Let's clear up the stroke ratio question before anyone else tells me I don't know anything about engines.
As I allude to in the video, this engine DOES (famously) produce a lot of torque, 139 lb/ft (versus power of 100bhp in this tune) and IS very oversquare, with a bore of 97.4mm (3 13/16") and a stroke of 76.2 mm (3"), an unusually high bore/stroke ratio of 1.28.
Oversquare does not mean low torque, it just means the Vauxhall slant four produces its torque at a relatively high engine speed of 3,000rpm.  The low gearing makes the torque accessible, but means the engine is working hard at cruising speeds - again, as per my comments in the video.

HubNut hates it even more now the wiper blades are splitting. ;-)

What a lovely car. I am reaching for my attaché case, silk cut cigarettes and off to that meeting with the buyers from C & A. Might drop in to an Angus Steak House with Gloria from accounts on the way home. Fabulous 👍

The chassis/body and tooling was sold to Hindustan Motors (India), who then sourced a 1.8 engine and 5-speed gearbox from Isuzu to drop into it, and sold it as a Hindustan Contessa in India.

My dad had one of the last VXs on a T,it was his first new company car and he and 7 year old me loved it.It went like the clappers and was very roomy with great seats.Only bad points were it's yellow paint faded badly and had holes in its wings by 5 years old but tbh most cars weren't much better back then.Very jealous would love to drive one and remember my dad.

It's refreshing to see these old British cars now getting fair reviews [like the Allegro] for the excellent cars they were in their time.

Nice to see such a pristine example that has escaped the ravages of rust!

This was later produced in India by Hindustan Motors as CONTESSA. It initially had petrol engine and later had diesel  IZUSU engine with  6 speed gear box . It was in the market for more than a decade and did well. We can still find some good second hand cars in the market.

I own a 1974 manual one and it is a great car and a real pleasure to drive.

The nose looks like a toned-down version of the one from the 1971 Buick Riviera; the dash looks like a shrunken version of the one from the 1979 Dodge St. Regis, but when you get around to the back, it looks like an AMC Hornet. Yes, there is a lot of quirky Americana in that car; it's kind of lovable in its own weird way.

I had the Estate with a front Bench seat and the Column gear Change, lovely car.

The most direct competition was the almost total forgotten Chrysler 180/2 litre, try finding on of those now.

My dad had one of these many moons ago. It was a big step up from his viva.

That is a keeper for sure the FE 2300s is a very rare version of the car that one looks lovely

As I remember, crankcase pressure would blow oil out of the dipstick hole.
Very often the cause was a blocked/collapsed breather pipe beneath the airfilter. An easy fix and very cheap.

When I moved after high school to israel I saw vauxhalls on the roads here, really liked them, but in the 80s as I married and in 85 ready to buy the 1st family Car couldn't find a Vauxhall on . So I bought a brand my dad 1st bought in 60s Opel, and for 19yrs had a 1.3 l Opel kaddett station . Changed engine twice, 4 kids loved it. I miss the car new cars aren't bad, but loved 60-80s ford's(UK) opels vauxhalls.

I had three, great old bangers

Thanks for posting this article as it brought back childhood memories. In 1972 my father had a 1.8 saloon with a "bench seat" in the front so that must have been a De lux. In 1973 he changed it for the estate version although my father always referred to estates as "Shooting brakes".

My friends Dad had a Vauxhall Victor.  I remember a trip to the seaside in it.  I must have only been 10 years old but remember how big it felt inside.  I was sitting in the back but couldn't see over the dashboard!

my dad had a new one of these in 1973 £1500 on the road lovely comfy car and a good caravan tower happy days