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Perhaps that was the case with e.g. vintage sports cars from the 50s and 60s. But I don't think the British manufacturing industry has been doing well ever sinc
by nextos 6y ago
Perhaps that was the case with e.g. vintage sports cars from the 50s and 60s. But I don't think the British manufacturing industry has been doing well ever since. I would love to be wrong, though.
- markb139 6y agoAccording the uk official national statistics manufacturing product sales for 2019 was £396 billions.
- pmontra 6y agoStats for all the EU at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/prodcom/data/excel-files-nace-rev.2 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/prodcom/data/excel-files-n... years 1995 to 2019.
- nextos 6y agoI meant in terms of quality.
- yodelshady 6y agoEver watched formula 1? I'll bet you're thinking of British Leyland, which behaved a bit like Boeing currently does. But much, much worse, and at every level. British companies that are aware they can fail produce quality just fine. It's a fairly simple tale.
- nix23 6y agoSometimes it still is, Rolls-Royce (Engines and Turbines) are still the Topline.