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Astra brings a big boost for Vauxhall plant.(News)(Brief Article)

Automotive News Europe,  March, 2004  

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Byline: Chris Wright

Production at Vauxhall's factory in Ellesmere Port, England, will rise 25 percent by the end of 2005 to meet demand for the new Astra.

A third of all European Astras is built at Ellesmere Port, which produces both left-hand- and right-hand-drive models. The Astra also is built at Opel plants in Belgium, Germany and Poland.

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Opel, which closed Vauxhall's Vectra plant at Luton in May 2002, has invested more than [euro]600 million at Ellesmere Port in the last five ...

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