Vauxhall reaches two manufacturing milestones

Posted on 5 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer

Vauxhall’s two UK manufacturing plants both reached production milestones with the 250,000th Astra Sports Tourer rolling off the production line at Ellesmere Port and the Luton facility building its 900,000th Vivaro-type van.

In a memorable 24 hours, workers at Ellesmere Port, Britain’s number one manufacturer of estate cars, celebrated as the quarter of a millionth Astra Sports Tourer was driven off the production line. Just 24 hours later, the celebrations begun at the Luton plant, after the 900,000th Vivaro was handed over to the AA, one of Vauxhall’s biggest…

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