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The $205 billion automaker said it planned to cease operations at its Luton van manufacturing facility north of London in April to consolidate Vauxhall manufacturing at its Ellesmere Port factory ...
Ellesmere Port’s site specialises in smaller vans like the Vauxhall Combo after it stopped making the Astra car in 2021. Van making will now be done solely at the Ellesmere Port site.
The owner of Vauxhall has announced plans to close its van making factory in Luton, putting about 1,100 jobs at risk. Stellantis, which also owns brands including Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat, said ...
Vauxhall Ellesmere Port is a motor vehicle assembly plant, located in the town of Ellesmere Port, in Cheshire West & Chester, United Kingdom. It has always built small/medium Vauxhall/Opel vehicles, including the Vauxhall Viva and Opel/Vauxhall Astra. It is owned by the global car manufacturer Stellantis.
The company announced it would invest £125 million in the Ellesmere Port factory and spend about £1bn in the UK component sector. [49] It is reported that Astras produced at Ellesmere Port contain only 25% British parts, far below the typical 50 to 55% local content requirement Britain would have to agree to in bilateral trade deals. [50]
The site was bought by Vauxhall Motors, who built their Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant there, which today produces the Vauxhall Astra. A small remaining section of the airfield site is now owned and managed by The Hooton Park Trust. The hangars are also home to The Griffin Trust and an aircraft preservation society named The Aeroplane Collection.
1903: Vauxhall begins making cars in south London but moves to a new factory on Kimpton Road in Luton in 1905 1914 - 1918: During World War One, the company supplies cars for the war effort
The Vauxhall Astra is a compact car/small family car that has been sold by Vauxhall since 1980. Over its eight generations, it has been made at several GM/Opel/Stellantis plants around Europe - however most versions have been sourced from Vauxhall's plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.