The City is Doomed (tm)

[BlackenedBiker]

How does Aston Martin, Noble, Mclaren (and even Range Rover or Jag) get on a list of British mass-manufacturing you absolute bell end?


Like I said you have no life experience, you analytical powers are poor and you are talking bollocks as usual.
The Mini was a great idea, shoddily executed: a weak, rust bucket, deadly in an accident.

No need SG!

[sasguru]

No need SG!

I suppose you're right.

[AtW]

Manufacturing does not have to be mass - Ranger Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin are all foreign owned now. Mini sold enough to qualify for mass manufacturing anyway.

And other car manufacturers successfully assemble cars in the UK - Honda, Peugeot etc.

The point is that Govt (including Labour) gave feck all support to these companies, instead preferring to get easy money from the City.

[sasguru]

The point is that Govt (including Labour) gave flip all support to these companies, instead preferring to get easy money from the City.

Rubbish.
During the 60s and 70s government spent millions trying to save industry(some were still trying in the 80s - anyone old enough to remember Tarzan and Westland?) till maggie had enough (rightly or wrongly).

[sasguru]

flip me, BL got more money out of the government in the 70s & 80s than you can shake a stick at.

And they were still crap. (Mostly).

According to Ford costings, the Mini never made a profit for BMC.

Aye. AtW never lets his deep and profound well of ignorance stop him from pontificating right out of his arse

[AtW]

flip me, BL got more money out of the government in the 70s & 80s than you can shake a stick at.

They had tulip tech then and invested money wrongly (probably salary increases demanded by unions?).

Did those industries took more money than bankers bailout that doubled UKs debt in like a year? I doubt it.

[sasguru]

Did those industries took more money than bankers bailout that doubled UKs debt in like a year? I doubt it.

Yes but if you don't bail us out the whole country collapses.
Us bankers are considerably more important than yow and that crappy Ska thing, eh old bean?

You see if SKA disappears, no-one's life will be altered one jot.

[MrMark]

We didn't have a car until I was in my teens.
Imagine my relief when my dad told me he was finally buying a car (no more being the oddball family).

Imagine my dismay when he turned up with a bright red Allegro.....

ESTATE!!!!!

The shame was worse than not having a car at all.

He should have bought that car made with wood! Now that was impressive!

[Sysman]

flip me, BL got more money out of the government in the 70s & 80s than you can shake a stick at.

And they were still crap. (Mostly).

According to Ford costings, the Mini never made a profit for BMC.

I believe that the Escort Mk I never made a profit either (or just broke even).

But that was from the car sales. The real money was made from spare parts for the thing.

[singhr]

He should have bought that car made with wood! Now that was impressive!

Morgan Aero 8 would be your kind of car MrMark although sadly I think you mean the morris minor traveller