Hard Brexit - Vauxhall to leave UK

[Eirikur]

So much winning

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pe...KBN1F72DX?il=0

[shaunbhoy]

So much winning

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pe...KBN1F72DX?il=0

This has nothing whatsoever to do with "Brexit", but don't let that stop your paranoia running riot will you?

[BR14]

So much winning

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pe...KBN1F72DX?il=0

don't worry, - you'll be repatriated to your wonderful swampland before any of this happens.

[vetran]

so not only can the French not manage illegal migration they can't make cars plants work. Pity Nissan can.

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https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/a...-16-car-plants

the UK runs several of the world’s most efficient plants

and just in case you think its a flash in the pan we have been doing it for years.

BBC News | BUSINESS | UK car plants most efficient in Europe

Nissan and Toyota's British car factories were the most efficient in Europe in 2000, followed by plants run by Ford and General Motors in Germany, according to a study published on Thursday.
A Volkswagen plant in Emden, Germany, making the Passat large family car, was the least efficient, according to World Markets Research Centre's (WMRC) annual European Automotive Productivity Index.

[BlasterBates]

and just in case you think its a flash in the pan we the Japanese have been doing it for years.

FTFY

The Japanese can make any manufacturing plant in Europe the most efficient in Europe wherever they go.

The last "successful" British car to roll off the production line was the Austin Princess.

[darmstadt]

Tavares told reporters during a briefing in Detroit that a hard Brexit, that results in tariffs on exports of U.K.-built vehicles would increase pressure to cut costs. He said the U.K. plant, which Peugeot took over when it acquired Opel and Vauxhall from General Motors Co(GM.N) last year, is at efficiency levels similar to where Peugeot stood four years ago, when Tavares began his turnaround effort at the French automaker.

“What counts is to bring (U.K.) plants to the level of cost and quality that is the same as Continental Europe,” Tavares said.

ftfy

[greenlake]

The last "successful" British car to roll off the production line was the Austin Princess.

You just don't see automotive engineering of that quality any more....

[vetran]

ftfy

so the French-German-American Opel & Vauxhall weren't as efficient as Nissan.

Seems a common thread, but the suggestion being based in the UK is significant is of course Bollux

The point I was making was that it is perfectly possible to run a very efficient car plant in the UK. Just that the French weren't up to it.

Sorry if you find that difficult to understand as usual.

[NotAllThere]

Hard Brexit - Vauxhall to leave UK

To be followed by:

Hard Brexit: Stockwell to leave UK.

[darmstadt]

so the French-German-American Opel & Vauxhall weren't as efficient as Nissan.

Seems a common thread, but the suggestion being based in the UK is significant is of course Bollux

The point I was making was that it is perfectly possible to run a very efficient car plant in the UK. Just that the French weren't up to it.

Sorry if you find that difficult to understand as usual.

Did you understand this bit:

He said the U.K. plant, which Peugeot took over when it acquired Opel and Vauxhall from General Motors Co(GM.N) last year, is at efficiency levels similar to where Peugeot stood four years ago, when Tavares began his turnaround effort at the French automaker.

It seems that the French are required to get UK car manufacturers up to standard however it looks like a difficult job which is probably why they are looking at moving it offshore...Maybe they could move your reasoning offshore to get it up to a reasonable standard