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A team of 15 workers from Vauxhall’s Luton plant have helped deliver 13,437 ventilators for the NHS to combat the on-going COVID-19 virus. In April, 13 staff plus a Team Leader and Supervisor, were handpicked from Vauxhall’s Kimpton Road Plant, which manufacturers the Vauxhall Vivaro van, to move to the Luton site of Smiths Medical, a division of Smiths Group ...

British Gas has ordered 1,000 all-electric Vivaro-e vans from Vauxhall, marking the largest commercial BEV (battery electric vehicle) order in the UK to date. The BEVs will arrive over the next 12 months and be rolled out nationwide across the British Gas engineer workforce. Centrica, owner of British Gas, has committed to electrifying its 12,000 strong fleet by 2030 and ...

Vauxhall today released the first pictures of the Vivaro-e, its first factory-built, fully electric van, set to arrive in the market as more and more UK cities welcome emissions-free vehicles. Built on the same line as the diesel-engined Vivaro, and available to order from June in two lengths and two body variants, the new battery electric Vivaro-e enables business users ...

Vauxhall has launched a parts and service scheme to compete with independent operators on price. The scheme is targeted at NHS and key workers initially  in the lockdown. Vauxhall Fixed Price Repairs has two levels of service Genuine Vauxhall OE parts and Vauxhall Approved. The latter comes with a two-year parts and labour warranty for customers with cars over three ...

Groupe PSA has announced plans to temporarily close key manufacturing plants across Europe to stop the spread of Coronavirus The plans include temporary closure of Ellesmerre Port and Luton which make the Astra and Vivaro respectively. In a statement the company said: “Due to the acceleration observed in recent days of serious COVID-19 cases close to certain production sites, supply ...

Three Vauxhall retailers and one Vauxhall retailer group have been honoured at the Dealer of the Year 2019 awards, hosted by Opel Group. The retailers (Aston Melton Mowbray, Drive Bury St Edmunds and Bristol Street Motors Sunderland) were picked out of more than 1,500 Vauxhall and Opel retailers in 20 markets spanning the UK and Europe. In addition, Drive Motor ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has confirmed that it is in talks with Groupe PSA with regard to a merger of the two companies. In a statement it said: “Following recent reports on a possible business combination between Groupe PSA and FCA Group, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV confirms there are ongoing discussions aimed at creating one of the world‘s leading mobility Groups. ...

Drive Motor Retail has been named European Dealer Group of the Year 2019 by Vauxhall. Beating 30 groups in 14 countries, it was recognised as the top performer for customer satisfaction, sales performance and financial results. The Drive Vauxhall team will be presented with their European Dealer Group of the Year Award at a ceremony in Croatia, next month. According ...

Groupe PSA will cease all production at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port if Brexit makes the factory unprofitable. The Financial Times (FT) reports that Carlos Tavares, CEO of Groupe PSA, said that the business has a site in southern Europe ready to build future Astra’s should the Brexit deal prove unsatisfactory. He told the FT: “Frankly I would prefer to ...

Groupe PSA has announced that the Vauxhall Astra will be manufactured at Ellesmere Port, UK, but is dependent on the result of Brexit. It has said that the decision on the allocation to the Ellesmere Port plant will be conditional on the final terms of the UK’s exit from the European Union and the acceptance of the New Vehicle Agreement, ...