Vauxhall Motors Limited - Introduction

Introduction

Griffin House
Osborne Road
Luton
Bedfordshire LU1 3YT
United Kingdom
Telephone: (01582) 721122
Fax: (01582) 426926
Web site: http://www.vauxhall.co.uk

Wholly Owned Subsidiary of General Motors Corporation
Incorporated: 1907
Employees: 5,150
Sales: £3.57 billion ($6.37 billion) (2003)
NAIC: 336111 Automobile Manufacturing

Vauxhall Motors Limited, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation (GM), is the number two seller of automobiles in the United Kingdom, just behind market leader Ford Motor Company. During 2004, Vauxhall sold 373,540 cars at home, capturing 13.9 percent of the market. Among the firm's leading models are the Astra, which comes in coupe, hatchback, and convertible versions; the Corsa three-door hatchback; the Vectra, available as a hatchback, sedan, or wagon; the Zafira minivan; the Meriva compact minivan; the Signum premium wagon; the Monaro performance coupe; the Tigra convertible coupe; and the VX220 sports car. Vauxhall also sells a line of light commercial vehicles. Vauxhall is based in Luton, Bedfordshire, just north of London, where it operated a plant for nearly 100 years before it was closed down in March 2002. The company now operates only one plant, in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in northwestern England, southeast of Liverpool. There, about 200,000 cars roll off the assembly line each year. Other vehicles sold by Vauxhall are produced at other GM-affiliated plants in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.