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    The Vauxhall Cresta is a British automobile which was produced by Vauxhall from 1954 to 1972. The Cresta was introduced in 1954 as an upmarket version...
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    October 1965, it shared its body with the more luxuriously equipped Vauxhall Cresta, a tradition that ended with the introduction of the new PC Vauxhalls. The...
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    local Hull group – The Crestas – recruited him on the advice of The Mariners' bassist John Griffiths. With Ronson on board the Crestas gained a solid reputation...
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  • Gerald Dallas Royston Marshall (16 November 1941 – 21 April 2005) was a British racing driver. He was commonly referred to by the nickname Big Gerry. According...
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    engine giving 71 bhp (53 kW; 72 PS) and servo-assisted disc brakes (same as Cresta brakes) on the front wheels. Externally the car was distinguished from the...
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    department stores. During 1957, the company purchased the ladies fashion store, Cresta, from W. Garfield Weston's Howardsgate Holdings. In 1959 the business failed...
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  • (2013–2019) Cavalier (1975–1995) Chevette (1975–1984) Corsavan (1994–2018) Cresta (1954–1972) Firenza (1970–1975) Frontera (1991–2004) Insignia (2008–2022)...
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  • Hewletts (previously Schofields, prior to that Cresta House and originally the Harrogate branch of Marshall & Snelgrove; acquired 1996) Torquay, formerly...
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    company Vauxhall had already abandoned the segment with the demise of its Cresta/Viscount models some years earlier, leaving the Ventora model (a luxury...
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    performance was available from the six-cylinder Vauxhall Velox and (from 1954) Cresta versions. The EIX series Wyvern received a new bonnet and grille in 1955...
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