UK Town Motors On As Historic Vauxhall Plant To Shut

It is the end of an era as British car brand Vauxhall stops production at its historic plant in Luton after 120 years and with the loss of 1,100 jobs (Credit: AFP)

At regular intervals, vehicle transporters exited the front gates of the historic Vauxhall plant in the English town of Luton, loaded with white electric vans straight off the assembly line.

From the outside it appeared to be business as usual at the ageing factory that has churned out vehicles for 120 years, including for the British army during two World Wars.