ELLESMERE PORT, CHESHIRE: VAUXHALL

摘要

If there were ever a Lazarus of car plants, Vauxhall's 50-year-old Ellesmere Port facility would surely take the title. Twice in the past decade, the self-styled 'Home of the Astra', located on a 400-acre site just across the Mersey from Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, has looked certain to close but has been saved at the last minute. Today, according to insiders at Vauxhall's parent company, General Motors, Ellesmere is more secure than ever, having just been chosen as lead plant for production of the seventh-generation Astra, due to begin in August 2015.