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Vauxhall Motors (pronounced /ˈvɒksɔːl/)
is a British car manufacturer owned by
General Motors (GM)
and headquartered in
Luton,
United Kingdom.[3]
It was founded in 1857, began manufacturing cars in 1903
and was acquired by GM in 1925.[4]
It has been the second-largest selling car brand in the
UK for over two decades.[4]
Vauxhall has two major manufacturing facilities, in
Luton (commercial vehicles) and
Ellesmere Port, UK (passenger cars). The Luton plant
currently employs around 1,170 staff and has a capacity
of approximately 100,000 units.[5]
The Ellesmere Port plant currently employs around 2,100
staff and has a capacity of approximately 187,000 units.[5]
The Vauxhall product range is largely identical to
that of
Opel, GM's German subsidiary, and most models are
principally designed in
Rüsselsheim,
Germany.[6]
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
Above courtesy of
Wikipeda
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Vauxhall home page
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