Vauxhall Motors Facts for Kids

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Vauxhall is a car manufacturer. The company was founded in London in 1903 and was named after the area of the city where it was created. The company is based in Luton, Bedfordshire. They have 2 factories, 1 in Luton for production of the Vivaro van and 1 in Ellsmere Port for production of the Astra family car. In March 2017, Vauxhall and parent brand Opel were brought by PSA, the company who owns Peugeot and Citroen.

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Oldest surviving Vauxhall, delivered in November 1903
Vauxhall Griffin on a 1921 Vauxhall 25
1933 Vauxhall Light Six. This was the first Vauxhall to sell in numbers comparable to rivals from the largest British car makers of the day.
The 10-4 of 1937 was the first mass-production British unibody saloon car and was called "The £1 Million Motor Car" after its costly and extensive development programme.
A Mk IV Churchill tank (75mm), of which 7,368 were manufactured by Vauxhall between 1941 and 1945
The L-Type Wyvern was the first new post-war Vauxhall and was essentially a reskin of the pre-war 10-4.
The E-Type Vauxhalls (this is a Wyvern) used a brand new body and were much larger and more refined than their predecessors.
A buyer and seller looking under the bonnet of a Vauxhall at a dealership in Denmark in the 1950s
The Cavalier Mark I, in production from 1975 to 1981
The Vauxhall Astra Mk I, in production from 1979 to 1984
The Vauxhall Carlton Mark I
Griffin House became the Vauxhall headquarters building in 1991. It had previously been the design and testing building.
A 1995 Vauxhall Omega 2.5 TD GLS Estate
The Astra Mark V, in production from 2004 to 2009
Vauxhall Corsas on sale at a former dealership in Wetherby, West Yorkshire
20 open tourer
20–60 saloon 1930
Big Six limousine 1936
Velox 4-door Saloon 1955
Velox 4-door Saloon 1963
A Bedford CA panel van
The Vauxhall Chevette, in production from 1975 to 1984
The Carlton Mark I Estate, in production from 1978 to 1986.
John Hancock driving a Vauxhall at the 1914 French Grand Prix
Tom Chilton driving for Vauxhall at the Oulton Park round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship
Jason Plato driving a modified Vauxhall Astra in the 2001 British Touring Car Championship
The Vauxhall Griffin from Vauxhall D-type (1920)
A Vauxhall grillplate from the 1940s showing the Griffin logo
Vauxhall Motors' logo from the 1990s to 2008
Vauxhall Motors' logo from 2008 to 2020.
Vauxhall Ellesmere Port
IBC Vehicles Luton plant

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