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VauxhallCresta

1954–1972 United Kingdom passenger car 19 production years
Production1954–1972
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Background

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 of the Vauxhall Velox, itself a six-cylinder version of the Vauxhall Wyvern. The Cresta models were the E (1954–1957), PA (1957–1962), PB (1962–1965) and PC (1965–1972). The Viscount (1966–1972) was an upmarket Cresta PC.

Text adapted from “Vauxhall Cresta” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1954–1972

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗19 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1955–1966

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗12 years