ANALYSIS: Fear and loathing in Luton

Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 14 September 2009

The Luton van plant is at serious risk of closure in the wake of GM's forced sale of Opel/Vauxhall to Magna and its Russian finance partners, writes Mark Bursa

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