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k4blades

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Britains motor industry booming.
« on: July 28, 2012, 04:45:22 PM »
As Pete wants more posts from others, heres one.

I was reading today about Britains booming motor industry leading the way in manufacturing with all the knock on jobs. We are exporting more cars than ever before, producing more than any other country in Europe and have more car manufacturers with plants here compared to anywhere else in Europe. We are also seen as a "center of excellence", for example with many motorsport teams. And billions of £s have been committed in new plants / models, etc

This is surely good news for our economy so I wonder why Pete hasn't mentioned it, maybe because its happening under those nasty Tories while Labour, well they did close down Rover......


Over to you, Pete... 
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Re: Britains motor industry booming.
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 05:24:40 PM »
Don't be so childish.
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2012, 05:35:24 PM »
I will Grant you All That K4Blades, but , I could not help wondering
how many British Owned Car Manufacturers are in those figures.
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2012, 05:47:55 PM »
Unless you mean Reliants or Bentleys I presume you mean made by British workers but under foreign ownership?
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 06:01:07 PM »
Depending on whether or not you include Aston Martin (owned as it is by a consortium including Ford USA, 2 Kuwaitti and one US investment banks and Dave Richards of Prodrive) the most productive UK car company is probably Morgan who make 800 cars a year!!
There is however one more productive one but I will leave that for people to guess.
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 06:02:14 PM »
Quote from: Slacker on July 28, 2012, 05:47:55 PM
Unless you mean Reliants or Bentleys I presume you mean made by British workers but under foreign ownership?
Reliant don't exist as a manufacturer anymore and Bentley are owned by VAG.
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2012, 07:50:46 PM »
If any business in the UK is owned by foreigners, then that says even more about our economy, afterall they could take their business elsewhere, but instead they are providing jobs in this country....yet all we hear is how the Tories are destroying manufacturing....
Would you rather those businesses didn't exist because we should restrict ownership to British owners.
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« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2012, 07:55:41 PM »
And maybe the other thing it says is that British workers are quite capable of doing a great job, but failed when managed by over regulated, old fashioned, union dominated working practices, but when you free them to work under the principles a foreign business may use, they flourish.
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« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2012, 09:31:40 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2012, 09:43:18 PM »
Dennis, or Alexander Dennis make Fire Engines & Buses, Bin lorries etc.
So I think you are right with Maclaren & Aeriel-my guesses too. ;D
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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2012, 09:46:56 PM »
Oh, and possibly AC cars........... :)
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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2012, 09:56:55 PM »
Hope Jags are still worth 50% of the cost when they're 5 years old.
My Hyundai is. Though probably built at a s**t hole abroad somewhere by workers earning pennies.

BMW 320d's arent. Trust me, I sold one last year. Cost £30,000, got £7000.
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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2012, 10:59:28 PM »
None of you are right on the car company so far.
And Chris if you can afford an XF there's no wonder you love the current government and its policies!!  Yp
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