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To: Cronos

the uk hardly has any native auto production in any large quantities.

mini-coopers are notmdesired by everyone and rolls royce makes few and few can afford. other than that all their other historic brands have been sold off to tata or ford. they get almpst of their cars from other countries.


7 posted on 07/28/2020 9:50:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man; ConservativeInPA
Correct, it has few native companies, but it does manufacture a lot of cars
he automotive industry in the United Kingdom is now best known for premium and sports car marques including Aston Martin, Bentley, Caterham Cars, Daimler, Jaguar, Lagonda, Land Rover, Lister Cars, Lotus, McLaren, MG, Mini, Morgan and Rolls-Royce. Volume car manufacturers with a major presence in the UK include Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Vauxhall Motors (subsidiary of Opel, subsidiary of the French automotive company Groupe PSA).[1] Commercial vehicle manufacturers active in the UK include Alexander Dennis, Ford, IBC Vehicles (owned by Groups PSA), Leyland Trucks (owned by Paccar) and London Electric Vehicle Company (owned by Geely).[1]

In 2018 the UK automotive manufacturing sector had a turnover of £82 billion, generated £18.6 billion in value to the UK economy and produced around 1.5 million passenger vehicles and 85,000 commercial vehicles

30 posted on 07/28/2020 11:04:24 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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