VAUXHALL RIDING OUT STORM OF UNCERTAINTY
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DESPITE the uncertainty that has surrounded the future of Vauxhall/Opel in the past few months, there is every indication that the company will ride out the storm and should prosper in Britain's looming economic recovery.
In October's relatively bullish market (by 2009 standards), Vauxhall shifted 19,364 units, compared to 19,422 the same month last year. And although overall sales have dipped sharply this year (down 22.5% for January to October year-on-year compared to 12.3% for the UK car market as a whole), Louise Wallis, head of business ...
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