Cars
Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory has been building cars for fifty years, and in 2014 it produced it five millionth model. The plant currently employs 1,800 workers and makes the Vauxhall variant of the Opel Astra (basically the same car but with right-hand drive).
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- Vauxhall Workers Used 128 New Astras To Form The Union Jack Flag [w/video]
To celebrate the launch of the seventh-generation Astra, workers at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant used 128 new models to create the image of the Union Jack flag. Read more »...
- Land Rover Gives 2 Millionth Defender A Special Treatment [w/video]
Land Rover has built the 2 millionth Defender model (including Series I, II III) at its Solihull plant in the UK after 67 years of production. Read more »...
- Opel Reportedly Mulling To End Astra Production In Germany In 2015
General Motors' struggling Opel brand may end production of the popular Astra compact model at its Rüsselsheim plant in Germany after the presentation of the next generation model in 2015, according to a report from the Frankfurter Allgemeine...
- First 2010 Astras Hit The Road Today In Britain
General Motors' UK arm Vauxhall is celebrating the retail launch of the all-new 2010 Astra today as the first customers who placed their orders soon after the model went on sale in September received the keys to their cars. In Britain, the new Astra...
- 10 Millionth Opel Astra Rolls Off The Production Line
Today, nearly 17 years after the first Astra left Opel’s Bochum plant in Germany on August 12, 1991, the 10 millionth Astra rolled of the company’s production line at the same plant. The commemorative model is a Silver Lightning Astra Station...
Cars
Vauxhall Celebrates Production of Five Millionth Car at Ellesmere Plant
Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory has been building cars for fifty years, and in 2014 it produced it five millionth model. The plant currently employs 1,800 workers and makes the Vauxhall variant of the Opel Astra (basically the same car but with right-hand drive).
Read more »
- Vauxhall Workers Used 128 New Astras To Form The Union Jack Flag [w/video]
To celebrate the launch of the seventh-generation Astra, workers at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant used 128 new models to create the image of the Union Jack flag. Read more »...
- Land Rover Gives 2 Millionth Defender A Special Treatment [w/video]
Land Rover has built the 2 millionth Defender model (including Series I, II III) at its Solihull plant in the UK after 67 years of production. Read more »...
- Opel Reportedly Mulling To End Astra Production In Germany In 2015
General Motors' struggling Opel brand may end production of the popular Astra compact model at its Rüsselsheim plant in Germany after the presentation of the next generation model in 2015, according to a report from the Frankfurter Allgemeine...
- First 2010 Astras Hit The Road Today In Britain
General Motors' UK arm Vauxhall is celebrating the retail launch of the all-new 2010 Astra today as the first customers who placed their orders soon after the model went on sale in September received the keys to their cars. In Britain, the new Astra...
- 10 Millionth Opel Astra Rolls Off The Production Line
Today, nearly 17 years after the first Astra left Opel’s Bochum plant in Germany on August 12, 1991, the 10 millionth Astra rolled of the company’s production line at the same plant. The commemorative model is a Silver Lightning Astra Station...