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VAUXHALL APPRENTICESHIPS GROOM LEADERS OF TOMORROW
2012-02-07
Vauxhall kick-started National Apprenticeship week on Monday at the SMMT together with other automotive manufacturers offering exciting opportunities to young bright talent in Britain at its UK sites ...
Robotics Stars of the Future Visit Vauxhall Motors for Inspiration
2012-02-02
The Robotics Team - bright young talent from Prenton High School for Girls, recently visited Vauxhall Motors’ Ellesmere Port Plant for some robotics inspiration ...
TWO NEW POSITIONS ANNOUNCED AT VAUXHALL PRESS OFFICE
2012-01-24
Luton – Vauxhall Press Office is expanding the scope of two members of its team, with the aim of further enhancing its first-class level of service to all media ...
VAUXHALL IN LUTON AND ELLESMERE PORT TAKES 60% OF UK COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PRODUCTION
2012-01-19
2011 is yet another year to credit outstanding production figures to Vauxhall in the commercial vehicle sector where the manufacturer outperformed potential competition with a stunning 60% share of the UK production ...
VAUXHALL CONFIRMS STRONG RETAIL PERFORMANCE IN 2011
2012-01-12
Vauxhall grew its overall retail market share to an impressive 9.12% over the last year securing once again its number 2 position in the market and closing the gap to the car retail top spot by 3.11ppts in the second half of the year ...
VAUXHALL MOTORS LEADERSHIP CONSOLIDATION
2011-12-12
Having taken Vauxhall from strength to strength over the past two years as Managing Director, Vauxhall Motors, Duncan Aldred will take on - in addition to his current role - the responsibility of Chairman, Vauxhall Motors, effective 1st January 2012 ...
VAUXHALL’S VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN UK SUPPLY CHAIN GENERATES €230M WORTH OF UK BUSINESS
2011-12-09
Over the past 18 months, Vauxhall Motors has awarded substantial contracts to UK suppliers worth over €230m during the life of the contracts, thus making a significant contribution to the UK economy ...
VAUXHALL HONOURED WITH TOP ‘MANUFACTURER PARTNER’ AWARD BY MOTABILITY FOR THE THIRD TIME
2011-07-19
Luton – Vauxhall has been honoured with the accolade of ‘Manufacturer Partner Over 10,000 Registrations’ by Europe’s largest fleet, The Motability Scheme. This is the third time Vauxhall has been awarded this top honour from Motability, the UK’s leading car scheme for disabled people ...
Opel/Vauxhall and Europcar Launch Major Electric Vehicle Cooperation
2011-07-11
Rüsselsheim/Luton/St. Quentin en Yvelines. Opel/Vauxhall, one of Europe’s largest automakers, and Europcar, the leading car rental company in Europe, have announced an agreement to introduce the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera as a rental car throughout Europe ...
BILL PARFITT AWARDED CBE IN QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
2011-06-13
Bill Parfitt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors’ UK operations, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the Automotive Industry...
VAUXHALL ZAFIRA JOINS THE TEAM
2011-06-13
Vauxhall was pleased to deliver a new Vauxhall Zafira to Bedford Hospitals Charity at the Primrose Unit, Bedford this week ...
VAUXHALL CONQUERS BRITAIN’S THREE PEAKS
2011-06-06
Luton – Last weekend, 22 Vauxhall employees braved the summer heat to climb the highest peaks of England, Wales and Scotland within 24 hours, raising a total of at least £4,500 for Help for Heroes, Vauxhall’s chosen charity ...
VAUXHALL WHEELS FOR HERO
2011-05-05
Luton – Vauxhall’s Help for Heroes Ambassador Private Derek Derenalagi has taken delivery of a specially-adapted Insignia Sports Tourer ...
NETWORK Q APPOINTS NEW HEAD
2011-04-20
Luton – Derek Wilson is to head-up Network Q, the UK’s premier used car brand ...
VAUXHALL IN HELP FOR HEROES VEHICLE HANDOVER
2011-04-05
Luton – Vauxhall is supplying Help for Heroes with four support vehicles, including three British-built Astra Sport Tourers and a Vauxhall Movano van, as part of its two-year partnership with the charity ...
SENIOR FLEET MOVES AT VAUXHALL
2011-04-04
Luton – Vauxhall has today announced the following organisational moves in its Fleet Sales department ...
VAUXHALL MOTORS CERTIFIED ONE OF BRITAIN’S TOP EMPLOYERS
2011-04-01
Last night, Vauxhall Motors was announced one of the Top Employers in Britain for 2011 by the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) Institute ...
VAUXHALL IN SUPPORT OF SOS BUS LUTON INITIATIVE
2011-03-21
It’s now exactly a year ago that the SOS Bus Luton and its little brother, a Vauxhall Vivaro, started their journey for a Safer Luton from Vauxhall’s Vivaro plant ...
