Phil,
Suppose the climate in Australia/NZ is a bit kinder to them than in Britain. Generally, Vauxhall got such a bad name from these that I dont think they really recovered until the link up with Opel in the late '70s.
In the 60s and early 70s, their best car was the HB and HC Viva. The others failed to make much impact and they tried the same approach as Ford with conventional engineering but were much less successful.
More on 60s and 70s Ford and BMC cars later, I am a total BMC/Ford nut on cars of this era. I still drive one as my preservation project, Ford's finest, a Mark V Cortina
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