The once great British motoring industry is a very changed industry from the days and Marques that brought us such fine vehicles as the Rolls Royce, Morris Minor and E-Type Jag to mention just a few.
I do not wish to enter debates about which is the best, worst etc from the past. If that is your desire start your own threads.
GAME TWO QUESTION: Name all the British car makersthat are no longer in trading and/or are no longer British owned. This will be a very long list.
EG: Roll Royce Cars are still trading but not British owned.
shane.64,
May 11, 5:06pm
They don't like to get there hands dirty anymore
fordcrzy,
May 11, 5:14pm
the unions decided that building cars wasnt actually what car builders should be doing
That is the spirit, I got a very long list during my research for this.
gammelvind,
May 11, 5:50pm
There were a stack of car makers that closed shop by the 60's and then there were the unions after that.
andrewrender,
May 11, 5:55pm
Mini!
flat_white_ltd,
May 11, 5:57pm
Mini = B.L. ( British Leyland ) / Austin / Morris
flat_white_ltd,
May 11, 6:00pm
Essex , Sheffield-Simplex , EXCELSIOR ( the 1st ! ), Arial (edit.spelling Ariel ) another edit. oops, Ariel still going, aye !
flat_white_ltd,
May 11, 6:06pm
Berkeley, Oxford ( the co, not the later Morris Model of the same name )
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