The Opel Karl (also known as the Vauxhall Viva and Vinfast Fadil) is a city car with a hatchback manufactured by GM Korea and marketed by Opel as a rebadged and restyled variant of the fourth-generation Chevrolet Spark, replacing the Suzuki-sourced Opel Agila, Agila in Opel's range. Named after Adam Opel's eldest son Carl von Opel, Carl, the city car was discontinued following the sale of Opel to PSA Group in 2019, the same year production in Vietnam started under license of a rebadging, rebadged variant, the VinFast Fadil. General Motors marketed a rebadging, rebadged variant in the United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Viva.
Overview
The Karl is a rebadged and restyled variant of the fourth-generation Chevrolet Spark, manufactured in South Korea. With fuel consumption reaching , the Karl's three-cylinder direct injection engine making is from the GM engine family. Dimensionally very similar to its predecessor, it is lower, making it almost the same size as the more expensive three-door Opel Adam.
Equipment includes six airbags, electronic stability control, ESC with Hill-Start-Assist, hill start assist, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (Tire-pressure monitoring system, TPMS), electric power steering, cruise control, rear parking sensors, lane departure warning, automatic climate control, start-stop system, a seven-inch display with Intellilink, IntelliLink and OnStar systems, and optional - heated front seats, heated steering wheel, electric sunroof and 16-inch alloy wheels.
The Opel Karl was not sold in all European markets. It was not regularly available in Norway, Sweden, Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS countries, Malta, Eastern Balkans (including Bulgaria and Romania), Greece, Turkey, nor Cyprus.
The Karl had its second world premiere held in Rijeka, Croatia in 2015. In October 2018, it was announced that the production of the Karl and Viva would be discontinued by the end of 2019.
File:Opel Karl 1.0 ecoFLEX Exklusiv – Frontansicht, 28. Oktober 2015, Düsseldorf.jpg, alt= Small five-door car with alloy wheels and fog lamps, Opel Karl in Germany (front-right view)
File:Opel Karl 1.0 ecoFLEX Exklusiv – Heckansicht, 28. Oktober 2015, Düsseldorf.jpg, alt= Rear windscreen has a single wiper; number plate is mounted below rear hatch, Opel Karl in Germany (rear-left view)
File:Opel Karl 1.0 ecoFLEX Exklusiv – Innenraum, 28. Oktober 2015, Düsseldorf.jpg, alt= Dashboard of left-hand-drive car with rotary climate controls, a manual gearbox, and a handbrake, Interior
Vauxhall Viva
The Viva range includes the base SE model, the SE A/C (which has air conditioning as standard, hence the name) and the top SL.
The range has a high level standard specification compared to similar vehicles from other manufacturers, including a lane departure warning system, cruise control, speed limiter, trip computer (instant MPG, average MPG, average speed, stopwatch and trip computer), tyre pressure monitoring system, electronic stability program and traction control, front fog lamps and cornering lamps.
The SL offers digital climate control, partial leather trim and alloy wheels. Options include an electronically operated glass sunroof, a touch screen entertainment system (replacing the 300/300BT stereo unit) and a "Winter Pack" comprising heated seats, steering wheel, and door mirrors.
File:2016 Vauxhall Viva SE AC 1.0 Front.jpg, alt=Front-left view, 2016 Vauxhall Viva SE (UK)
File:2016 Vauxhall Viva SE AC 1.0 Rear.jpg, alt=Rear-left view, 2016 Vauxhall Viva SE (UK)
File:2018 Vauxhall Viva Rocks 1.0 Front (1).jpg, alt=Front-right view of variant with black-plastic cladding on wheelarches and roofrack-mounting bars, 2018 Vauxhall Viva Rocks (UK)
File:2018 Vauxhall Viva Rocks 1.0 Rear (1).jpg, alt=Rear-left view of aforementioned variant, showing black-plastic rear bumper with red reflectors or lights mounted in said bumper, while the number plate is mounted to the rear hatch, 2018 Vauxhall Viva Rocks (UK)
File:2018 Vauxhall Viva Rocks Interior.jpg, alt=Dashboard of right-hand drive car with manual gearbox and rotary climate controls, Interior
VinFast Fadil
The Vietnamese car company VinFast licensed the Opel Karl from General Motors for their city car, the VinFast Fadil. As a rebadged variant of the Chevrolet Spark and Opel Karl, the grille is revised. It was released in September 2019. Early vehicles were manufactured in South Korea, but in 2019, production was started in VinFast manufacturing plant in Haiphong.
In January 2022, VinFast announced it will stop producing vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) which included the Fadil by the end of 2022 to focus on research and development efforts on battery electric vehicles.
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Cars introduced in 2015
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