Vauxhall is benefitting from a raft of new models in showrooms. Latest is the Vauxhall Grandland X mid-sized five door, five seater SUV from January and already 75% of sales have gone to retail buyers, making it Vauxhall’s second highest retail selling model range after the Corsa supermini hatchbacks. When launched to the UK media in October last year Vauxhall said they had targeted around … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Vauxhall Grandland X Sport Nav 1.2 130PS
First impressions can last, as was the case with the new Vauxhall Grandland X, writes Robin Roberts. We liked it when driven at the UK launch in October and now the first models are getting into customers hands with rave reviews and awards being scooped up along the way. It’s easy to see why it’s done so well. Vauxhall Grandland X is very carefully specified over its 17-model range in four … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Grandland X marks SUV success
Other than the growing demand for Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles – up by 34.6% in the UK so far this year – the fastest growing sector is SUVs, writes David Miles. This has seen sales increasing by 30% in Europe and by approximately the same amount in the UK. In just the last few weeks we have seen the introduction of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, the Range Rover Velar, the Peugeot 5008 and in … [Read more...]
400 Vauxhall jobs going at Ellesmere Port
Vauxhall is axing 400 jobs making Astra hatch and sports tourer models at Ellesmere Port. There are potentially 80 workers from Wales who could be affected when the shifts are reduced from two to one next year. Owner PSA Peugeot Citroen said the rising cost of importing parts to make the cars affected their profits on each vehicle and with sales falling the cuts are … [Read more...]