Vauxhall Van Leasing and Vauxhall Van Contract Hire

Vauxhall have been around since long before the advent of the motor vehicle. Founded in 1857 in the Dusian Road area of Vauxhall, Central London, Vauxhall Ironworks started out making engines for riverboats. It wasnt until almost half a century later that Vauxhall produced their first car, a five horsepower horseless carriage.

Two years later, in 1905, Vauxhall moved most of their business northwards out of London to Luton where their headquarters have remained ever since. It took a further two years for the company to drop the Ironworks tag, but by 1907 the future was looking bright for the newly named Vauxhall Motors.

In 1925, Vauxhall sealed its position as a major player on the global automotive market with a merger with American giants General Motors. This was followed five years later by the foundation of Bedford, Vauxhalls commercial vehicle arm, which would give the world such popular LCVs as the Bedford CA Type and the Bedford Rascal.

For many years, the LCVs produced by Bedford were amongst the most profitable of all General Motors European ventures.
During the sixties and seventies, Vauxhalls fortunes sky-rocketed. Popular models such as the Vauxhall Viva and the Vauxhall Victor helped Vauxhall carve out a niche as one of the top British automotive producers while also maintaining a toehold on the global market.

To this day Vauxhall continue to release award winning, commercially popular cars. In 2011, the company released its first electric car, the Ampere, with which Vauxhall hope to spearhead the way towards more sustainable automotive technology.