Why are GM cars called Opel in Ireland and Vauxhall in UK?

Answer 1

ok they are called opel in europe! but here in england they could't use that name due to another major company having the copyright on it so thats why they are called vauxhall. (great cars though)

Answer 2

Up until the 1960s Opel and Vauxhall produced competing models. During the 1970s they merged their engineering and design facilities, but still produced slightly different models (the front-end styling was generally different), and competing models were often available in the UK and Ireland, but the dealer networks were gradually merged. In the 1980s, when the styling became identical (apart from badges), GM decided to only spend the marketing money on one brand per country. In the UK, Vauxhall was the bigger-selling brand, so it stayed. In Ireland, Opel was the bigger-selling brand (the Irish buyer preferring a German brand to a British brand).
The situation has remained since then, with the UK getting Vauxhall-branded cars and vans, and the rest of Europe getting Opel-branded cars and vans.

Answer 3

GM Cars are known as Opel throughout Europe apart from the UK. It's because of the car manufacturers that GM took over.

Answer 4

historically they were allVaushall in England, but they were taken over by Opel. To keep the brand name going they continued to call them Vauxhalls as they had gethered a good brand following, They are Opel in all other parts of Europe as well.

Answer 5

Vauxhall, Opel, Lotus etc were all seperate manufacturers until GM bought them all in a take over. Some have kept their names even though their cars are similar to models sold elsewhere. Some are proud of their connection to GM, others like Lotus, play it down.

Answer 6

because in UK the opel manufacturing had a different licence for production,but it still the same make with the opel in ireleand and other countries, and the same patronage,even the name of Opel in UK is Vauxall.