Vehicle left key English city (8)
I believe the answer is:
carlisle
'english city' is the definition.
(city in England)
'vehicle left key' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'key' becomes 'isle' (I've seen this in another clue).
'car'+'l'+'isle'='CARLISLE'
(Other definitions for carlisle that I've seen before include "Cellars I turn to in Northern English city" , "City in Cumbria" , "England's Border City" , "County town of Cumbria" , "Cumbrian city where Royalists surrendered in 1645" .)