If every car sold in the UK was manufactured in the UK, how much money would this contribute to the economy?
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It's because cars made in the UK are absolute nightmares.
Besides some top of the line makes, which most of the world can't afford, British cars suck.
i agree with #1 answer pretty much.
if you take peugot diesel engines, they are pretty reliable.
the build quality of most german cars is pretty hot
hondas vtech engine doesnt break either.
people like reliable cars.
its the same with british bikes too.
i agree, it would be far better from a national point of view if we all bought british cars but what is a british car these days?
jag? american
rover? rip
a lot of the foreign cars are built in the uk by uk workers.
does that make them british cars?
Essex_Ron, you have an interesting discussion there.
Althought, the fact of the matter is that the majority of cars purchased are not UK manufactured cars as they just don't have the qualities of foreign made cars. VW and BMW engines run for 100'000's of miles, Honda engines also known to be bullet-proof, with engine failures rare. Build quality etc etc.
The UK car market just doesnt appear to have got there yet (if at all!). Oh, and over-inflated UK car prices (hence UK motorists looking elsewhere, importing cars from Germany, Japan and the like).
Note: My wife owns a Vauxhall Corsa (only 3 yrs old), and as I write this I'm waiting for AA Recovery to come out and hopefully fix a transmission issue/failure, which I have been told is common on these cars - need I say more! :(
I agree fully with answer # 1 - the prestige cars made in U.K.
are very good and well worth the money.
When it comes to economy cars - british made or assembled
it is not so good - shoddy workmanship!
Interesting to see someone criticising the quality of UK cars, by comparing the poor quality of his wife's Vauxhall Corsa (built in either Spain or Germany, but not the UK) with BMW and Honda engines (BMW 4-cylinder engines are built at Hams Hall near Birmingham, and Honda build a lot of engines for Civic and CR-V at Swindon).
I'm not sure how much would be contributed - very difficult to put a value on it, because I'd have to know the capacity constraints of every factory, and work out the possible losses of export earnings (the UK exported over 600,000 cars in the first half of 2006). Even if factory capacity could be increased, would we have the skilled workforce required? What would be the costs of the additional capacity?
If we had all bought UK-built cars, would MG Rover have survived, or would the decades of poor management have killed it eventually anyway? Remember BL didn't make money when we did all buy British cars.
What do those who currently buy cheaper imported cars spend the rest of their money on? If they bought a UK-built car, what would they not be able to spend money on? What effect would that have on the economy?
I'm guessing that it would take at least 6 months working 9-5 to put a decent figure on this.
For your information a BMW made in Germany will only have VAT levied on it in Germany if bought from a German dealer and kept in Germany. A BMW bought new in the UK will have VAT levied on it in the UK, paid to the UK government. If you bought a BMW from a dealer in Germany, but then imported the car to the UK, you could claim back the German VAT and pay the UK VAT instead.
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