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All Vauxhall police vehicles are converted at the firm’s dedicated new factory in Luton.<\/p><\/div>\n
Vauxhall’s Combo<\/a>, Vivaro (which is built just round the corner<\/a>) and Movano<\/a> vans are a\u00a0popular choice with UK police fleets, as are its cars. The new\u00a0factory will convert 2,500 vehicles per year for police, fire and ambulance services around the UK.<\/p>\n The good news is that the new factory has created 50 new jobs in the Luton area and will source 90% of the materials used in the conversions from\u00a0local UK firms.\u00a0Vauxhall is the only manufacturer to offer a one-stop shop for blue-light vehicles. Testing, converting and even decommissioning and remarketing are all done in house.<\/p>\n Vauxhall Vivaro vans converted for UK police forces<\/p><\/div>\n Police vehicle specifications have changed rapidly in recent years, mainly in terms of the data and connectivity police expect to have available at their fingertips wherever they are. New police vehicles are fitted with technology such as 4G Wi-Fi and rugged Toughbook tablets. All of the preparation needed for this is taken care of by Vauxhall.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough our flexible production facility, Vauxhall is able to offer a one-stop shop purchasing experience to UK emergency services,\u201d said Dick Ellam, Vauxhall\u2019s Manager, Special Vehicles.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can deliver a wide choice of car and van models, specifically designed and rigorously-tested to meet the stringent demands of our emergency services. We can also supply turn-key vehicle solutions that enable rapid turnaround of replacement vehicles, plus we can now offer a unique in-house de-commissioning and re-marketing service.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That’s what I call an insider job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vauxhall has opened a dedicated factory for emergency service car and van conversions in Luton, Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[126,119],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9411,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9406\/revisions\/9411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Vauxhall](\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/vauxhall-police-vivaro-sm.jpg\")