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Edited March 2020
IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE ARE GENERALLY CONFINED TO BARRACKS FOR NOW. TIME TO CATCH UP WITH JOBS IN THE GARAGE, SEARCH OUT FURTHER HISTORY OF YOUR CAR(S), AND SEND THE A-D REGISTER SOME PHOTOS FOR THE WEBSITE. PLEASE!
One hundred years ago at the beginning of 1920, there was considerable optimism for the future at Vauxhall. The war years had produced good profits for the company and 1919 production had totalled 565 units (mainly D types). The updated 30-98 E type was back in production, and the Luton factory floor area was growing again. The company was hiring and production volumes increasing. A total of 689 units were built in 2020. This optimism was short lived however, as the post war car market moved quickly towards smaller, mass produced, and lower priced models such as the Austin 7 and Morris Cowley. Vauxhall and its competition in the medium luxury, bespoke market immediately felt the impact, and by the end of the year were forced to cut prices. These market trends led to the development of the Vauxhall 14-40, but that's another story......
Website updates this time include some more period photographs of our cars, which are on the UK News page. Please keep sending them in! Dave Stuart continues his very entertaining, best selling Newsletter from Oz. The December 2019, February 2020 & April 2020 editions have been added, as well as August 2019 which I had missed (sorry Dave).
A reminder that there is a page covering 'Parts and Service' for our cars. Businesses and individuals are welcome to send details of parts for sale and wanted, as well as services and recommended suppliers. A small donation to Register funds would be appreciated.
And the usual plea: we now have pictures of almost all of the approximately 185 surviving cars worldwide. Further photographs to fill the gaps are of course welcome! We are especially keen to track ownership changes in order to keep the Register up to date. Please send us additional material: rally reports, articles, technical tips, photographs and period documents are all welcome.
Feedback about our website is always welcome: please drop a quick email to the address below and let us know what you would like to see more (or less!) of.
Dave Kirke
(email:contact@vauxhallregister.com)
February 2020
IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE ARE GENERALLY CONFINED TO BARRACKS FOR NOW. TIME TO CATCH UP WITH JOBS IN THE GARAGE, SEARCH OUT FURTHER HISTORY OF YOUR CAR(S), AND SEND THE A-D REGISTER SOME PHOTOS FOR THE WEBSITE. PLEASE!
One hundred years ago at the beginning of 1920, there was considerable optimism for the future at Vauxhall. The war years had produced good profits for the company and 1919 production had totalled 565 units (mainly D types). The updated 30-98 E type was back in production, and the Luton factory floor area was growing again. The company was hiring and production volumes increasing. A total of 689 units were built in 2020. This optimism was short lived however, as the post war car market moved quickly towards smaller, mass produced, and lower priced models such as the Austin 7 and Morris Cowley. Vauxhall and its competition in the medium luxury, bespoke market immediately felt the impact, and by the end of the year were forced to cut prices. These market trends led to the development of the Vauxhall 14-40, but that's another story......
Website updates this time include some more period photographs of our cars, which are on the UK News page. Please keep sending them in! Dave Stuart continues his very entertaining, best selling Newsletter from Oz. The December 2019, February 2020 & April 2020 editions have been added, as well as August 2019 which I had missed (sorry Dave).
A reminder that there is a page covering 'Parts and Service' for our cars. Businesses and individuals are welcome to send details of parts for sale and wanted, as well as services and recommended suppliers. A small donation to Register funds would be appreciated.
And the usual plea: we now have pictures of almost all of the approximately 185 surviving cars worldwide. Further photographs to fill the gaps are of course welcome! We are especially keen to track ownership changes in order to keep the Register up to date. Please send us additional material: rally reports, articles, technical tips, photographs and period documents are all welcome.
Feedback about our website is always welcome: please drop a quick email to the address below and let us know what you would like to see more (or less!) of.
Dave Kirke
(email:contact@vauxhallregister.com)
February 2020
A REQUEST
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The Register charges no membership fees and has no other sources of income. So..........if you find the website interesting and useful please consider a small donation towards the costs. For more details please click here, or go directly to the Donate button below. We do not intend to make a profit, but simply cover our costs. If you run a business and would like to advertise on the site, please email contact@vauxhallregister.com.
PREVIOUS UPDATES
Don't miss the updated articles in UK News, For Sale, The A-D Register, and an excellent year end Newsletter from Dave Stuart in Australia. We have also started to collect historic Vauxhall Registers, which although incomplete, will assist owners in researching their cars' history. 100 years ago, major changes were going on at Luton after the Armistice as peace finally returned: more here.
Don't miss the updated articles in UK News, For Sale, The A-D Register, and an excellent year end Newsletter from Dave Stuart in Australia. We have also started to collect historic Vauxhall Registers, which although incomplete, will assist owners in researching their cars' history. 100 years ago, major changes were going on at Luton after the Armistice as peace finally returned: more here.
See also our Flickr site for additional pictures: https://www.flickr.com
