The current Vauxhall car range includes the Agila ( Microvan ), Ampera ( hybrid vehicle ), Astra ( small family car ), Corsa ( supermini ), Insignia ( large family car ), Meriva ( mini MPV ), Mokka ( mini crossover SUV ) and Zafira Tourer ( compact MPV ).

2008 – Vauxhall begins rebranding with a modified corporate logo, no car sports the new badge until the launch of the Insignia, models will only change over as they are updated.

Vauxhall Insignia

* Vauxhall Insignia

Design has been a major consideration in the development of new Vauxhall Astra and the car is heavily influenced by the Vauxhall Insignia.

Higher spec cars include Volkswagen Golf R32s, Vauxhall Vectra VXRs, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Vauxhall Insignia VXRs.

The Mondeo has been largely hailed as a class-leader since launch, critically considered far superior to its main rival, the Opel / Vauxhall Vectra, and dynamically superior also, to the Opel / Vauxhall Insignia.

Over the years, the Toyota Avensis has advanced in size, technology, power, and economy to challenge its worldwide-known rivals, such as the Mazda6, Ford Mondeo, Volkswagen Passat, Opel / Vauxhall Insignia, Citroën C5 and Peugeot 508.

The hatchback model even has a trunk space which beats the larger rival Ford Mondeo and Opel / Vauxhall Insignia ( hatchback ) by 200 liters with rear seats folded down.

* Vauxhall Insignia

* Week 6: Audi S4 vs. Vauxhall Insignia VXR

* Vauxhall Insignia Ecoflex St

In 2002 he became Executive Design Director for Opel responsible for the design of the entire product line-up and where he realigned Opel design from the inoffensive but bland of the 1990s to a more dynamic direction in line with his 2004 Opel Astra, Insignia concept and Vauxhall VX Lightning.

* Opel / Vauxhall Insignia ( single and twin turbo )

The Rosehill Hotel is located on the northern side of Parramatta Road and the Vauxhall Inn is on the same street on the western edge of Granville on the corner of Woodville Road.

In Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, Jaguar, Opel, Ford, Vauxhall Motors and Volvo are or were common contemporary bases, and in the past even used Rolls-Royce cars were converted, though their cost is generally considered prohibitive.

* 1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.

This formula is based on heavily armoured Ford Sierra, Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Vectra cars purposely reconstructed for this full contact class.

He assisted Francis Hayman in the decoration of the supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens, and contributed to the decoration of what is now the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children.

The BBC's Newsnight observed that it is ironic that the once classified report analysing the construction of MI5's Thames House and MI6's Vauxhall Cross headquarters has been released, but the Al Yamamah report is still deemed too sensitive.

In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, the physical location of Room 101 ( and the Ministry of Love ) is given as the MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross.

Going towards Vauxhall off the Wandsworth Road is the Patmore Estate which is in close proximity to the Battersea Power Station.

The Member of Parliament for Kennington ( within the Vauxhall borough constituency ) is Kate Hoey ( Labour Party ).

Vauxhall () is an inner city area of Central London in the London Borough of Lambeth.

It is generally accepted that the etymology of Vauxhall is from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area which was referred to as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.

There are competing theories as to why the Russian word for a central railway station is ( vokzal ), which coincides with the canonical 19th century transliteration of " Vauxhall ".

The only existing terminal is Vauxhall station which is now simply referred to as ' Great Yarmouth station '.

The area is separated from Belgravia to the north by Victoria Railway Station, and bounded by the River Thames to the south, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the east and the former Grosvenor Canal to the west.

Lotus ' powertrain department is responsible for the design and development of the 4-cylinder Ecotec engine found in many of GM's Vauxhall, Opel, Saab, Chevrolet and Saturn cars.

A high proportion of Vauxhall-branded vehicles sold in the UK are produced at Opel factories in Germany, Spain and Poland, and roughly 80 % of Vauxhall production is exported, most of which is sold under the Opel brand.

Perhaps the most important Vauxhall product of the 2000s so far is the fifth generation Astra, launched in early 2004 – and praised by the motoring press for its dramatic styling, which was a world of difference from the relatively bland previous Astra.

The locally assembled Vauxhall Viva will be launched in Australia in May 1964.

1981 – The second generation Vauxhall Cavalier is launched, with front-wheel drive, but is pipped to the European Car of the Year award by the Renault 9.

1998 – The fourth generation Vauxhall Astra is launched, winning plaudits for its much improved ride and handling.

2003 – Vauxhall Omega production ends after nine years with no direct replacement, while the Meriva mini-MPV is launched.

2010 – The new Vauxhall Movano to go on sale in mid-2010, with a new Meriva is launched at Geneva Motor Show and went on sale in mid-2010.

2012 – New Vauxhall Adam city car to be launched at the Paris Motor Show in late 2012, with sales starting in early 2013.

New Vauxhall Mokka compact SUV launched at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.

The result was the Cortina, a distinctively styled car aimed at buyers of the Morris Oxford and Vauxhall Victor, that was launched on 20 September 1962.

The Viva remained on sale until the end of 1979, when the Opel Kadett D-based Vauxhall Astra was launched, while the Chevette remained on sale until 1984, itself being replaced by the slightly smaller Vauxhall Nova that was launched in 1983, with Chevette production being reduced in November 1981, when Astra production was moved to the Ellesmere Port factory.

The Astra name originated with Vauxhall's 1980 model, though the car had originally been launched almost a year earlier as the Opel Kadett D. This model replaced the Vauxhall Viva in the UK, along with some versions of the Vauxhall Chevette.

However, the Chevette ( itself based on the previous generation Kadett C ) remained available as a budget alternative for several years afterwards, until the Vauxhall Nova was launched.

The saloon was launched in January 1986 and sold as the Vauxhall Belmont ; this trend to brand saloon models independently of hatchbacks was also used by other manufacturers of the period, with examples including the Ford Orion and the Volkswagen Jetta.

* Opel Mokka, also known as Vauxhall Mokka or Buick Encore, a compact SUV to be launched in 2012

It was Britain's second best selling car ( behind the Ford Escort ) in 1984 and 1985, and at its peak, this version of the Cavalier came with the choice of 1. 3 or 1. 6 L engines derived from the smaller Vauxhall Astra ( also sold as the ( Opel Kadett ), while for 1983 a 1. 8 L engine was launched, which had electronic fuel injection.

The concept was never so universally applied in Europe as in North America, however, and since the 1980s, the more commercially critical European Motor Shows have been the March Geneva Motor Show and the September Frankfurt Motor Show, new models have increasingly been launched in June or July even in the UK, where the two remaining US owned subsidiaries no longer design and build distinctively British Ford and Vauxhall models.

The Visa was launched as a supermini competitor for the likes of the Chrysler Sunbeam, Mk1 Renault 5, Mk1 Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Chevette, Mk1 VW Polo and Fiat 127.

It was only the second hatchback mini-car to have been built in the UK at this stage, being launched a year after the Vauxhall Chevette, but a year before the Chrysler Sunbeam and four years before the Austin Metro.

The car launched into a favourable market in the UK, where none of the " big three " carmakers ( Ford, Vauxhall and Austin Rover ) had launched a new car of this size since 1984.