T 42 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Its not easy to identify whether or not a car is built in the UK,especially as most are assembled from parts made overseas. It isn't exactly rocket science. If you buy an Alfa, Audi, Acura, Bugatti, BMW, Chrysler, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Citroen, Daihatsu, Dodge, Ford, Fiat, Ferrari, Hyundai, Holden, Infiniti, Jeep, Kia, Lamborghini, Lancia, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Mercedes, Mazda, Porsche, Proton, Perodua, Pagani, Peugeot, Renault, Skoda, Seat, Subaru, Smart, Suzuki, iSpyker, Ssangyong, Volkswagen, or Volvo you are buying a foreign built car. Some of the others might require you to ask of the dealer, but as non of the above make their cars in the UK there isn't any doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I blame "Red Robbo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T 42 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Great comfort for the Ford workers who've just lost their jobs. I'm sure they'll feel better for knowing that. The writing was on the wall when Ford closed their last car plant in the UK in 2002. You might take a look at the following UK car production figures and let me know what you make of them bearing in mind this year is likely to see a 15-20% increase on 2011. 1980 1,296,000 1996 1,686,000 2009 999,000 2011 1,344,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ford motor company has anounced the closure of it's Transit making plant in Southampton and an end to stamping operations at Dagenham, dealing a body blow to the UK's manufacturing base. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/business-20083272 The government has stated that the economy needs to be rebalanced in favour of proper industries which employ people in well-paid jobs and actually create wealth, what is the government doing to get Ford to reverse this decision, or will it do nothing like it did when London Underground announced they were going to buy new trains from Germany rather than the Bombardier works in Derby. Maybe they should l allow them to not pay tax here...What did Labour do in 2002 when Ford stopped building cars here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T 42 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Great comfort for the Ford workers who've just lost their jobs. I'm sure they'll feel better for knowing that. And so they should. An expanding motor industry like the one we have now will be requiring skilled workers. A 22% increase in output requires a large increase in man power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 It seems that Ford may be trying to reduce their production capacity throughout Europe. 1400 jobs lost in the UK will be a hard blow, but there are another 8300 going in Belgium. Governments can bleat about it, the workers can demonstrate about it, but I doubt it's going to make any difference. If people in Europe say: "We won't buy Ford cars" Ford are likely to reply; "You don't. That's why we're reducing production capacity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ford North America doing very well for ths last 4 years at least. They didnt even ask for a bailout in 2009 unlike General Motors and Chrysler. Perhaps European sales must be poor by comparison. What's the record on strikes during the past fer years by the way if any? Strikes at Dagenham were a common occurence years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy48 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 lets hope the workers dont suffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Unfortunately Andy, a lot of them will. I doubt that there are any other car manufacturers who are thinking of increasing European production dramatically and looking for a few second-hand factories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ford North America doing very well for ths last 4 years at least. They didnt even ask for a bailout in 2009 unlike General Motors and Chrysler. Perhaps European sales must be poor by comparison. What's the record on strikes during the past fer years by the way if any? Strikes at Dagenham were a common occurence years ago AFAIK, Ford'S industrial relations in Europe have been pretty good for a long time. Many of the car models they sell in Europe are popular and are seen as being reliable. The problem seems to be that there are too many manufacturers with too much capacity and too few people wanting to buy new cars. If a company closes a factory in one European country and re-opens in another European country, then one might suspect that the company is trying to exploit some sort of cost-saving, but if it closes 2 factories in 2 European countries then - even though it may open factories outside the EU - the only logical conclusion is that the company feels that its manufacturing capacity in the EU exceeds its predicted market share in the EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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