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The Opel Corsa is a supermini car [1] [2] [3] manufactured and marketed by Opel since 1982 — as well as other brands, namely Vauxhall, Chevrolet, and Holden.. At its height of popularity, the Corsa became the best-selling car in the world in 1998, recording 910,839 sales, assembled on four continents, marketed under five marques and offered in five body styles. [4]
A 1903 model was entered in the London-to-Brighton car run in 2018. [18] To expand, the company moved the majority of its production to Luton in 1905. [16] The company continued to trade under the name Vauxhall Iron Works until 1907, when the modern name 'Vauxhall Motors' was adopted.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Car model Motor vehicle Ford Anglia 1960 Ford Anglia 105E DeLuxe Overview Manufacturer Ford UK Production 1939–1967 Assembly Dagenham, England Halewood, England (from 1963) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Lower Hutt, New Zealand Body and chassis Class Small family car (C) Layout Front ...
Driven by cheap subsidized diesel fuel, diesel cars had a peak market share of 47% around 2012. [21] Meanwhile, diesel market share in the United States and China remained low. [22] In China, diesel cars are associated with heavy goods vehicles in consumer's minds, and environmental regulations kept diesel cars pricey to maintain. [23]
Finish line of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, 2005 The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is the world's longest-running motoring event, held on a course between London ( 51°30′31″N 00°09′49″W / 51.50861°N 0.16361°W / 51.50861; -0.16361 ( Hyde Park ) ) and Brighton ( 50°49′42″N 00°08′22″W ...
Since 1993, the London Air Quality Network of Imperial College London has coordinated the monitoring of air pollution across 30 London boroughs and Heathrow, and has noted that in 2005–2006 almost all road and kerbside monitoring sites across greater London exceeded the annual average limits for nitrogen dioxide of 40 μgm (21 ppb), with eleven sites exceeding the hourly limits of 200 μgm ...
In February 2016, four redundant D78 cars were used by the emergency services in a mock tube accident staged at Littlebrook Power Station. [16] One car 7012 is preserved by the London Transport Museum Depot at Acton. [citation needed] Car 7027 is preserved at Coopers Lane School, Lewisham for use as a library. [17]
Diesel locomotives have seen limited use on the London Underground, largely because exhaust gases cannot be discharged when the vehicles are working in tunnels. A prototype diesel engine numbered DEL120 was built in 1939 from two 1915 stock motor cars, which was expected to be part of a batch of ten, but experience with battery locomotives showed that these were a better alternative.