Britain’s oldest make of car faces crisis. Its Ellesmere Port factory is moving to single shift working and you don’t feel Peugeot-Citroën (PSA) has its heart in it. GM Europe sustained 16 consecutive years of losses before the French takeover and while PSA is unlikely to abandon Vauxhall short term it could unravel in the long. Peugeot is well established in the UK. Vauxhall could atrophy without a French tear being shed.