Talk:Vauxhall Carlton

Where was the Carlton built?
My eye was caught by the opening statement of this entry, that the car was produced by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom. It was certainly sold by Vauxhall, but does anyone know whether or not it was actually assembled in Luton (or even with the smaller cars at Ellesmere Port...)? I remember the Carlton sort of crept onto the UK market place without fanfare, rather as the very fist Cavaliers had done a few years earlier, and with the Cavalier this reflected the fact that all the first Cavaliers were assembled in GM's (relatively small) Antwerp plant. I don't know whether (or not) something similar happened with the Carlton. Unlike the Cavalier, the Carlton never really got to sell in large numbers, so in economic terms it would maybe have made more sense simply to run a few batches of right hand drive Rekords down the Ruesselsheim line with the Vauxhall nose panels and badges from time to time. This is speculation, but if my speculation is correct, then we presumably should write that the Carlton was 'sold by Vauxhall in the UK' rather than that it was produced by Vauxhall in the UK. Or? Regards Charles01 (talk) 19:42, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It's one of those things where, since it's in doubt and the existing statement is unreferenced, we should immediately change it. "Sold" is acceptable without a reference because it's common sense &mdash; anyone interested in the field knows it to be true. I'll make that change just now, pending evidence of where it was produced being found and cited. – Kieran T  (' talk ') 22:58, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Works for me. Thanks, Kieran.  Charles01 (talk) 06:07, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

I think I found the answer in this article in Autocar from 1982. "Our Carlton, which joined the long-term fleet in December 1978, was built in Luton from components made at Russelsheim in Germany. Now the wheel has turned full circle with the arrival of a new, reskinned Carlton, in October 1982 and build transferred back to Germany to make way for greater Cavalier production at Luton."

It's on Google Books, here and here. Polemicista (talk) 20:51, 6 May 2020 (UTC)