A new Vauxhall Griffin logo has reared its head over the company’s Vauxhall Vivaro manufacturing plant in Luton. The factory has recently been awarded the contract to build the new model short-wheel based Vivaro from 2013. Also worth celebrating are the increasing sales of the Vivaro van – by the end of May, Vivaro sales in the UK year-to-date were up 61.3 per cent year-on-year.
Further celebrations come thanks to the 800,000th Vivaro-type vehicle being built in Luton. During a recent visit, Prime Minister David Cameron showed his support to Vauxhall’s successful van facility which is by far the largest van manufacturing plant in the UK. The plant prides itself in the strength of its dedicated and highly trained workforce, instrumental in the plant’s unrelenting competitiveness.
Mark Stein, Vauxhall’s Luton Plant Director, said: “Recent developments here in Luton prove that dedication and focus on the job in hand find recognition on all levels – in the market, internally and also with the government. The new Griffin will remind everybody of Vauxhall’s long-standing manufacturing presence in Luton, building Best of British commercial vehicles.”
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