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British cars??? What Britsh cars. Cars made in the UK include (from memory) Rolls Royce (full of German bits), Aston Martin (full of German bits), Nissan (Japa

British cars??? What Britsh cars. Cars made in the UK include (from memory) Rolls Royce (full of German bits), Aston Martin (full of German bits), Nissan (Japanese), Honda (Japanese), Jaguar Land Rover (Indian, was German), Ford (Yankee). These are only assembled in the UK of course. They are made all over the world.

namdnay 9y ago
JLR isn't Indian, it may be owned by an Indian congomerate, but management, design, engineering and most manufacturing are all in the UK. PS: I would classify Ford Europe as an Anglo-German car company : Design and Engineering are mainly in Cologne and south UK (e.g. Chelmsford). There is actually not that much sharing with the US, most of the European line-up is specific.
- jimnotgym 9y ago
  >JLR isn't Indian None of this is clear cut for any of the others I mentioned either! They all have supply chains all over the EU and further afield.
  - namdnay 9y ago
    Of course they all have supply chains across the world, however nearly all auto manufacturers are still heavily based in one country. Nissan is clearly a Japanese automaker, even if it sources diesel engines from France etc. Following this definition, JLR is completely a UK car company.
- gsnedders 9y ago
  > PS: I would classify Ford Europe as an Anglo-German car company : Design and Engineering are mainly in Cologne and south UK (e.g. Chelmsford). There is actually not that much sharing with the US, most of the European line-up is specific. Note this is slowly changing now, with ever less duplication of similar car models around the world.
  - namdnay 9y ago
    Indeed, especially with the (very gradual) hatchbacking and downsizing of the US market
michaelt 9y ago
British cars??? What Britsh cars. If you only want two seats and you're not very price-sensitive: http://www.lotuscars.com/ http://www.lotuscars.com/ https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ http://cars.mclaren.com/ http://cars.mclaren.com/ Needless to say, they'll all contain foreign-made components.
- jimnotgym 9y ago
  Lotus is a subsidiary of a Chinese auto group of course. But the other two make fine British cars!

namdnay 9y ago

JLR isn't Indian, it may be owned by an Indian congomerate, but management, design, engineering and most manufacturing are all in the UK. PS: I would classify Ford Europe as an Anglo-German car company : Design and Engineering are mainly in Cologne and south UK (e.g. Chelmsford). There is actually not that much sharing with the US, most of the European line-up is specific.

jimnotgym 9y ago
>JLR isn't Indian None of this is clear cut for any of the others I mentioned either! They all have supply chains all over the EU and further afield.
- namdnay 9y ago
  Of course they all have supply chains across the world, however nearly all auto manufacturers are still heavily based in one country. Nissan is clearly a Japanese automaker, even if it sources diesel engines from France etc. Following this definition, JLR is completely a UK car company.
gsnedders 9y ago
> PS: I would classify Ford Europe as an Anglo-German car company : Design and Engineering are mainly in Cologne and south UK (e.g. Chelmsford). There is actually not that much sharing with the US, most of the European line-up is specific. Note this is slowly changing now, with ever less duplication of similar car models around the world.
- namdnay 9y ago
  Indeed, especially with the (very gradual) hatchbacking and downsizing of the US market

michaelt 9y ago

British cars??? What Britsh cars. If you only want two seats and you're not very price-sensitive: http://www.lotuscars.com/ http://www.lotuscars.com/ https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ http://cars.mclaren.com/ http://cars.mclaren.com/ Needless to say, they'll all contain foreign-made components.

jimnotgym 9y ago
Lotus is a subsidiary of a Chinese auto group of course. But the other two make fine British cars!