Vauxhall Velox in Popular Culture
The car that Anthony Hopkins drove in the movie The World's Fastest Indian was a 1954 Velox. These were imported into New Zealand in large numbers up until the late 1960s, when Holden Belmont and Holden Torana cars started being imported from Australia.
In first series of Only Fools and Horses, episode 3 Cash and Curry, Del Boy boasts of owning a Vauxhall Velox, with Rodney being forced to act as his driver. He sells the car in order to raise £2,000 to pay off a debt to an Indian businessman.
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