Future of UK car manufacturing
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mjsbrabus said:
Just came across a picture I took in 2016 at the largely empty SAAB factory at Trolhatten.
And it crossed my mind - what will the UK car industry look like in a couple of years after the full impact of Brexit and this Cononavirus fiasco??
No that will be what the european car industry will look like post brexit/ CV if the EU carries on as they are at the moment!!And it crossed my mind - what will the UK car industry look like in a couple of years after the full impact of Brexit and this Cononavirus fiasco??
mjsbrabus said:
Just came across a picture I took in 2016 at the largely empty SAAB factory at Trolhatten.
And it crossed my mind - what will the UK car industry look like in a couple of years after the full impact of Brexit and this Cononavirus fiasco??
The main thing that is destroying the car industry is the green movement, the government is a full paid up member and intends to get rid of ICEs ,that has lead to people not buying as many cars, this will lead to uneconomic car plants/companies that will not have the money to invest in changing to electric so will reduce the number of factories,And it crossed my mind - what will the UK car industry look like in a couple of years after the full impact of Brexit and this Cononavirus fiasco??
Honda is a good example, the government told them diesel was the future so they designed and built at considerable expense a diesel engine, a few years down the line they are told electric is the future, so they shut the Swindon factory because it is uneconomic to convert the factory, the factory was borderline on profit running ICE.
Even the only economist who thought Brexit was a good idea, Patrick Minford told MPs on Westminster’s Foreign Affairs committee that car manufacturers in the UK would have to be wound down if Britain left the EU.
In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
Fittster said:
Even the only economist who thought Brexit was a good idea, Patrick Minford told MPs on Westminster’s Foreign Affairs committee that car manufacturers in the UK would have to be wound down if Britain left the EU.
In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
This.In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
We shouldn’t be expecting anything to be left of UK manufacturing.
As you correctly state, the chief economist of the Leave campaign said “Brexit would lead to running down of the car industry in the same way we ran down the coal and steel industries”.
As pointed out by Fittster, he also said that UK manufacturing in general would be ‘Eliminated’ after Brexit.
So there you have it. I don’t know why anyone is expecting anything else.
Brexit was voted for, and elimination of manufacturing will no doubt be delivered as expected.
Lord Marylebone said:
Fittster said:
Even the only economist who thought Brexit was a good idea, Patrick Minford told MPs on Westminster’s Foreign Affairs committee that car manufacturers in the UK would have to be wound down if Britain left the EU.
In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
This.In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
We shouldn’t be expecting anything to be left of UK manufacturing.
As you correctly state, the chief economist of the Leave campaign said “Brexit would lead to running down of the car industry in the same way we ran down the coal and steel industries”.
As pointed out by Fittster, he also said that UK manufacturing in general would be ‘Eliminated’ after Brexit.
So there you have it. I don’t know why anyone is expecting anything else.
Brexit was voted for, and elimination of manufacturing will no doubt be delivered as expected.
A Winner Is You said:
We were told the same thing would happen if we didn't join the Euro, and being in the EU didn't do Rover much good.
So what you are saying is that the chief economist of the Leave campaign was either completely clueless or lying.I’ll be honest, that isn’t comforting whichever way you look at it.
Edited to add: Rover's product was generally poor compared to the offerings from Europe and Japan. How much longer would Rover have lasted anyway against competitors, irrespective of EU membership?
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 6th May 13:20
Fittster said:
Even the only economist who thought Brexit was a good idea, Patrick Minford told MPs on Westminster’s Foreign Affairs committee that car manufacturers in the UK would have to be wound down if Britain left the EU.
In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
Except he didnt say that.In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
'First, he quotes my remark about the ‘elimination’ of manucfaturing. That remark concerned the ‘metal-bashing’ end; my point, as elaborated around it, was that manufacturing would raise productivity as it has in the past by going up the value chain and becoming more hi-tech. Given the UK’s comparative advantage in such skill-intensive industry, this could well imply a substantial expansion in that part of manufacturing.
Fittster said:
Even the only economist who thought Brexit was a good idea, Patrick Minford told MPs on Westminster’s Foreign Affairs committee that car manufacturers in the UK would have to be wound down if Britain left the EU.
In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
Who needs manufacturing when you have a blue cover on your passport?In the run up to the referendum in 2016, he also said that Brexit would "eliminate" manufacturing.
tangerine_sedge said:
A Winner Is You said:
We were told the same thing would happen if we didn't join the Euro, and being in the EU didn't do Rover much good.
No, but we did get Honda & Toyota, so that they could sell into Europe.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/jan/18/e...
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