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The Opel Vivaro is a mid-size van from the German brand Opel. It has been produced for 3 generations since 2001. The first two generations (Vivaro A and Vivaro B) were produced in collaboration with Renault and are a variant of the Renault Trafic. Starting with the third generation, production began at the Sevel facilities, owned by PSA.

The first-generation Opel Vivaro was released in September 2001. It is equivalent to the second-generation Renault Trafic. It was sold throughout Europe, and in the United Kingdom, it was marketed as the Vauxhall Vivaro. Manufacturing, however, was carried out by General Motors at GM Manufacturing Luton (also for the Renault versions), in England. It was also manufactured in Barcelona at Nissan's facilities, where the Nissan Primastar was also produced. It had panel van, minibus, bus/van, and cab versions. It underwent several redesigns and had a very long first generation, introducing hybridization in a concept presented in 2010.

The second generation, or Opel Vivaro B, came out in 2014. It continued to be manufactured at the same locations except for the larger versions, which were produced in Sandouville, directly at the Renault factories. This generation ended in 2018 following the move in which PSA ended up acquiring Opel.

The third generation of the Opel Vivaro is handled by PSA, using the base of the Citroën Jumpy, that is, the Sevel medium vans. One of the smartest moves by PSA (now Stellantis after the merger with FCA) was to separate the commercial versions of their vans from the passenger ones, naming them with a new surname. Since 2019, the Opel Vivaro has remained the cargo version, while the Opel Zafira Life was born as its minibus or MPV equivalent. The same thing happened with the rest of the Vivaro's platform partners, such as the Peugeot Expert / Traveller, Citroën Jumpy / SpaceTourer, and finally the Toyota ProAce / ProAce Verso.