Reference
X693/5/9
Title
Vauxhall Mirror Luton & Dunstable
Date free text
22 Mar 1990
Production date
From: 1990 To: 1990
Scope and Content
including:
- tanker driver Terrance Hill saved from dying after falling into a tank of thick oily sludge by Eddie Fowler, Bill Watkins and Gary Field;
- Thorn EMI order for 20,000 cars and vans from Vauxhall worth £200 million;
- rally driver Louise Atiken-Walker surviving a crash after her vehicle plunged into a lake;
- report of Police forces around the country testing Vauxhall Senators;
- the introduction of 13.5 metre long trailers which should bring savings of £2 million;
- the Vauxhall “Zone” a network of offices across the country linked to the plant and its dealers;
- Mary Emerton Vauxhall Parts first female foreman includes photograph;
- the General Motors electric vehicle, Impact, had been on tour in the UK.
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