The impressive 60-car Vauxhall Heritage Collection is to be temporarily rehomed at the Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire ahead of its long-awaited move to a permanent base, as the manufacturer’s Griffin House headquarters in Luton edges closer to sale.
The collection, which spans more than a century of the marque, will at some point in the future be on public display in its entirety for the first time. “We are currently developing plans for a new, purpose-built base for the collection, which will allow it to be public-facing, while also bringing back its working status,” explained collection curator and Vauxhall’s head of PR, Simon Hucknall.
“This is by no means the work of a minute, but we hope to be able to share more details about a new Vauxhall Heritage Centre early next year.”
In the meantime, a third of the collection is already on show. The ‘Vauxhall – Made in Luton’ exhibition at the town’s Stockwood Discovery Centre features a diverse 13-car display, including the 1910 Prince Henry sports car and XVR concept from 1966, plus 1970 Viva GT.
Large Heritage Collection features a car for each decade of Vauxhall; early Vauxhalls are regulars on the Veteran Run
