite ave seen plenty standard novas and old volvos ARE rotten a have ti weld them every week in ma garage as well as fords
COLINSIMPSON123 1 year ago
Once Driven Forever Smitten - too true :)
sc0ttyb0y89 1 year ago
My apologies, but Volvos are one of very few cars from the 80s that didnt rot. My Nova doesnt have a 'redtop' in nor do I have any intention of fitting one. Mine when built will be used only for competing in road rallies and other club level motorsport. As said before when set up well with a good driver they are one hell of a weapon...take the blinkers off
8valvenova 1 year ago
You cannot find an unmodified vauxhall nova, not even if you googled it as all of them are either dead in the scrapyards or being attacked by those stupid morons who think that putting a 'redtop' 2.0 engine in it, they instantly have a 'car' that is worth bragging about. haha the car is a shell, so if you take out the original engine and put a chavalier engine or vectra engine in its place, it sure as hell isn't a nova anymore. So don't be bragging at how your nova can 'smoke' larger cars...
1700iDiGuy 1 year ago
What's good about a chavved up Corsa? I just says of a young person "I'am a buerk!"
AnthonyUK 1 year ago
hahaha special effects have changed so much! :)
why are novas called corsas in some countries?
CyberNetTV 1 year ago
@CyberNetTV
Because Vauxhalls are rebadged Opels and everywhere else excpect UK "novas" are Opel Corsas.
sekopiski 1 year ago
@sekopiski ahh... thanks!
CyberNetTV 1 year ago
All of you get to the chavmobile!!!!
MrSonne86 1 year ago
yeah... the nova was a dog
666rivnat 1 year ago
i hate them chavy novas
hanghoodiescum 1 year ago
a early tv add from 1952 lol
hanghoodiescum 1 year ago
ok... wtf
666rivnat 2 years ago
Like it when it turns into a dragster.
ebf1957 2 years ago
not all Nova drivers are chavs, in fact i think very few are in this day and age. I love my Mk1 Nova (even squarer front end). Novas have so much character and are a rare sight on the roads. The Nova is not a shit car and a well set-up Nova will embarass most other cars on the road. Yes tin-worm has always been a problem with Novas but how many cars from the 80s/90s didnt rot?! Excellent cars with excellent engines. Long live the Nova!!
8valvenova 2 years ago
@8valvenova ermmm..volvos didnt rot?
1700iDiGuy 1 year ago
this ad is quality!.....shame Vauxhall dont do fun anymore in their adverts!
megaman2000 2 years ago
but y doesnt it sel 2 america?
steventean 2 years ago
i think the chavs got a bit too carried away with the 'road hog bit' lol
who'd of though generations later, thousands of these cars would become destined as chav mobiles? lol
1700iDiGuy 2 years ago
hahaha quality! im a vw man, but this made me chuckle.. i want a nova now!
0:26 - that just proves they were made for rallying lol!
HeathwoodStudios 2 years ago
LOL @ 0:49 I remember this advert like it was yesterday, I was only 7 in 1990 but remember this ad, funny how this joke on stling actuallt stook with some people.
xxkasssyxx 2 years ago
wot a car lol
hoptrev 2 years ago
love the car, why cant they make ads like this anymore, makes u smile and makes u want a nova
jinx20001 2 years ago
Quite common in 90s cars
DuncanMcA 2 years ago
wheres the chavs?
Danny31365 2 years ago
Fashion at the time, something's made in 2001 are not to our taste today.
thomashome05 2 years ago
WTF
JeepFanTheSeaWulf 2 years ago
LOL! ROFL my COPTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wafflez0rg 2 years ago
i feel like i'm tripping when i watch this hahaha
rrbwolfeey 2 years ago
The Nova Shouldent Of Changed to the corsa! Gr8 CAR!!!
Holidayonthebus 3 years ago
thats cos they suck cock, chavvy boys and thier modified shitheap
darkmatter87075 3 years ago 2
is that the sri??
jason2k07 3 years ago
The nova is a decent little motor. But unfortunately it was adopted by the 'chav modified car crowd'. Id rather drive a standard Nova like this than some desperate attempt to look like you are cool in a modified car. Lets face it the money some of these Lonsdale boys spend on modifying a nova they could probably buy a brand new corsa.
trigga1uk 3 years ago 8
My first car was an unmodified four door Nova, aah so many memories! Loved it to bits!
RogueTrader101 3 years ago
@trigga1uk yer but why wud you want corsa even when they where new back in the day i had a red 2 door saloon with a cav v6 in it it was droped 60mm all round with astra gte wheel in matt black i never got called i chav not once saying that when i was 18 chav just ment you where a kid
ford4rlife 1 year ago
@ford4rlife trust me, you did get called a chav, but you couldnt hear it over the tunnel size exhaust you had fitted.
trigga1uk 1 year ago
@trigga1uk nope just a straight 4 inch exhaust pipe it was what you'd call a sleeper
ford4rlife 1 year ago
Exellent little car, built for the masses & everyone remembers them! Top little hot hatch, used to have the Turbo diesel, 50+ mpg & a very quick, great engine shame about the tin worm.
boconcepts 4 years ago 7
You guys who automatically assume that 'cahvs' drive novas are so stereotypical! Not all people who drive Novas are chavs! There is a difference between 'shavvy modified' and 'not over the top tastefully modified'. Not everybody who owns a Nova sticks a massive spoiler and chavvy lights on it and drives like a d*ck. AGH u make me so mad!
ditzyblonde13 4 years ago 4
I supose Im going to get abuse for having a couple of typos now... what i meant was *chavs and *chavvy
ditzyblonde13 4 years ago
rofl!
innersasuke16 4 years ago
Brilliant!
