VAUXHALL CARS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
AND BEDFORD TRUCKS

1903 - 1960

In the Table below are official figures for all London [1903 - 1905], Luton, Bedfordshire [1905 to date], and Dunstable, Bedfordshire [Bedford Trucks 1954 to 1984] production. Note that Ellesemere Port, Liverpool, did not open until 1964. Note also that Vauxhall R-type cars were assembled in Hendon, London, 1928 to 1930 as well as Luton. Also, Chevrolet and Bedford-Chevrolet cars, light deliveries and trucks were assembled at Luton 1930-32 as well.

YEAR

TOTAL OUTPUT

CARS

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
[BEDFORD and VAUXHALL]

EXPORTS

PAYROLL

TURNOVER
£ millions

1903

43

43

 

 

150

 

1904

76

76

 

 

180

 

1905

1

1

 

 

180

 

1906

15

15

 

 

180

 

1907

69

69

 

 

200

 

1908

94

94

 

15

250

 

1909

195

195

 

25

350

 

1910

243

243

 

30

460

 

1911

265

265

 

35

500

 

1912

302

302

 

45

560

 

1913

387

387

 

 

575

 

1914 > 1918

2189: 1,996 cars built for War Office

1919

565

565

 

25

750

 

1920

689

689

 

97

1023

 

1921

479

479

 

52

1210

 

1922

637

637

 

66

1390

 

1923

1462

1462

 

108

1570

 

1924

1366

1366

 

88

1750

 

1925

1388

1388

 

95

1820

 

1926

1516

1516

 

112

1934

 

1927

1645

1645

 

590

2277

 

1928

2539

2539

 

853

1477

 

1929

1278

1278

 

156

1552

 

1930

8930

8930

 

223

2725

 

1931

15152

3927

11225

1657

2458

 

1932

16915

3679

13239

6309

3268

 

1933

27636

11106

16530

8479

5200

 

1934

40455

18816

21639

14283

6352

 

1935

48671

25240

22431

15314

6726

 

1936

50703

21319

29384

14636

7660

 

1937

59744

28076

31668

20768

8669

 

1938

60110

35415

24695

20271

8589

 

1939 >1945

2,548 cars for Ministry of Supply; 249,000 trucks and 5,640 Churchill Tanks

1946

53536

19722

33864

22867

11588

20

1947

61453

30376

31077

28690

11773

22.7

1948

74676

39566

35010

52840

11943

26.1

1949

84167

45366

38801

57831

12003

29.75

1950

87454

47025

40429

61471

12669

31.6

1951

77877

35374

42503

53271

12059

35.9

1952

79162

35640

43522

56275

12435

44.5

1953

110141

61606

48535

66435

13836

58.6

 

 

 

DUNSTABLE PLANT
[BEDFORD TRUCKS]:

 

 

 

1954

130951

70115

60836

70769

14850

66.8

1955

143567

75634

67933

76071

16487

75.6

1956

123643

61463

62180

84051

16151

71.8

1957

160227

91444

58783

84422

22084

76.1

1958

174616

119177

55439

103411

21878

95

1959

246085

157365

88720

134912

26251

130

1960

252026

145742

106284

132938

24470

136

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