>The Nova SWING brochure claimed this special edition was ‘…for the fun of it. The fun of being in a car that’s small but spacious, compact but powerful, fast but irresistibly easy to handle.’ It also claimed the SWING had ‘…a wide swing to the door for faster ins and outs’!
The example modelled was a 4-speed manual, purchased new by Ronald Cottell from Melton Mowbray Vauxhall in 1985 and used mainly for the weekly shopping trip. He kept the car until 2001 when, with only 18,000 miles on the clock it was passed on to his grandson, Alistair Cottell, who had just passed his driving test.