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Edited January 2024
One hundred years ago in early 1924, the Vauxhall Directors were probably reviewing the previous years' results with mixed feelings. Car production hit a record at 1462 and the Company had made a modest profit.
However, the number of employees had risen by over 200, to 1570 (est.). Vauxhall were like their competitors (eg Sunbeam) in that they all suffered from a common, and fundamental, problem; the low productivity which prevented price competition with producers such as Morris, Austin and Ford. This had massively intensified in the early 1920s. An attempt to remedy this was made by Vauxhall early in the decade by reorganising the Luton factory in a half-baked attempt at an assembly line but only for the fitting of engines and chassis ancillaries. Despite this, production was still hopelessly slow compared to the full mass production techniques used by the largest producers such as Ford and Austin. This fact would soon result in serious financial clouds descending over Luton.........
Website updates this time (January 2024), include a new page, 'Exploits 2023'. Click the button below. The UK News page, and the For Sale page also include several updates. Dave Stuart continues his very entertaining, best selling Newsletter from Oz, and there is an update on the restoration of A09.229 on the Restoration & Conservation page.
A reminder that there is a page covering 'Parts and Service' for our cars, where you will find several new advertisements. 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: see below.
And now 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:[email protected])
January 2024
Edited January 2024
One hundred years ago in early 1924, the Vauxhall Directors were probably reviewing the previous years' results with mixed feelings. Car production hit a record at 1462 and the Company had made a modest profit.
However, the number of employees had risen by over 200, to 1570 (est.). Vauxhall were like their competitors (eg Sunbeam) in that they all suffered from a common, and fundamental, problem; the low productivity which prevented price competition with producers such as Morris, Austin and Ford. This had massively intensified in the early 1920s. An attempt to remedy this was made by Vauxhall early in the decade by reorganising the Luton factory in a half-baked attempt at an assembly line but only for the fitting of engines and chassis ancillaries. Despite this, production was still hopelessly slow compared to the full mass production techniques used by the largest producers such as Ford and Austin. This fact would soon result in serious financial clouds descending over Luton.........
Website updates this time (January 2024), include a new page, 'Exploits 2023'. Click the button below. The UK News page, and the For Sale page also include several updates. Dave Stuart continues his very entertaining, best selling Newsletter from Oz, and there is an update on the restoration of A09.229 on the Restoration & Conservation page.
A reminder that there is a page covering 'Parts and Service' for our cars, where you will find several new advertisements. 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: see below.
And now 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:[email protected])
January 2024
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Don't miss the updated articles in UK News, For Sale, The A-D Register, and the excellent Newsletters 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.
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