From: Dave 

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:29:50 +0300, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
:

| You wouldn't happen to know *why* it's Vauxhall in the UK? I've wondered
| about that sometimes. They were sold as Vauxhalls here in the 70's, too
(my | mom had one), but then took on the Opel brand. I think it's strange.

No particular reason, other than that GM's English division is called
Vauxhall, and their German division is called Opel.

Probably has roots in pre-wwII history.  I imagine that Vauxhall and Fritz
Opel were separate companies first, and were absorbed by General Motors in
the 1920s or 1930s.

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