VAUXHALL ANNOUNCES TWO NEW FACES FOR VAUXHALL MASTERFIT
2011-03-14
Luton: Vauxhall MasterFit is pleased to announce the appointments of Belinda Craik as Service Channel Manager and Michelle Stokes as Service Channel Programmes Specialist ...
VAUXHALL RECRUITS BEAR FOR AIR AMBULANCE
2011-03-09
Trauma Ted, the East Anglian Air Ambulance Bedfordshire division’s latest recruit, visited Vauxhall Motors’ headquarters in Luton to say ‘thank you’ for bringing him into the county ...
VAUXHALL ANNOUNCES SENIOR MOVES
2011-02-03
Luton – Vauxhall has announced the following organisational moves, effective immediately ...
VAUXHALL ANNOUNCE SPONSORSHIP OF SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL TEAMS
2011-01-17
The Scottish FA is today delighted to announce Vauxhall Motors as new National Team Sponsor ...
VAUXHALL BECOMES WALES' LEAD PARTNER
2011-01-12
Vauxhall Motors was today unveiled as the new lead partner of the Football Association of Wales (FAW) ...
VAUXHALL BECOMES ENGLAND LEAD PARTNER
2011-01-11
The Football Association today announces a three-and-a-half-year agreement with Vauxhall Motors which will see the leading British vehicle manufacturer become Lead Partner to the England teams ...
Fiat and Opel/Vauxhall Sign Contract for Combo Successor
2010-11-29
Turin/Rüsselsheim. The Automobile Sector of the Fiat Group (Fiat Group Automobiles SpA, Turin, Italy) and Adam Opel GmbH (Rüsselsheim, Germany) have signed a contract agreement whereby Fiat will supply vehicles comprising several variants to Opel/Vauxhall commencing December 2011 ...
Vauxhall announces Katie Melua as Brand Ambassador
2010-11-15
Singer/songwriter Katie Melua, one of the world’s top music artists, has become Vauxhall’s new brand ambassador ...
BSM Announces the Vauxhall Corsa as its New Fleet Car
2010-10-12
BSM (British School of Motoring), the UK’s most popular driving school, is delighted to announce a major new partnership with another British motoring giant, Vauxhall ...
VAUXHALL DOMINATES TOP FIVE IN SEPTEMBER SALES LEAGUE
2010-10-07
Luton – September has proved a bumper month for Vauxhall with a hat-trick of successes in the UK’s top-five best-selling car league, and a total market share of 12.6 per cent according to latest figures from the Society of Car Manufacturers ...
Renault and Opel/Vauxhall Continue Light Commercial Vehicles co-operation
2010-09-17
Renault and Opel/Vauxhall announce that they will continue their co-operation in the Light Commercial Vehicles segment, including their collaboration on the next generation of the highly successful Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro and Renault Trafic models ...
VAUXHALL’S LIFETIME REVEALED TO MILLIONS NEXT WEEK
2010-08-13
Luton – Hot on the heels of Vauxhall’s announcement last week that it is to provide a lifetime warranty on all its new cars, the Luton company is planning to capitalise on the news with a primetime TV ad ...
Vauxhall ‘Vivaro Vault’ heads out on Help for Heroes tour
2010-08-12
Vauxhall’s Help for Heroes campaign took to the roads today as its ‘Drive for Heroes’ tour set out from Luton to begin a two-week sortie of the UK collecting funds raised by Vauxhall Retailers ...
GM Announces CEO Succession Process
2010-08-12
DETROIT – General Motors today said that Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. will step down as chief executive officer on September 1, 2010, and as chairman of the board by the end of the year, having successfully led the company’s return to profitability after the most turbulent period in its history.
VAUXHALL MASTERFIT BREAKS NEW GROUND IN VALUE AND PEACE OF MIND FOR NETWORK Q CUSTOMERS
2010-07-30
Vauxhall MasterFit is now offering Network Q customers, who own cars over 2 years old, ground breaking cost savings on the service and maintenance of their vehicle with the launch of the Vauxhall MasterFit Service Club ...
Vauxhall offers motorists voucher for free fuel efficiency check
2010-07-30
Visitors to Vauxhall’s ecoFLEX Experience website, http://www.ecoflex-experience.com, have the opportunity to download a voucher entitling them to a free ecoFLEX Fuel Efficiency Check at participating Vauxhall MasterFit Retailers ...
Commendation for Vauxhall’s support of Motability scheme
2010-07-28
Vauxhall’s strong support of the national Motability scheme has been recognised at the fifth annual Supplier Awards of Motability Operations, the organisation which operates the Motability car, powered wheelchair and scooter scheme ...
