Deal or no deal? All the Vauxhall story needs is Noel Edmonds

By Steve Orme on Nov 4, 09 12:38 PM

It's a story I never thought I would write: An international car dealer has pulled out of a sale because the economy is picking up: "Sorry sir, we have decided it's quite a nice car and we think it looks jolly good on the forecourt if the sun shines."

In an unprecedented move Yankee Doodle Motors has said it will no longer sell a 2009 Vauxhall to the Mounties because, in the words of D:Ream, things can only get better.
A fickle way to do business, General Motors, if you don't mind me saying so.
The Germans, from an Opel perspective, are far from happy and want a 1.5b euro loan repaid. Well they would wouldn't they?
No news yet of what the Canadian parts maker Magna has to say but I bet it wasn't have a nice day. I mean come on, imagine the reaction you would get going back to a dealer and saying you didn't want the car now, deposit back please, simply because you have found that one careful owner was a delivery driver for a suicide bombing agency.
Unite union boss, Tony Woodly, gave the U-turn a resounding huzzah! "A fantastic decision," his how he described it.
In Ellesmere Port, Astra workers were a bit more savvy, anticipating cuts in the workforce and a topsy-turvy immediate future.
It is for them I feel, especially now that Mandelson has spoken: "I have always thought that if the right long-term sustainable solution is identified the government would be willing to support this."
After all, you don't want him sniffing around your back door for too long.