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DEALER group Vertu is investing several million pounds into a new Vauxhall Brand Centre in Chingford. The new Bristol Street Motors site will offer a  spacious, 560 square metre showroom stretching over a ground floor and mezzanine, and is designed to cater for 12 Vauxhall vehicles. The site will offer employment for 75 staff and [...]

DEALER group Cambria Automobiles has revealed a year of ‘significant growth’ despite tough conditions. In a pre-close statement the dealer group said that following a strong first six months the second half of the year was ‘mixed’. But it said it remains on track to deliver full-year results ‘broadly in line with market expectations’. Cambria [...]

MITSUBISHI is the latest car manufacturer to react to the News of the World phone hacking allegations. The Japanese firm said that it will donate the money it would normally spend on advertising in the tabloid newspaper to charity. On the social media site Twitter, the manufacturer said that ‘Based on a Facebook user suggestion, [...]

VAUXHALL has finally released pictures of its sporty three-door version of the Astra – the GTC. In fact, Vauxhall has not only released these official pictures, but has opened the order books today too. Under the swooping bonnet lies a choice of four engines – three petrols and one diesel – with prices kicking off [...]

VAUXHALL has confirmed that its Geneva Motor Show star – the Zafira Tourer concept – has been given the go-ahead. Called the Zafira Tourer, the new model will sit above the current Zafira model in Vauxhall’s line-up and is set to raise the bar for design, luxury, flexibility and innovation in the MPV sector. The [...]

Vauxhall hasn’t hit 4×4 success since the Frontera. The Antara is charged with changing that, reports James Batchelor WHAT IS IT? After four years spent on the sidelines, the new Antara is Vauxhall’s second chance at this hugely fashionable sector. So it sports a new, more aggressive and dynamic face, numerous ‘underneath’ parts while inside [...]

FOR 24 hours only more than 40 Vauxhall dealerships will be taking part in a special ‘open all hours’ event. From noon on Friday March 25 to Saturday March 26, dealerships across Kent, Surrey and Sussex will be keeping their doors open longer than usual to offer customers ‘a once in a lifetime opportunity to [...]

VAUXHALL’S new Antara is a second chance for the maker in the SUV market, says brand manager Simon Prior. Speaking exclusively to Car Dealer at the launch of the Antara in Scotland, Prior revealed that the previous Antara ‘didn’t meet’ Vauxhall’s expectations and the new car is charged with changing that. ‘Although the Antara isn’t [...]

VAUXHALL has launched a bold new Facebook campaign where users can win a brand new limited edition Corsa. The Facebook fan page has been designed to support Vauxhall’s new ‘Street Style’ television advert for the car, and to attract users of 18 and over. Users simply have to use an application to paint a scene [...]

A DECISION has still to be made on whether the Opel-Vauxhall Ampera will be made in the UK. But if it gets the go ahead it will not go onto the Ellesmere Port production lines for some years yet. The Ampera goes on sale in the UK in early 2012 but if GM decide to [...]

VAUXHALL has released pictures of its Zafira Tourer Concept ahead of next week’s Geneva Motor Show debut. Being a concept the final look as not been confirmed, but these pictures gives the strongest hint yet at what a production-ready version may look like. The car develops the theme that made the Zafira so popular with [...]

THE Ford Focus regained the number one spot in January’s sales tables, SMMT figures reveal. Sales of Ford’s mid-sized hatchback topped more than 7,500 sold – up four places on December’s figures. The Fiesta followed in second while December’s winner, the Vauxhall Astra, dropped to third. The Griffin-badged hatchback’s younger brother, the Corsa, fell to [...]

THE SMMT have published the full regional new car registrations figures for December in the UK. Excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, 124,415 cars were registered in December in the UK; 2,019,792 cars in total in 2010. In December England lead the way with 107,29 cars registered, followed by Scotland with 9,943, [...]

VAUXHALL is making second owners feel just as looked after with a new lifetime warranty for used cars. After the introduction of its Lifetime Warranty to new car owners earlier this year, the firm is now making the warranty available on used cars. The lifetime cover applies to the second owner of any Vauxhall purchased [...]

EXPERIAN has published its UK used car sales statistics for the third quarter of 2010 – and the results are good. 1,801,258 used cars were sold during July, August and September; a four per cent increase on Q3 2009 and 1.1 per cent higher than Q2 2010. This makes Q3 2010 the first quarter to [...]

VAUXHALL is working hard to make January a good month for its dealers – they’ve just announced a VAT discount. Called the ‘Vauxhall Countdown’, the firm is giving a 20 per cent discount off the list price, before options, on the majority of its most popular models. It’s available on new cars purchased between December [...]

THE Government has announced today the vehicles which will be eligible for the new ‘Plug-In Car Grant’. Transport secretary Philip Hammond and business minister Mark Prisk set out details for the incentive and announced the UK locations that will receive funding in the second round of ‘Plugged-In Places’, boosting the UK’s electric vehicle charging network. [...]

THE latest batch of Euro NCAP crash tests has been carried out revealing some surprises. Audi A1′s, the Mini Countryman, Ford C-MAX and Ford Grand C-MAX, Kia’s Sportage, the Vauxhall Meriva, the facelifted Volkswagen Passat, and the new VW Sharan/Seat Alhambra were all awarded Euro NCAP’s maximum rating of 5-stars. Nissan’s new Micra was awarded [...]

PERENNIAL-favourite Vauxhall’s Corsa is the latest model to receive the firm’s trademark face. Styled by Niels Loeb, Vauxhall/Opel’s chief exterior designer, the new Corsa features the signature chrome bar, Griffin badge, and ‘Eagle-Eyes’ first seen on the new Meriva. Five new exterior colours and a host of new interior shades also feature, and Vauxhall’s new optional [...]

FAMILY-owned JCT600 is celebrating a very special landmark – 50 years of selling Vauxhalls. The JCT600 group has 48 dealerships and represents 21 brands from Aston Martin to Volkswagen to in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and the North East. But it’s with Vauxhall the firm is celebrating with for they first starting selling the brand in [...]