Vauxhall

The NEW Vauxhall Movano van was launched at the Commercial Vehicle show last month and is now available for advanced orders. 

The Movano continues to share the same platform as the Renault Master and this fantastic large van has been given a facelift and some great standard equipment (and a whole host of new options) in an upgarded interior.

Quote from the Vauxhall brochure:

The once-almighty car giant, General Motors has announced further job cuts in the UK.  According to the times "General Motors is to cut a further 154 administrative jobs from Vauxhall UK around the country on top of previously announced job cuts at its Luton plant."

Renault has recently announced the launch of the new Renault Master van.  This follows the news of the new Vauxhall Movano van which is built on the same platform.

The Vauxhall Movano van has undergone a face lift ready for its relaunch.  Vauxhall will present the revised version of the Movano van to the UK public in May when it is expected to start from £21,660 + VAT.  This represents the first change of design since 2003 - and it isn't too soon - the current Movano van is looking very dated.

Vauxhall have announced that as of next year, the new Vauxhall Astra range will include Ecoflex editions of the popular car. 

Private equity group, Ripplewood, today publicly confirmed their interest in buying GM Europe, the European arm of US car and van giant General Motors.  The euro-division of GM is on the market in response to the US parent company filing for bankruptcy in a bid to avoid complete collapse.  It includes the recognised brands of Opel and

General Motors, the name behind the likes of Vauxhall and Saab, will be reborn later today, merely 40 days after filing for bankruptcy in the United States.  The giant car and van maker rising from the ashes will be "a new concern that is majority-owned by the US government" (Guardian.co.uk, 10/7/09)

According to the Times, figures published later this week will reveal that British car sales have fallen by approximately 30%.  Sales have been in steady decline with month on month drops of between 20% and 23% being recorded in recent months.