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A British manufacturer of cars starting in 1903 and based in Luton, United Kingdom.  Currently a brand of General Motors.

Vehicle names used by Vauxhall throughout its history include:  Adam, Ampera, Astra, Carlton, Cascada, Corsa, Cresta, Insignia, Viva, Vivaro, VXR8, and Zafira.

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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Vauxhall Motors page on 28 November 2015, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Vauxhall Motors (registered name General Motors UK Limited) is a British automotive manufacturing and distribution company headquartered in England, and an affiliated company of the German Adam Opel AG, both being wholly owned subsidiaries of General Motors (GM) in the United States. The company sells passenger cars and light commercial vehicles under the Vauxhall marque; in the past it has also sold buses and trucks under the Bedford brand. Vauxhall has been the second-largest-selling car brand in the UK for more than two decades.

Vauxhall was founded by Alexander Wilson in 1857 as a pump and marine engine manufacturer and began manufacturing cars in 1903. It was acquired by GM in 1925. Bedford Vehicles was established as a subsidiary of Vauxhall in 1930 to manufacture commercial vehicles. Having previously been a luxury car brand, after the Second World War Vauxhall became increasingly mass-market. Since 1980, Vauxhall products have been largely identical to those of Opel, GM's German subsidiary, and most models are principally engineered in Rüsselsheim, Germany. During the 1980s the Vauxhall brand was withdrawn from sale in all countries apart from the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. Throughout its history, Vauxhall has been active in motorsports, including rallying and the British Touring Car Championship.

Vauxhall has major manufacturing facilities in Luton (commercial vehicles, IBC Vehicles) and Ellesmere Port, UK (passenger cars). The Luton plant currently employs around 900 staff and has a capacity of approximately 100,000 units. The Ellesmere Port plant currently employs around 1,880 staff and has a capacity of approximately 187,000 units. A high proportion of Vauxhall-branded vehicles sold in the UK are produced at Opel factories in Germany, Spain and Poland, and roughly 80% of Vauxhall production is exported, most of which is sold under the Opel brand.

Notable former Vauxhall production cars include the Viva, Victor, Chevette and Cavalier.


Article Index

DateArticleAuthor/Source
8 August 2003European Division Of General Motors Launches Two New Car Lines Online Using EyeWonder's EYERIS G3 Instant Streaming Video SolutionsEyeWonder, Inc.
5 January 2009Vauxhall Attacks the Automotive TrendGrimshaws
8 January 2010Opel osavremenjuje proizvodni program Викивести
13 November 2012Dream Cars: Vauxhall RevivalBill Crittenden
12 February 2013How we would turn around Vauxhall Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey
6 March 2013Vauxhall Van Leasing Deals That Fit Your BudgetLenny Dalembert





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