Vauxhall has revealed plans to bring its Heritage Collection to a far wider audience than ever before.
Operated for many years as a working, press-facing collection, the Heritage Centre will be relocated to another site in Luton in the coming year, following the impending sale of the Griffin House site where it’s based.
“The advantage this has given us,” said Simon Hucknall, Vauxhall’s head of PR, “is that we have the potential to make it public-facing for the first time in its 73-year history. We are currently working on a fundraising plan to house the Collection in a new, bespoke Vauxhall museum in Luton, which will be open to all and include much of the collection and memorabilia.”
Cars housed include one of only two surviving WW1 D-Type Staff Cars and the ‘Prince Henry’, commonly referred to as the world’s first sports car, while the oldest is the 1903 5HP, which holds the distinction of being the second-earliest Vauxhall in existence.
