Editing Opel Commodore (section)

==Commodore C (1978–1986)==
{{Infobox automobile
| image         = Opel Commodore C vl red.jpg
| name          = Commodore C
| production    = 1978–1986
| body_style    = 2/4-door [[Sedan (automobile)#Notchback sedans|saloon]]<br />5-door [[station wagon|estate]]
| successor     = [[Opel Omega]] A
| engine        = {{ubl | 2.5&nbsp;L ''[[Opel cam-in-head engine|Opel CIH]]'' [[Straight-six engine|I6]] | 3.0&nbsp;L ''[[Opel cam-in-head engine|Opel CIH]]'' I6 | 3.8&nbsp;L [[Chevrolet Turbo-Thrift engine#230|''Chevrolet 230'']] I6 (ZA) | 4.1&nbsp;L [[Chevrolet Turbo-Thrift engine#250|''Chevrolet 250'']] I6 (ZA) }}
| transmission  = {{ubl |4-speed manual |3-speed [[automatic transmission|automatic]]}}
| length        = {{convert|4732|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width         = {{convert|1722|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| height        = {{convert|1415|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| weight        = {{convert|1200|-|1310|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase     = {{convert|2668|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| related       = {{ubl
  | [[Opel Rekord E]]
  | [[Opel Senator]] A
  | [[Holden Commodore (VB)]]
  }}
| aka           = Chevrolet Commodore (South Africa)<br /> Vauxhall Viceroy (United Kingdom)
}}

The Commodore C was first shown in late 1977, at the same time as the Rekord E. It only entered series production in October the following year, however. The South African version of this car, the '''Chevrolet Commodore''',<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/hugo90/4387543017 Chevrolet Commodore], South Africa</ref> was actually ahead of the European original model to enter production, in September 1978.<ref name=CarZA0778>{{cite magazine | magazine = CAR (South Africa) | title = New models: Chevrolet Commodore on its way | editor-last = Wright | editor-first = Cedric | volume = 22 | number = 7 | date = August 1978 | ref = DNLCV | page = 14 | publisher = Ramsay, Son & Parker (Pty) ltd. }}</ref> The Commodore continued to be a larger and more luxurious version of the Rekord. There was no [[coupé]] version of the Commodore C, as it was replaced by the [[Opel Monza]], the [[coupé]] version of the [[Opel Senator]], but a two-door [[notchback]] [[Sedan (automobile)#Notchback sedans|saloon]] was available until June 1981. The single engine used by the Commodore in Europe was the well-known [[Straight-six engine|straight-six]] 2.5-litre unit with {{convert|115|PS|kW hp|0|abbr=on}} or {{convert|130|PS|kW hp|0|abbr=on}} when fitted with fuel injection.

The Commodore C was never a success, occupying an uncomfortably narrow niche between the Rekord and Senator. Another concern was the fuel mileage, with a fuel injected Commodore taking considerably more fuel than the larger three-liter Senator.<ref name=TV382>{{cite magazine | title = Ljuva livet på vägen |trans-title=Life of delight on the road | ref = TVn3 | language = sv | journal = [[Teknikens Värld]] | publisher = Specialtidningsförlaget AB | location = Stockholm, Sweden | pages = 16–17 | date = 1982-01-13 | issue = 3 | volume = 34 | first = Björn | last = Sundfeldt }}</ref> The outdated engine also had little torque available at lower engine speeds, and was noisy.<ref name=TV2p18>[[#TVn3|Sundfeldt]], p. 18</ref>

The new model featured a similar front end to the larger Senator. It was sold in the UK under the name '''Vauxhall  Viceroy''', with the Viceroy being a slightly more luxurious version of the [[Vauxhall Carlton|Carlton]]. There was an [[station wagon|estate]] version (dubbed the "Voyage" in Germany) offered in the Opel range from April 1981 until the end of production in 1982, which became a mainstay in the [[Holden]] range in Australia and was also available in the Chevrolet range in South Africa. It was never offered by [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] in the UK as a Viceroy, although a one-off estate car was built in 1981 for [[Queen Elizabeth II]], for her to carry her [[Welsh Corgi|Corgi]] dogs. The car still survives today, one of only 15 Vauxhall Viceroys left registered in the UK, as of 2006.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}

The Commodore was dropped by [[Opel]] in Europe in 1982. It was this model which the early [[Holden Commodore]] models were based on, introduced in late 1978, and eventually replaced (after several facelifts) in 1988, with the [[Holden Commodore (VN)|VN Commodore]], a model based on the then-current [[Opel Senator|Senator]] and [[Opel Omega|Omega]] models.<ref>[https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/holden-commodore-history-part-two-vn-vp-vr-vs History of the Holden Commodore Part Two: VN, VP, VR, VS], 16 May 2018</ref>

===Manufacture elsewhere===
It was the Opel Commodore and Vauxhall Viceroy that formed the basis for the first '''[[Holden Commodore]]''' in Australia, and was sold in [[South Africa]] as the '''Chevrolet Commodore''' until 1982, when it was rebadged as an Opel. The South African Commodore was introduced in July 1978, at the same time as the Rekord E went on sale there.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/hugo90/4387543017/in/gallery-40382690@N05-72157623402790525/ Chevrolet Commodore]</ref> These originally had [[Chevrolet Turbo-Thrift engine|Chevrolet engines]], pushrod inline-sixes of 3.8 or 4.1&nbsp;liters.<ref name=TAM85>{{Cite book | title = Quattroruote: Tutte le Auto del Mondo 1985 | editor = Mastrostefano, Raffaele | publisher = Editoriale Domus S.p.A | ref = TAM90 | year = 1985 | pages = 186–187 | language = it | location = Milano | isbn = 88-7212-012-8 }}</ref> Sold as a standard or a GL (with the 4.1 only available as a sedan with automatic transmission), the South African version replaced the earlier [[#Foreign assembly|Chevrolet 3800 and 4100]], also based on the Commodore.<ref name=CarZA0778/>

However, in South Africa, [[General Motors South Africa]] (later [[Delta Motor Corporation|Delta]]) offered a revised version of the Commodore until 1986, again combining the bodyshell of the Rekord with the front end of the revised Senator.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifhp97/29714189272 1984 Opel Commodore 3.0 E (South Africa)]</ref> It was also sold there with the same 3-litre inline-six, producing {{convert|180|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WC85">{{Cite book | title = World Cars 1985 | publisher = The Automobile Club of Italy/Herald Books | editor-last = Lösch | editor-first = Annamaria | location = Pelham, NY | page = 332 | year = 1985 | isbn = 0-910714-17-7 }}</ref>

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File:Commo voyage.jpg|Opel Commodore C Voyage (1981–1982)
File:Opel Commodore C rear three quarters at Schaffen-Diest in 2014.JPG|Opel Commodore C (1978–1982)
File:1981 Vauxhall Viceroy Automatic 2.5.jpg|In the UK, the Opel Commodore C was also sold as the Vauxhall Viceroy
File:Opel Commodore (4947492161).jpg|Opel Commodore C two-door; only about 5400 of this bodystyle were built (1978–1981)
</gallery>