Vauxhall Brexit after 2020?

[vetran]

Typical Bremainer having trouble keeping up.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post2382748

[AtW]

And Brexit makes it a no-brainer for a French company to buy a British plant I suppose?

They are buying Vauxhall-Opel, which happens to have a UK plant, take a look at the rest:



Which one would you close to make "synergy savings" from the purchase?

UK plans is a goner now:

"Next year PSA will decide where it will make the next generation of Astra cars currently made in the UK against the background of Brexit negotiations."

It won't survive, thanks to Brexiters.

[GreyWolf]

GM hasn't made a profit in Europe for 15 years so the sale has nothing to do with Brexit. Also, Peugeot shut down the Rootes Group factories whilst the UK was in the EU so membership didn't really help then.

[sal]

PSA has said many countries are reluctant to buy French cars and the Opel brand will help them expand into new markets.

Glad to see they acknowledge that fact

What are you gibbering about? This deal has nothing whatsoever to do with Brexit.
Moron!

I'm sure the prospect of import/export tariffs in a business that relies heavily on import/export in the supply chain will play no part in the PSA decision which plants to cut down...

[AtW]

GM hasn't made a profit in Europe for 15 years so the sale has nothing to do with Brexit. Also, Peugeot shut down the Rootes Group factories whilst the UK was in the EU so membership didn't really help then.

Sale - may not have been, but which plant would be shutdown now: one in UK or one in EU?

[SueEllen]

Sale - may not have been, but which plant would be shutdown now: one in UK or one in EU?

You close the one in the country with the fewest workers rights...

[vetran]

depends if we impose tariffs

Opel-Vauxhall European sales figures

The importance of the UK market for General Motors has increased in the last few years, as the ratio Opel vs. Vauxhall has been around 3:1 between 2001 and 2011: Opel taking around 75% of European sales and Vauxhall taking around 25%. However, in 2013 and 2014 more than 30% of all combined Opel-Vauxhall sales were right-hand drive vehicles registered

[AtW]

You close the one in the country with the fewest workers rights...

So they will be closing it in Poland?

[sal]

You close the one in the country with the fewest workers rights...

That would be Britastan...

[shaunbhoy]

I'm sure the prospect of import/export tariffs in a business that relies heavily on import/export in the supply chain will play no part in the PSA decision which plants to cut down...

And I am sure that their global strategy includes entirely removing those plants that manufacture all of their right hand drive vehicles.