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Can Brit-Built Astra Make it Two Cotys in a Row for Vauxhall?

LUTON, UNITED KINGDOM – November 9, 2009: One year after collecting the 2009 European Car of the Year award for Vauxhall, the Insignia may now be handing the mantle to the all-new Astra, which is on a short list of cars to take the honour for 2010. Full Article at TheAutoChannel.com

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  1. Nick Reilly, interim head of General Motor's European business sits in an Opel Insignia at the headquarters of German carmaker Opel in Ruesselsheim November 25, 2009. General Motors has paid back a loan from Germany and slightly lowered its target for job cuts at struggling European unit Opel.
  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24:  Lord Mandelson the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills examines a new Vauxhall Astra car outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on November 24, 2009 in London, England.
  3. ELLESMERE PORT, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 15:  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tours the production line of the new Vauxhall Astra, which coincides with the  launch of the car at the Frankfurt Motorshow, on September 15, 2009 in Ellesmere Port, England.
  4. LUTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10:  A worker leaves the Vauxhall car plant 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.
  5. BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 10:  John Smith (R), lead negotiator for U.S. carmaker General Motors, and Fred Irwin (C), Chairman of the Opel Trust Board, arrive to announce GM's final decision of the future of German carmaker Opel on September 10, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  6. General Motors auto assembly workers Laura Mather and Jimmy Ruiz  listen to an announcement about the Chevrolet Volt electric car during a news conference in Hamtramck, Michigan, December 7, 2009.
  7. DETROIT -  DECEMBER 7:  Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm gives a thumbs-up to the crowd of media and General Motors workers as she drives a new Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle to the stage at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant to a stage December 7, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
  8. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 2:  General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz delivers the Motor Press Guild keynote address during press preview days of the 2009 LA Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on December 2, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
  9. DETROIT -  DECEMBER 1:  General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre reads a statement announcing that Fritz Henderson will be stepping down as the CEO of the company at a news conference December 1, 2009 at the GM headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Whitacre will take over as the interim CEO.

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