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Originally Posted by GEaston
2012 was a record year for British car production. We made more cars in Britain than ever before. Land Rover, Range Rover, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin and Nissan all hitting production records exporting all over the world, particularly in Asia.
How many here want British Leyland back? And why? A business that was bad to begin with, finished not by Maggie but by union practices combining with a terrible product.
Sure all these companies are now owned overseas, but so what? The manufacturing and jobs are UK and as noted earlier UK pension funds are big investors in these companies. In car technology the UK, and specifically the Midlands today, leads the world (formula 1 type technology).
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not quite true matey,when british leyland etc was made here the steel ,the ore was smelted in the uk the parts were made in the uk ,the seats were made and sown here,the tyres were made here .i would like to see the statistics counted by percentage of population as with population growth you are bound to see an increase.from 1997 to 2010 there was 7 million more cars on the roads.this was only possible because labour created wealth for more people not just the chosen few
