Vauxhall
- 1857: Alexander Wilson founded the Vauxhall Ironworks.
- 1903: First Vauxhall "car".
- 1905: Move to Luton.
- 1907: Named Vauxhall Motors Ltd..
- 1925: Vauxhall bought by GM.
1927 Vauxhall 20/60
- 1903: First Vauxhall "car".
- 1930: Bedford set up to build commercial vehicles
- 1964, June: The Vauxhall Viva produced at Ellesmere Port.
- 1980 February: The (mk1) Vauxhall Astra went on sale (and the mk6 in Dec. 2009).
- 1964, June: The Vauxhall Viva produced at Ellesmere Port.
- 2009 September 10: The board of GM recommended selling 55% of Opel/Vauxhall to the Magna International Inc. and Sberbank [USSR] consortium but, 3 Nov. 2009, "decided to retain Opel[/Vauxhall]".
- 2017, March 6: PSA announced that it would buy Opel / Vauxhall from GM.