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VauxhallWyvern

1948–1957 United Kingdom passenger car 10 production years
Production1948–1957
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Background

The Vauxhall Wyvern is a medium-sized family car introduced by Vauxhall in 1948 as a successor to the Vauxhall 12. The name comes from the mythical beast the wyvern, and may be due to a misidentification of the heraldic griffin on the Vauxhall badge.

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

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1948–1957

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

Wikipedia infobox ↗10 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1950–1955

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

Netherlands RDW ↗6 years