Im not sure its even that difficult, if MMC would decide what its business is and how its going to get there then there are a number of options for renting capability or even building it and this applied to many areas, there is good business to be had offering it to other specialist companies or oems who dont have space on there production line or want to make prototypes.

Paint shop.

For example at the moment Halewood is bursting at the seems because of the paintshop capacity is 45 jobs and hour, and they have been tweeking to get it upto 47 jobs and hour, but they are building 55 cars an hour on the line so its a mess. All the specials are having to be part built and shipped to solihull for painting. Because of the new rangy that is almost full. so when they put the F type online next summer they will need outsourced capacity for the autobiography range.

similar situation for a number of the big oems that painting is a real mess as its an area they are trying to use to attract custom.

In the UK there are atleast 100 vehicle producers who need this type of capacity, this ranges from military, motorsports, agriculture.

Tooling
I guess most of you wouldnt believe that most of the koenigsegg tooling and all the prototypes were built in derby, and this is only one of many parts which UK does.


MMC could make a good business in helping other companies assemble pre production prototypes, or even doing parts of other tasks its self for the aero and then selling these services.

but may be im not romantic enough


I think there are a few more items to add to the list

1. better wood treatments, if your going to use real wood inside then it needs to be properly protected from as a start european weather, with its changes in humidity and temperature

2. HVAC which works, this isnt a luxury item its a necessity, if you ant see where your going it really doesnt inspire enjoyment

3. Wipers which work.

4. if i was being really picky a more sensible way to access the boot as this is not exactly erganomically optimal on the aero.

Overall an improved communication of the plan.




Last edited by Gwyn; 17/12/12 11:02 PM.