The Ellesmere Port plant will be responsible for Astra Sports Tourer production, and at full capacity, the assemble is capable of manufacturing 680 cars per day, 120,000 vehicles per year.

In 2012, Vauxhall chose Ellesmere Port to make the next-generation Astra car - a decision that sparked joy and relief among workers in fear of another factory closure .

Today, the 100,000th Astra Sports Tourer was driven off the line by Ellesmere Port’s longest serving employee, John Cooper, in the presence of local dignitaries, plus guests of honor and many of ...

Vauxhall is scheduled to continue production of the Astra at Vauxhall in Ellesmere Port until 2021 and the Vivaro van in its UK Luton plant until 2025. Thereafter the future of the Astra is uncertain.

Vauxhall has announced it will add 300 new jobs to its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, UK to help cope with production of the all-new Astra hatchback.

Recent remarks from PSA chief Carlos Tavares suggest that the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant faces a big efficiency challenge to become as competitive as other manufacturing plants with the PSA Group.

Ellesmere Port plant will become the Stellantis' first plant to produce a solely battery-electric model, in both commercial and passenger versions, by the end of next year, for Vauxhall, Opel ...

Vauxhall has announced that their Ellesmere Port plant is receiving a £100 million investment to produce electric vehicles. The plant will be used to produce electric LCV and passenger vehicles ...

As many as1,000 jobs are at risk at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port site after the firm's chief executive said he could cease all production at the plant if Brexit makes it unprofitable. Carlos ...

The workers left their positions in the press room - where panels are pressed into the required shape - at 11am on Tuesday. When their shift ended at 2pm, work is said to have resumed. It is the ...

Vauxhall is cutting 400 jobs at the firm’s Ellesmere Port factory by the end of the year. The manufacturer, which has made the Astra at the Cheshire plant since 1979, said it is facing “challenging ...