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Vauxhall Motors celebrates the FIRST 100 years of vehicle manufacture ...
1903 First Vauxhall car launched	1905 Car factory moves from London to Luton	1907 Vauxhall Motors Limited is formed	1910 At Brooklands, a Vauxhall becomes the first 20hp car to exceed 100 mph.	1911 New 20hp C-type (Prince Henry)	1914/18 Production of nearly 2000 25hp D-types as Army staff cars	1925 Vauxhall Motors becomes wholly owned subsidiary of General lMotors. 25/70 S-type model launched	1933 Vauxhall Light Six (ASY andd ASX) 12 and 14hp models launched
1935 New DY and DX cars replace Light Six models; first British cars with independent front suspension	1937 Vauxhall enters the 10hp market with the H Model - first integrally built British car	1939/45 War production included 5640 Churchill tanks and 250,000 Bedford trucks	1951 E-type Vauxhall Wyvern/Velox introduced	1953 Golden Jubilee of the Vauxhall car. Company builds its millionth vehicle	1954 £36 million plant expansion project announced. E-type Cresta launched	1958 Victor estate offered, the first Vauxhall estate car.	1959 Vauxhall produced its 2-millionth vehicle. Further expansion announced - new car plant at Ellesmere Port.
1961 Vauxhall FB Victors introduced	1963 Vauxhall HA Viva 1-litre saloons launched	1966 HB Viva cars built at Ellesmere Port.	1971 Millionth Viva produced.	1975 Vauxhall Chevette hatchbacks launched. Cavalier saloons and coupe announced.	1977 Cavalier production begins at Luton	1979 New Vauxhall Astra front wheeled drive models announced	1981 Mark II front wheel drive Cavalier is launched. First Vauxhall Astra built at Ellesmere Port
1982 Diesel option for Vauxhall Astra and Cavalier	1983 Vauxhall Nova launched, plus Astra GTE	1984 £100 million investment announced by GM in Vauxhall car-build facilities. Mark II Astra range launched	1988 Cavalier sales pass million mark	1990 The 180mph, 377bhp Lotus Carlton was launched. It was the highest performance production Vauxhall ever	1992 Vauxhall was the first UK manufacturer to equip all petrol-engined cars with catalytic converters	1993 Received the 1993 Queen's Award for Export Achievement. The GM Card from Vauxhall announced. Corsa launched	1994 Launch of the Omega. First volume vehicle manufacturer in Europe to be registered by the British Standards Institute to BS5750 (ISO 900)
1995 Celebrated 90 years of building in Luton. Launch of Vectra, replaclement ofthe Cavalier, following a £136M refurbishment of the Luton plant	1996 Vauxhall became the first motor vehicle manufacturer to establish Environmental Management Systems BS7750 (ISO 14001) in all its operations	1999 Launch of Zafira, the revolutionary MPV with acclaimed Flex7 seating system	2000 Launch of new Corsa and the stunning VX220	2001 Major expansion of the dual fuel range of vehicles	2002 Launch of new Vectra. New Vectra - New Rules	2003 One Hundred years of Vauxhall Cars