VAUXHALL’S HIGH TECH’ ELECTRIC VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE MICHAEL OF KENT
2010-07-22
It comes as no surprise that the much talked about extended range all-electric vehicle, Vauxhall’s Ampera, was recently in line for an audience with the Royal Family’s most ardent car enthusiast, Prince Michael of Kent ...
NEW GRIFFIN TO ALIGHT ON VAUXHALL DEALERSHIPS
2010-07-15
It’s a bold, proud, slightly aggressive New Griffin which is to gradually spread across the country, one-by-one adorning facades and showrooms of various Vauxhall dealerships ...
GM CEO ED WHITACRE CAME, SAW AND WITNESSED THE FOUNDATIONS OF A PROMISING ENTERPRISE
2010-07-15
Known as a hands-on, straight-to-the point man, Ed Whitacre did not lose much time after committing to fund Opel/Vauxhall’s road to success internally to come and see for himself a business renowned across the ocean ...
SENIOR MOVES AFOOT AT VAUXHALL
2010-06-28
Luton – Vauxhall today announced two new senior appointments, effective from July 1 ...
GM Reports First Quarter 2010 Results
2010-05-17
DETROIT, Mich. – General Motors Company today announced its first quarter 2010 results, marked by revenue of $31.5 billion and operating income of $1.2 billion. Net income attributable to common stockholders was $0.9 billion, resulting in earnings per share on a diluted basis of $1.66 ...
New Generation Vauxhall Astra Joins Senior Officials at prestigious HOSDB Exhibition
2010-04-01
The recent HOSDB 2010 exhibition organised by the Home Office Scientific Development Branch saw Vauxhall proudly display the new generation Astra police vehicle on a stand hosted by the Association of Chief Police Officers Intelligent Transportations Systems Working Group (ACPO ITS). ...
Personal Message from Nick Reilly to the Opel/Vauxhall employees
2010-01-19
At the end of last week I was pleased to announce the members of the Opel/Vauxhall leadership Team that resides centrally in Rüsselsheim. We are joined, of course, by the ...
VAUXHALL RETAIL SALES END YEAR ON YET ANOTHER BUMPER MONTH
2010-01-13
Following a year-on-year retail sales increase of 128 per cent in November, Vauxhall has yet again proved its appeal to user-chooser buyers by posting December ...
GM Board Decides to Retain Opel/Vauxhall
2009-11-03
DETROIT – Given an improving business environment for GM over the past few months, and the importance of Opel//Vauxhall to GM’s global strategy, the GM Board of Directors has decided to retain Opel ...
The New Design of GM Media Sites
2009-10-26
GM media sites have been redesigned to take advantage of new technology and to improve the user experience including improved global navigation and faster access to news releases, vehicle information, photos, video, and social media resources.
VAUXHALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OFFER FOUR TIMES GREATER VALUE
2009-10-23
Visitors to Vauxhall Commercial Vehicle retailers on or before December 2nd will be able to take part in a fantastic new deal designed ...
GM Board Recommendation to Sell Majority Stake in Opel/Vauxhall to Magna International/Sberbank
2009-09-10
Zurich. General Motors today announced that its Board of Directors supports a bid from the consortium of Magna International Inc. and Sberbank to buy a majority stake ...
ART TO ‘DRIVE’ FOR
2009-09-04
As the British Staycation summer comes to an end, Vauxhall Motors and Jiggery Pokery have immortalised the best bits of our holiday at home, by creating the Great British Souvenir ...
STUDY PROVES VAUXHALL MASTERFIT LEADS THE GAME IN PRICE
2009-08-27
It is a common belief among motorists that despite the assurance of quality work, vehicle service, MOTs and bodyshop work using a manufacturers’ franchised retailer can often be more expensive ...
GENERAL MOTORS UK LTD ANNOUNCES NEW PRIVATE LABEL LEASING PARTNERSHIP
2009-08-05
General Motors UK Ltd has signed an agreement with ALD Automotive to manage the GM UK Leasing Private Label Leasing operation, including Vauxhall Leasing, Saab Contract Hire and ...
NEW APPOINTMENT AT GM AFTERSALES
2009-07-20
GM Aftersales is pleased to announce the appointment of Clifford Walpole to the position of Trade Channel Manager for GM UK & Ireland. ...
ACCIDENT HELP IS AT HAND FOR GM CAR DRIVERS
2009-01-28
GM is following up its’ nationwide campaign to reinforce the benefits of using a Vauxhall, Chevrolet or Saab Approved Bodyshop for accident repairs by focusing attention on its free ...
HEAD OFF MOT TEST HASSLES IN 2009 WITH GM INSURANCE
2009-01-20
More than 320,000 owners of Vauxhall, SAAB and Chevrolet cars needing a first MOT Test in 2009 can take the uncertainty out of this sometimes fraught experience and ...
