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Vauxhall Mirror including: - reports that Vauxhall had knocked Ford off the fleet market top spot and that the Cavalier was the number one selling car in the UK; - the Saturn GM’s plan to capture the American small car market, was being tested at Millbrook. The design being a ground breaking new model planned to halt the increasing dominance of Japanese cars in the US; - Vauxhall oldest car completed its 40th run of the London to Brighton veteran car rally; - work started on a £20 million parts complex. At a ceremony carried out on the 6th of November Peter Lord Director of Vauxhall Parts and John Costin of GME P&A turned the first sod; - Louise Aitken Walker winning the Women’s World Rally Champion’s title in her Vauxhall Astra.

22 Nov 1990

From: 1990 To: 1990

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Hart, Richard,
Vauxhall Motors,
Lord, Peter,
Costin, John,
Aitken Walker, Louise,
Ford Motor Company Limited

Vauxhall Motors, Vauxhall Mirror, motor vehicle manufacture, Newspaper, cars, Ford Motor Company Limited, Japanese, car rallies, Director, MILLBROOK, USA, London, Brighton, United Kingdom