Interesting article from there BBC
here. I was more surprised about the percentages than the Brexit angle.
You mis-typed the link, Richard.
this link should work ok.
Very interesting statistics, and it opens up an interesting possibility:
1. Following Brexit, UK-built cars no longer count as being sufficiently 'British' so fall foul of the rules of origin
2. Foreign manufacturers are unable to absorb to costs of tariffs so divest themselves of their UK manufacturing facilities
So, could we have:
3: A UK consortium led by Dyson gets together, buys all the facilities, and starts building a fully-UK originated car under a resurrected brand name from the past.
Which would be nice, especially if they got together with some of the leading-edge vehicle technology companies like Magtec and Potenza.
What brand would we like to see resurrected? Armstrong-Whitworth? British Salmson? Hampton (my favourite as they were made in Stroud)?
