![]() Pomeroy's first design, the Y-Type Y1, had outstanding success at the 1908 RAC and Scottish 2000 Mile Reliability Trials – showing excellent hill-climbing ability with an aggregate of 37 seconds less time in the hill climbs than any other car in its class. The cars were so successful that Pomeroy took over from Hodges. Hodges took a long holiday, and in his absence, the managing director Percy Kidner asked Pomeroy to design an engine for cars to be entered in the 1908 RAC and Scottish Reliability Trial, held in June that year. In the winter of 1907/8, the chief designer F. He joined Vauxhall in 1906 at the age of 22, as an assistant draughtsman. Much of Vauxhall's success during the early years of Vauxhall Motors was attributable to Laurence Pomeroy. The company was characterised by its sporting models, but after World War I, the company's designs were more austere. The company continued to trade under the name Vauxhall Iron Works until 1907, when the modern name 'Vauxhall Motors' was adopted. ![]() To expand, the company moved the majority of its production to Luton in 1905. A 1903 model was entered in the London-to-Brighton car run in 2018. A single survivor could still be seen at the London Science Museum in 1968. About 70 were made in the first year, before the car was improved with wheel steering and a reverse gear in 1904. ![]() In 1903 the company built its first car, a five-horsepower single-cylinder model steered using a tiller, with two forward gears and no reverse gear. It was founded as Alex Wilson and Company, and from 1897, the company built pumps and marine engines. Scottish marine engineer Alexander Wilson founded the company at 90–92 Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, London, in 1857. History Foundation to 1925 Oldest surviving Vauxhall, delivered in November 1903 30–98 Velox Vauxhall Griffin on a 1921 Vauxhall 25 Significant former Vauxhall production cars include the Victor, Viva, Chevette, and Cavalier. Vauxhall sells high-performance versions of some of its models under the GSe sub-brand. The current car range includes the Astra ( small family car), Corsa ( supermini), Crossland ( subcompact crossover SUV), Mokka ( subcompact SUV), and Grandland ( compact SUV). Vauxhall-branded vehicles are manufactured in Opel factories in Germany, Spain, and Poland as well as in the UK. In 2012, the Ellesmere Port plant employed around 1,880 staff and had a theoretical (three-shift) capacity around 187,000 units a year. The Luton plant employs around 900 staff and has a capacity for building around 100,000 units a year. Vauxhall has major manufacturing facilities in Luton (commercial vehicles, IBC Vehicles) and Ellesmere Port (passenger cars). After 92 years under GM's ownership, Opel/Vauxhall was sold to Groupe PSA in 2017. At various times during its history, Vauxhall has been active in motorsports, including rallying and the British Touring Car Championship. During the early 1980s, the Vauxhall brand was withdrawn from sale in all countries apart from the UK. Since 1980, Vauxhall products have been largely identical to those of Opel, and most models are principally engineered in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany. From the time of the Great Depression Vauxhall became increasingly mass-market. It was a luxury car brand until it was bought by General Motors, who thereafter built mid-market offerings. Bedford Vehicles was established as a subsidiary of Vauxhall in 1930 to manufacture commercial vehicles. It was acquired by American automaker General Motors (GM) in 1925. The company began manufacturing cars in 1903, and changed its name back around this time. It was purchased by Andrew Betts Brown in 1863, who began producing travelling cranes under the company, renaming it "Vauxhall Iron Works". Vauxhall was founded by Alexander Wilson in 1857 as a pump and marine engine manufacturer. It sells passenger cars, and electric and light commercial vehicles under the Vauxhall marque nationally, and used to sell vans, buses, and trucks under the Bedford Vehicles brand. Vauxhall is one of the oldest established vehicle manufacturers and distribution companies in the United Kingdom. Vauxhall became a subsidiary of Stellantis in January 2021. ![]() Vauxhall Motors Limited ( / ˈ v ɒ k s ɔː l/) is a British car company headquartered in Chalton, Bedfordshire, England. ![]()
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