Vauxhall’s owner Stellantis has informed staff that it will close its Luton factory in April. Unite the Union labelled the move a “disgrace” and a “betrayal of its Luton workforce”.
There are quite a few cars you see in the classifieds now that make the early 2010s seem even longer ago than they actually are, and the second Vauxhall Astra VXR most certainly qualifies as one.