DetSonnyCrockett 4 years ago
haha the car may not be the best and yes people in tracksuits should be in the vid butttt i love the way the video is made. its really good for the age of the video. and personally i'm a jap fan boy but you gotta admit a c20xe in a nova is pretty impressive sometimes
shima60 4 years ago
wank cars.
pissflaps07 4 years ago
funny vid. when its bobin up and down its huilarious lol. i feel its missing som young men in tracksuits......
prostreet572 4 years ago
Legal! Muito bem feito!
speedsterzone 4 years ago
worst car ever
wardie1010 4 years ago
it's an amazing car, and very reliable i drive one 15years old and still goes every time i turn the key. It's a great car and good for muckin around in
vauxhallnova1992 4 years ago
@ the end, the car laughs like mutley!
retard0001 4 years ago
To all those dissing the Nova, my sister (estranged) has always driven Vauxhalls. First car was a 1978 Chevette, the second was a 1985 Astra, then a 1996 Astra and at the moment, it's a Corsa Mk2. She has always found them to be great. Mike S.
25AUG1968 4 years ago
Good God alive! Comments 'rust bucket' - barely any cars of that age didnt rust. '<unreliable>' Other than perhaps the 205 or Xr2i's more long living cars of such an age and engine capacity are hard 2 find. Other wrongs in comments I can't b polite about.
greenleftslide 4 years ago
brill, liked that
ivegottabiglongname 4 years ago
'Don't stand there admiring' admiring wot?! the shitness! lol that adverts not rite, wheres his burberry cap and trackies tucked into his footie socks!
dpallot 4 years ago 2
true why is it chavs allways drive vauxhalls ?
oldchap34 4 years ago 2
not sure my friend, jus generally seems to be a chav mobile, its cos their easy to modify and sticking a 2 litre engine in it is apparently quite easy!
dpallot 4 years ago
cheeap to run,buy, insure and dont breakdown. I have a MK4 Astra and I aint a Ned/Chav. They tend to go for Citroen saxo's or pugs now.
megaman2000 2 years ago
LMAO wat a piece of shit lol
richboy900 4 years ago
I actually remember that, based on old cartoons. Voice over by Griff Rhys Jones.
Strathycruise 5 years ago
that car is a piece of crap
dee8817 5 years ago
rust bucket
WJC007 5 years ago
is that harry hill the voiceover?
jaggass 5 years ago
no, its Griff Rhys Jones.
la4or 4 years ago
Quite a good advert; It would've caught the attention of younger people going for their first car. The scene with the 'vette is not to be taken literally(obviously) it is stating in less words that their Nova can give "road hogs" a run for their money, you don't actually see it outrunning it. I like the analogy to a 'pet' too, tries to give the impression that it's like part of the family. Only thing I find strange is that it's being marketed at male business type.
Gchoob 5 years ago
A quite bad advert in my opinion. The car is not agile, not quick, not reliable, not characterisic; just not good. Whereas the advert says otherwise.
majorgeneralmckay 4 years ago
Not really, it was probably quite good by 1990 standards
dtrmad2004 4 years ago
it's an amazing car, and very reliable i have one 13years old and still goes every time i turn the key. so i think that proves it reliable and its a torquey wee thing so dont sit there and bad mouth this amazing car, OK!YOU WANKER
deadon55 4 years ago
the final word of the matter is that the Nova is SHIT. BUY SOMETHING DECENT!!!!!!!!
majorgeneralmckay 4 years ago
AMEN!!!
The Nova is possibly the worst car ever made! That bit were he's got in it, started driving it and its bouncing down the road, made me pi** myself, because thats what there actually like to drive! What a bag of sh*t!
HighlyDubbed 4 years ago
I could'nt agree more total shit 17 - 25 yr olds should be banned from driving them after all how can you take anyone seriously driving one of these uugh! £5K spent on a worthless peice of crap you can buy a scooby RA for that...
aussieskiff 4 years ago
that is the dumbest shit i've ever seen.
majorgeneralmckay 5 years ago
Funny how Vauxhall shows another GM product (albeit an American Chevrolet Corvette)apparently having a seizure at the stop light! The Vette must need a new carbureteur! (As if a Vaux Nova would give a Vette a run for the money.... how stupid did GM think we were?)
RoadCone411 5 years ago
how stupid do you think they are risking lawsuit against another company , that way they make the comercial and people wont even notice that's another car from the same brand.
deepsnoozer 5 years ago
it looks like the guy in the corvette slammed on the brakes lol. doesnt look like a carb failure.
i dont think there is a car on this planet that could lose against a nova.
majorgeneralmckay 4 years ago
dish
superalexos 5 years ago
lolol
johnritchie 5 years ago
Lol
andy6003 5 years ago