The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.

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  1. A Vauxhall logo is seen on a car in Liverpool, northern England, September 22, 2009. Vauxhall's new owners Magna are considering cutting jobs in Britain according to media reports.
  2. Vauxhall cars are seen outside the company's Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, northern England, September 22, 2009. Vauxhall's new owners Magna are considering cutting jobs at Vauxhall according to media reports.
  3. ELLESMERE PORT, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 15: The new Vauxhall Astra, which is launched today at the Frankfurt Motorshow, on September 15, 2009 in Ellesmere Port, England. Prime Minister Gordon Brown also visted the production line today at Ellesmere Port where het met staff and workers whose parent company General Motors have agreed to sell 55% of its European units Opel and Vauxhall to Magna last week.
  4. The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Luton, north of London, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  5. The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  6. The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  7. The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Luton, north of London, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  8. The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  9. The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  10. A sign is pictured at the GM Vauxhall motors plant in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  11. A sign is pictured at the GM Vauxhall motors plant in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  12. A sign is pictured at the GM Vauxhall motors plant in Ellesmere port, Liverpool, north-west England, on September 11, 2009. Britain vowed Thursday to work for the 'best possible outcome' for employees of Vauxhall after General Motors said it would sell the carmaker to Canadian auto components group Magna. Business minister Pat McFadden said the government would continue talks on the future of the 4,700 Vauxhall staff with the new owners as trade unions warned it was vital British workers do not lose out from the deal.
  13. General Sales Manager Peter Van Den Berghe, left, talks to Jeff Harvery, center, of Auiroa, Colo., about the Saturn Outlook that he is about to test drive at the Saturn of Denver dealership in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Salesman Tim Duff is pictured at right. Harvey a two time Saturn owner was not concerned that General Motors is going to quit the Saturn line.
  14. An emblem of a Saab car is covered with raindrops at an car dealership in Hamburg in this February 20, 2009 file photo. U.S. auto giant GM's Saab Automobile said on November 27, 2009, it was talking to possible buyers, days after tiny Swedish sportscar maker Koenigsegg pulled out of a deal to take over the closure-threatened unit.
  15. A Saab 9-X Convertible Concept car is seen behind a curtain at the exhibition stand of General Motors Corp's (GM) Swedish unit Saab during a preview day of the 79th Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva in this March 2, 2009 file photo. U.S. auto giant GM's Saab Automobile said on November 27, 2009, it was talking to possible buyers, days after tiny Swedish sportscar maker Koenigsegg pulled out of a deal to take over the closure-threatened unit.
  16. A worker is interviewed as he leaves the Opel assembly plant of Antwerp November 25, 2009. General Motors carmaker representatives and Opel unions are due to meet today to discuss the future of G.M.'s European branch.

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