General Motors To Sell Vauxhall & Opel To Car Parts Manufacturor Magna

LUTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: A lorry advertising a Vauxhall car drives through the Vauxhall plant in Luton after the parent company, General Motors, announced it is to sell Vauxhall and Opel to Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna on September 10, 2009 in Luton, England. A spokesman for Magna confirmed that the company intends to honour the existing contract to produce vans in Luton till 2013. Vauxhall currently employs 5,500 workers in the UK in its plants in Luton and Ellesmere Port. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)