British made cars? [Archive]

Kenobi

19-01-2010, 20:17

Do we make any cars in this country anymore? I think I remember a ford manufavture being in this country.

Do we make any british cars here? was Jag a british car? Mini? Triumph?

Do we actually make anything over here anymore?

Im struggling to think of any great English/British names.

Cadburys? thats anbout to be American aint it?

Clio GTT

19-01-2010, 20:19

Kenobi

19-01-2010, 20:23

London Taxis are the largest (volume) British made car in this country

The Black Cab!! No way, thats somes serious Pub quiz general knowledge right there.

:agree:

mr white

19-01-2010, 20:23

I cant think of much thats made here anymore, but gregs do make good pasties :)

Clio GTT

19-01-2010, 20:26

I cant think of much thats made here anymore, but gregs do make good pasties :)

Chicken bake and a french bread pizza http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/Clio16v-widetrack/liplick-1.gif lickedy lick

Kenobi

19-01-2010, 20:27

I cant think of much thats made here anymore, but gregs do make good pasties :)

Why does the gregs logo instantly remind me of tracksuits and rothmans?

Andrew Cooke

19-01-2010, 20:33

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/

car.crash

19-01-2010, 20:35

nobel and bristol.

mike r5 gtt

19-01-2010, 20:37

http://noblecars.com/

J8TRO

19-01-2010, 20:49

Ariel, Radical, Westfield, Caterham, Lotus, Ultima............. all bloody fantastic in their own right.

mike r5 gtt

19-01-2010, 20:57

not many produced compared to other countries but ours kick ass

mr white

19-01-2010, 21:22

Ariel, Radical, Westfield, Caterham, Lotus, Ultima............. all bloody fantastic in their own right.

i wonder where all the parts come from for the engines though

mr white

19-01-2010, 21:33

well all these cars have foreign engines by the looks of it :)

RussellT

19-01-2010, 22:53

Ginetta

Trevhib

20-01-2010, 14:09

Aren't Spyker British as well?

Clio GTT

20-01-2010, 17:35

Aren't Spyker British as well?

Dutch

mr white

20-01-2010, 18:30

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/

the aero 8 has a bmw engine from an m5 not sure about the rest the old morgans have rover v8s my bosses have around 4 to 5 morgans between them

Scottish9Turbo

20-01-2010, 21:16

shame that the government regard bmw, audi, honda, etc as "british car makers" these days, and dont support the proper british car makers..... but hey ho:coffee:

Trevhib

21-01-2010, 14:23

Dutch

Agreed. It's only final assembly that happens in Coventry.

Spooky

21-01-2010, 14:55

Honda is 'British made' :)

Just like Vauxhaul, Ford, Peugeot, Nissan...

The fact that these manufacturers build here is down to the people who build them :agree:

Yea, you can argue its cheaper to do it here, save costs there but at the end of the day, the british motor manufacturering sector is an impressive juggernaut...even if we dont build a home grown mass volume car :agree::agree::agree:

scratcher

21-01-2010, 21:50

Aren't Aston Martin still british made?

A mate who lives up that way and does design stuff for Jag-Land Rover said they still make them down the road. Even showed me the roundabout to turn at :laugh:

firstchoicegary

21-01-2010, 21:55

yep morgan, noble, caterham, westfield, not sure who owns bentley and rolls , but nissan had biggest plant in north and they are japenese, who owns astin martin now? jags where proper british but who owns them. . y dont we ever buy car companies?? maybe wudnt have reccecsion:crap:

mr white

22-01-2010, 00:17

britains having a closing down sale :laugh:

BriC

22-01-2010, 12:11

Rolls Royce's are still handbuilt in Britain (Except for the BMW engines, which are built in Germany, then shipped to Britain).

RE London Taxi's - sure I read somewhere they're built in China or somewhere? Maybe not...

rs250nut

22-01-2010, 17:22

The iron lady destroyed industry as we know it in this country, ****ed the rail service, shut all the coal mines, ruined the steel industry

mr white

22-01-2010, 18:14

all those areas of britain that use to mine coal could have been better managed instead of leaving comunities with lots of unemployed. just think of all those call center jobs that went abroad it would have made more sense rather than paying benefits and then today we see kids in these run down areas doing things like whats in the news today. all stems back to governments policys. reap what they sow.

mr white

07-02-2010, 14:20

tiff_lee

07-02-2010, 15:06

more stuff to be sold off doesnt look like theres going to be much left of old blighty
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Confirmed--Dover-harbour-is-to-be-sold---newsinkent32243.aspx?news=local

http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/12/brown-details-sell-off-plans.html
This comment from the second link sums it up,
"the crisis is so severe that I am afraid we have to sell everything that isn't nailed down"

get out now!

HULK

07-02-2010, 15:23

Theres a big Nissan plant in the north east

Blot

07-02-2010, 16:19

Wonder if Toyota will be able to afford to keep their huge plant near Derby open since they ****ed up big time?

$20Bn wiped off the value of the company with one sticky accelerator pedal

mr white

07-02-2010, 17:18

This comment from the second link sums it up,
"the crisis is so severe that I am afraid we have to sell everything that isn't nailed down"

get out now!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30001424052748704041504575044570334547914.html?m od=WSJ_Markets_section_Heard just wait for the double dip hyper inflation

was listing to this the other day http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/r4choice
basicly said if everyone stop using their credit cards britain economics would colaps:eek:

LampsR5

07-02-2010, 21:04

Being British is about driving a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then on the way home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish Kebab, to sit on a Swedish sofa and watch USA Tv shows on a Japanese TV. And most of all being suspicious of anything Foreign. Oh and... only in Britain... Can you get a pizza to your home faster than an Ambulance. Only in Britain do banks leave both doors open and chain pens to the counter. Supermarkets make sick people walk to the back of the shop for prescriptions whilst healthy people can get their Fags at the front. We might be British but **** were funny.

thought this linked in to this subject pretty well :)

modfather

07-02-2010, 21:08

:laugh::laugh:

TommyB

07-02-2010, 23:25

Caparo's are made here, down near Basingstoke.

And i think the BMW minis are still constructed in Oxford.

mr white

08-02-2010, 08:24

jusr herd its either going to be the saudies or the french that will buy the port of dover:sad2:

Penfold aka The Dealer

08-02-2010, 08:37

jusr herd its either going to be the saudies or the french that will buy the port of dover:sad2:

Great if its the french i have no doubt that they will have strike's which will cause a huge back log of lorry's upo the M20 bringing everythng in the south east to a stand still. :(

clee

08-02-2010, 08:50

Err they own the bit on the other side already Pen so I can't see it'll make any difference :scratch:

Nelson will be turning in his grave :mad:

Penfold aka The Dealer

08-02-2010, 09:05

Err they own the bit on the other side already Pen so I can't see it'll make any difference :scratch:

Nelson will be turning in his grave :mad:

I can cos they will only go on strike when the french side is open & vica versa :(

mr white

08-02-2010, 09:13

yesterday i watched somthing on natgeo showing that during the 1920`s britain produced over 1/3 of the worlds ships now look at this country in the next fews years will be know as the country that has the most debt in the world its insane britain is now like a crack hore selling everything for its next hit.

clee

08-02-2010, 09:25

I can cos they will only go on strike when the french side is open & vica versa :(

French owners will not be going on strike :laugh: