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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
by 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 agoOf 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 agoIndeed, especially with the (very gradual) hatchbacking and downsizing of the US market