Good Guy Vauxhall Renames Its Yellow After Vandalised Corsa Made Headlines

Well played, Vauxhall. The company has renamed its shade of yellow in tribute to the elderly man whose yellow Corsa was vandalised for 'spoiling' tourist photos of his picturesque village
Good Guy Vauxhall Renames Its Yellow After Vandalised Corsa Made Headlines

Vauxhall has renamed the shade of yellow it uses on its Corsa in honour of the man whose vandalised car made national news.

Buyers can now order cars in Maddox Yellow, in an absolutely outstanding show of support from the manufacturer to the car’s former owner, pensioner Peter Maddox.

Tourists to the picture-perfect village of Bibury had been complaining for a long time about the yellow Corsa that was ‘ruining’ their photographs of the picturesque Arlington Row, and people went as far as to vandalise it by smashing windows and scratching the word ‘move’ into the bonnet.

Its 84-year-old owner initially threatened to get a lime green Corsa to replace his damaged one, but gave in to fear of reprisals and bought a grey replacement with his insurance payout after the yellow one was written off.

But to spite the idiots who did the damage, a Facebook group has organised a convoy of yellow cars through Bibury on Saturday April 1st, gaining sponsorship money to go towards Mr Maddox’s chosen charity, The Butterfly Garden, which is an educational and therapeutic outlet for people of all ages dealing with a variety of disabilities.

The old gent is quoted as saying:

“I was upset when I found that my Vauxhall Corsa had been vandalised just because of the colour.

“I am touched by the support I have received since. It’s great to see both Vauxhall Motors and the public supporting me and The Butterfly Garden, a charity close to my heart.”

Good Guy Vauxhall Renames Its Yellow After Vandalised Corsa Made Headlines

Vauxhall’s director of communications, Denis Chick, said that the company was inspired by the outpouring of anger against the as-yet-uncaught vandals and the support for Mr Maddox. He said:

“When we heard Peter’s story we were inspired at the way it captured the heart of the public. We wanted to show our support for Peter, which is why we’re renaming our yellow shade to ‘Maddox Yellow’.

“We will also be in the car convoy to show our support. It is for a great cause and no doubt a fun day for lovers of all yellow cars, including Vauxhalls.”

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Comments

Disklok

Maddox Yellow Disklok anyone?

03/29/2017 - 07:29 |
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Alan Prescott

In reply to by Disklok

Cheeky Diskolk

03/29/2017 - 07:33 |
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LSV10SwappedKeiCar

In reply to by Disklok

yes

03/29/2017 - 08:14 |
4 | 1

YES!!

03/29/2017 - 08:22 |
1 | 1

Perfect for securing your Maddox Yellow Corsa

03/29/2017 - 08:59 |
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Miru

Good guy Vauxhall

03/29/2017 - 07:29 |
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Anonymous

No! I AM IN DANGER BECAUSE IN MY SCHOOL MY HOUSE’S COLOUR IS YELLOW! I WILL BE VANDALISED!!!

03/29/2017 - 07:32 |
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7367Network

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Nope

03/29/2017 - 08:30 |
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Gidges

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Nice try, failed miserably though

03/29/2017 - 10:08 |
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Anonymous

“Vandalised cause the poor car was yellow” Car racism!

03/29/2017 - 07:47 |
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VeeDub

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

That’s when people are against car races.

03/29/2017 - 18:57 |
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Anonymous

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Reminds me of the Yellow Peril when Asians were coming to the USA in huge numbers

03/30/2017 - 07:01 |
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MikeyFD3S

Faith in humanity restored

03/29/2017 - 08:38 |
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Anonymous

I don’t know why, but I have tears of joy over a name change for a shade of paint…………he should’ve gone for lime green as he initially wanted

03/29/2017 - 09:01 |
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CannedRex24

Dammit, Lime Green would have been Amazing!

03/29/2017 - 09:18 |
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tbh I would’ve just done it. Just to troll these kinds of people even more and a camera to sue every vandalizing idiot

03/29/2017 - 10:33 |
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Gidges

I thought this was CarThrottle, not FeelThrottle

03/29/2017 - 10:06 |
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Anonymous

Mad(dox) props to Vauxhall

03/29/2017 - 10:24 |
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Anonymous

Should have colored it lime green to give a big F*ck You to the ones who vandalized the original car.

If I had had to travel there in real life and the original Yellow Vauxhall was still there, ill make the title of my next photograph ‘Little Yellow Vauxhall.’

03/29/2017 - 11:15 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I would name it “The Beauty of a (Yellow) Vauxhall” just to trigger those people.

03/29/2017 - 12:57 |
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