Oh how the once mighty have now fallen. 46 years later and Longbridge is closed, MG, Austin, Morris, Wolseley and Riley are owned by the Chinese, and the Mini brand along with the Cowley plant are owned by the Germans. What a shame.
Biggest in Europe ...( 11 months ago by zebedee37)
Biggest in Europe and 4th in the world!! How could things go so disasterously wrong?
Excellent film if more than a bit depressing when you consider what has happened since!
Same thing ...( 11 months ago by chummy7UK)
Same thing happening to our Aerospace industry now
In twenty years ...( 11 months ago by Ikophot)
In twenty years time(1960-1980) BMC maneged to reduce its marketshare in Sweden from near 10% to nil.
this is not the ...( 9 months ago by djez122)
this is not the peoples fault its the stupid communist management.
the best engineers in the world are still british its just we help other countries and are the worlds leaders of motorsport technology and design
farrari motorsport ...( 9 months ago by djez122)
farrari motorsport are british run and designed and built in britain.
same with over 70 percent of the worlds motorsport teams including subaru mitsubishi
ford and on and on!
usa nascar and indy cars are all built and designed in uk aswell
the best us car the gt40 is a british car aswell.
brits still showng the world how its done!
Good valid point ...( 9 months ago by hugalove)
Good valid point there, and I can't help feeling that if BMC didn't buy Pressed Steel in 1965, thus creating British Leyland in 1968, then the great marques which you have mentioned would have survived to this day. BL was too massive and too incoherent. Mike S.
thats called ...( 9 months ago by iolo911)
thats called careful management and the poms are so good at loosing the plot as usual!
just leave it to ...( 7 months ago by ivorbigunzz)
just leave it to British management and British government.
You can say the ...( 6 months ago by joh2)
You can say the same thing almost in New Zealand - the former BL assembly plants and dealers switched to selling Hondas...
Who would have ...( 6 months ago by vidpop)
Who would have thought that this would all be gone inside 45 years !
Did you say FERRARI ...( 3 months ago by Gavichap)
Did you say FERRARI? Because if you did, well you're dead wrong. Ferraris are engineered and built in Maranello near Modena, Italy. I know it for sure, I'm Italian... ;-))
It is an ...( 3 months ago by sandiegoharleyguy)
It is an anglo-american penchant for quick profits and under-investment that killed the UK car industry and is killing the American industry. German and Asian workers aren't better- their company's management are better and focused on getting the best product out at their respective price points because quality sells.
Good times to a ...( 3 months ago by cmj1977)
Good times to a strong British motor industries...Today : Longbrige?doesn ´t exist more...Cowley?now is BMW...Soluhill? is over...Very sad times...Please Britain:make a real British Cars again!!!!
Wrong! Cowley may ...( 2 months ago by rickerbycourt)
Wrong! Cowley may be BMW owned, but its busier than ever building Minis with high UK component content including Engines. Solihull is main centre for Landrover production ( £1bn profit in 2007)
Scuse-me but the ...( 2 months ago by cmj1977)
Scuse-me but the engine of new Mini is product in my country, Brazil in one factory owned to BMW and Chrysler(and is a scrap)
However, the real British Industries is died and this is very sad...You made the most of beautfiul cars of World,like E-Type,Lotus and so many others...The real british cars(not aberration like Rolls made by BMW) need come back!
Sadly it was ...( 1 week ago by fordlandau)
Sadly it was shocking management and worse industrial relations that destroyed the UK car business..same will happen in the USA soon
Excellent film if more than a bit depressing when you consider what has happened since!
the best engineers in the world are still british its just we help other countries and are the worlds leaders of motorsport technology and design
same with over 70 percent of the worlds motorsport teams including subaru mitsubishi
ford and on and on!
usa nascar and indy cars are all built and designed in uk aswell
the best us car the gt40 is a british car aswell.
brits still showng the world how its done!
´t exist more...Cowley?now is BMW...Soluhill? is over...Very sad times...Please Britain:make a real British Cars again!!!!
£1bn profit in 2007)
However, the real British Industries is died and this is very sad...You made the most of beautfiul cars of World,like E-Type,Lotus and so many others...The real british cars(not aberration like Rolls made by BMW) need come back!