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Archie_tect

Archie_tect

De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
Location
Northumberland
The British Car Manufacturers Handbook 2014

Sponsored by the British Leyland Museum.
 
Over The Hill

Over The Hill

Guru
Location
Ridden off into the sunset
I would say it is a car made in the UK.
We have after all accepted Ford as British but they are and have always been a foreign company.

So we should really embrace the Hondas, Toyotas and Peugeots made here. It seems a bit daft thinking a GM car made in Germany is British just because they slap a Vauxhall badge on it.

UK car manufacture is actually doing rather well and holding to a level of the mid 70s. And doing so with about a quarter of the workers and with happy staff that are not going on strike every five minutes. It is an area of the economy that has got sorted out rather well.

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smokeysmoo

smokeysmoo

Legendary Member
Location
Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Over The Hill said:
So we should really embrace the Hondas, Toyotas and Peugeots made here.
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FYI - Peugeot stopped producing cars in the UK back in 2007 when they shut their Ryton plant. That plant was used to build the 206 model, but when the 207 was announced the decision was made to move it's production to Slovakia.

From an article in the GUARDIAN in 2006: "PSA Peugeot-Citroën said it had decided to close the plant because of its high production and logistical costs which meant it could not justify the €255m (£175m) investment required to bring in new models to replace the Peugeot 206, which is currently built there."

"One of the managers said it was simple maths. It costs £11.50 [an hour] to build the car here, and about £2.50 to build it in Slovakia."
 
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