Properly built cars?
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From the AA website:
British owned
Morgan Motor Company Ltd » (Aero, 4/4, Plus 4, Plus 8, Roadster, 4 seater, 3 wheeler)
Caterham Cars Ltd » (Seven)
Mclaren Automotive » (MP4-12C and P1)
Made in Britain
The following companies build cars in Britain, but are not UK owned.
MINI – build the MINI, MINI Clubman, Coupe and Roadster in Cowley, Oxford, but are owned by BMW in Germany.
Honda build the Civic, CRV and Jazz(from autumn 2009) in Swindon.
Toyota build the Auris and Avensis in Derbyshire.
Nissan build the Juke, Qashqai, Note and LEAF in Sunderland.
Lotus in Norfolk are Malaysian owned and build the Elise, EWvora and Exige
Aston Martin in Gaydon, Warwickshire build the DB9, Rapide, Virage, DBS and one-77 and are owned by two Kuwaiti companies – Investment Dar and Adeem Investments.
Bentley Motors in Crewe (owned by Volkswagen) builds the Continental, Flying Spur and Mulsanne
Rolls Royce builds the Ghost, Phantom and Wraith in Goodwood and is owned by BMW.
Jaguar/Land Rover cars (F-type, XJ, XF, XK, Defender, Discovery, Evoque, Freelander, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport) are built in the West Midlands and Liverpool but owned by Tata Motor Company of India.
MG Motors build the MG3 and MG6 at Longbridge, Birmingham – owned by SAIC of China.
Vauxhall Motors are part of General Motors and build Astras at Ellesmere Port and the Vivaro van in Luton
Ford stopped passenger car production in the UK in 2002 and Transit production in Southampton in July 2013 but continues to manufacture engines in Bridgend and Dagenham and transmissions in Halewood.
Reliant no longer build cars – the Robin was transferred to a company called B&N Plastics in Suffolk, but although they supply parts, no Robins are being manufactured at the moment.
(Updated 3 March 2014)
British owned
Morgan Motor Company Ltd » (Aero, 4/4, Plus 4, Plus 8, Roadster, 4 seater, 3 wheeler)
Caterham Cars Ltd » (Seven)
Mclaren Automotive » (MP4-12C and P1)
Made in Britain
The following companies build cars in Britain, but are not UK owned.
MINI – build the MINI, MINI Clubman, Coupe and Roadster in Cowley, Oxford, but are owned by BMW in Germany.
Honda build the Civic, CRV and Jazz(from autumn 2009) in Swindon.
Toyota build the Auris and Avensis in Derbyshire.
Nissan build the Juke, Qashqai, Note and LEAF in Sunderland.
Lotus in Norfolk are Malaysian owned and build the Elise, EWvora and Exige
Aston Martin in Gaydon, Warwickshire build the DB9, Rapide, Virage, DBS and one-77 and are owned by two Kuwaiti companies – Investment Dar and Adeem Investments.
Bentley Motors in Crewe (owned by Volkswagen) builds the Continental, Flying Spur and Mulsanne
Rolls Royce builds the Ghost, Phantom and Wraith in Goodwood and is owned by BMW.
Jaguar/Land Rover cars (F-type, XJ, XF, XK, Defender, Discovery, Evoque, Freelander, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport) are built in the West Midlands and Liverpool but owned by Tata Motor Company of India.
MG Motors build the MG3 and MG6 at Longbridge, Birmingham – owned by SAIC of China.
Vauxhall Motors are part of General Motors and build Astras at Ellesmere Port and the Vivaro van in Luton
Ford stopped passenger car production in the UK in 2002 and Transit production in Southampton in July 2013 but continues to manufacture engines in Bridgend and Dagenham and transmissions in Halewood.
Reliant no longer build cars – the Robin was transferred to a company called B&N Plastics in Suffolk, but although they supply parts, no Robins are being manufactured at the moment.
(Updated 3 March 2014)
Pebbles167 said:
Peugeot built cars at it's Ryton plant until 2006 after which the place was smashed up.
Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
My Brit built 306 D-Turbo was much better than my mates 1.9 non turbo French built 306Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
cirian75 said:
Pebbles167 said:
Peugeot built cars at it's Ryton plant until 2006 after which the place was smashed up.
Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
My Brit built 306 D-Turbo was much better than my mates 1.9 non turbo French built 306Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
996TT02 said:
cirian75 said:
Pebbles167 said:
Peugeot built cars at it's Ryton plant until 2006 after which the place was smashed up.
Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
My Brit built 306 D-Turbo was much better than my mates 1.9 non turbo French built 306Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
996TT02 said:
In a time where even McDonald's burgers are identical whether bought in London or Lusaka, I find this hard to believe. Care to detail the differences?
The preservatives in McDonalds food and the general shoddiness of Peugeot manufacturing and build quality means that the McDonalds burger has a much longer shelf life and as such can be shipped half way around the world and stored almost indefinitely without any deterioration in ahem quality. 996TT02 said:
cirian75 said:
Pebbles167 said:
Peugeot built cars at it's Ryton plant until 2006 after which the place was smashed up.
Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
My Brit built 306 D-Turbo was much better than my mates 1.9 non turbo French built 306Cant tell a UK built one from a French built one, save for checking the serial number. Both are of the same build quality... mostly bad, but Ok in some area's.
Asterix said:
Not exactly recent but my old 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee was built in Austria and was in a different league compared to the identical car made in the US.
It always made me chuckle that if you bought a Jeep, it was built in Austria - but if you bought a BMW or Merc 4x4, it was built in the US.TooMany2cvs said:
Asterix said:
Not exactly recent but my old 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee was built in Austria and was in a different league compared to the identical car made in the US.
It always made me chuckle that if you bought a Jeep, it was built in Austria - but if you bought a BMW or Merc 4x4, it was built in the US.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff