Vauxhall built over 58,000 vans in the UK last year, making it Britain’s number one commercial vehicle manufacturer for the 11th year running.

Vauxhall manufactured 53,465 nearly double that of its nearest competitor building Vivaro-type vans at its Luton plant and 5,373 Astravans at its Ellesmere Port facility.

Both Vauxhall plants have been allocated new products securing production into the next decade. The Luton van facility will build the next generation Vivaro from 2014.  Ellesmere Port was awarded the accolade of lead European manufacturing plant for the next generation Astra, due to start production in 2015.

In an extremely tough commercial vehicle market, the Luton-based manufacturer sold over 11,000 vehicles to small businesses.

Picture: Vivaro van