Vauxhall Iron Works
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| Vauxhall Motors | |
| Limited company | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Predecessor |
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| Founded | 1857 |
| Founder | Alexander Wilson |
| Headquarters | Luton, Bedfordshire, England |
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Number of locations
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Two manufacturing facilities in Great Britain |
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Area served
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Great Britain |
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Key people
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Rory Harvey, Chairman & Managing Director |
| Products |
Automobiles Commercial vehicles |
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Production output
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232,255 (2012 sales) |
| Services | Vehicle financing |
| Revenue | £3,837 million (2014) |
| -£48.7 million (2014) | |
| Profit | £9.2 million (2014) |
| Owner |
General Motors (1925-2017) Groupe PSA (2017-present) |
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Number of employees
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4,029 (2011) |
| Parent | Opel Automobile GmbH |
| Divisions | VXR |
| Website | vauxhall |
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Footnotes / references |
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Vauxhall Motors (/ˈvɒksɔːl/; officially Vauxhall Motors Limited) is one of the oldest established vehicle manufacturers and distribution companies in Great Britain and has its headquarters in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It is a subsidiary of the German company Opel Automobile GmbH.
In March 2017 GM agreed to sell its interests in Vauxhall and Opel to the French automotive giant Groupe PSA (which manufactures vehicles under the Peugeot, Citroën and DS brands), ending a 90-year association with the company. Vauxhall sells passenger cars and light commercial vehicles under the Vauxhall marque; in the past it has also sold buses and trucks under the Bedford brand. Vauxhall has been the second-largest-selling car brand in the UK for more than two decades.
Vauxhall was founded by Alexander Wilson in 1857 as a pump and marine engine manufacturer. It was bought in 1863 by Andrew Betts Brown who began producing travelling cranes. It was he who named it Vauxhall Iron Works. It began manufacturing cars in 1903. It was acquired by GM in 1925.Bedford Vehicles was established as a subsidiary of Vauxhall in 1930 to manufacture commercial vehicles. Having previously been a luxury car brand, after the Second World War Vauxhall became increasingly mass-market. Since 1980, Vauxhall products have been largely identical to those of Opel, GM's former German subsidiary, and most models are principally engineered in Rüsselsheim, Germany. During the 1980s the Vauxhall brand was withdrawn from sale in all countries apart from the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. At various times during its history, Vauxhall has been active in motorsports, including rallying and the British Touring Car Championship.
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