COMMENTS:
The makes and models were sold to:
Rolls Royce (name) - BMW (German)
Rolls Royce (cars) - Volkswagen (German)
(Rolls Royce aircraft engineering is still British)
Bentley - Volkwagen (German)
Aston Martin - Ford (American)
Jaguar - Ford (American)
Land Rover - BMW (German) who then sold to Ford (American)
Mini - BMW (German)
Lotus - General Motors (American) who sold to Italian tycoon Romano Artioli who sold to Proton (Malaysian)
Daimler - a sub-brand of Jaguar, now owned by Ford (American)
TVR - sold to Russian businessman Nikolai Smolenski.
Oh well!
must be TVR
by ABC on Tue Oct 05, 04 11:09am
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Oh dear. Surely a grim trick question. In our marvellous new global economy we now have no such thing as a British car. How depressing.
I suppose in our glorious global bullshit village we can still keep the idea of nationality and local culture even if it no longer has any meaning or significance. Doesn't the new Jag look nice?
No, not even that! You're giving that to the PAKIS everyday,more,.and,.more.read your koran, while we wipe our asses with it! hahahaha
Goodbye, Exorcist, as you are inevitably banned in the very near future.
Right then i'm going to buy a Reliant Robin!
I got it !....but owning a TVR (Griffith 500) I wouldn't be proud being an english.... Even if exclusiv it's the most social car I never had, since than I met a lot of new people: New garage owners, new mechanics, new TCS guys (swiss equivalent of ADAC, AA, AAA)... Owning also a BMW which is less sexy but perfectly running I'm sometimes really wondering how could a Spitfire prevails against a Messerschmitt...
What about Rover?
has america got any decent supercars
Well Brit4Ever, an AMERICAN company owns Jaguar and land rover, not to mention Volvo and Saab. Mmm, guess you didn't know that. If you weren't so arrogant, maybe you'd actually be informed with facts and not insults.
but it also says how good we are at making cars when other countries want to buy them.
Brit4ever land rover was a copy of the American WWII jeep.
British Car Industry?
WHAT British Car Industry?
I currently own a ROVER 216
and it is definitely the WORST, most problematic car I've ever ever owned.
Why did I buy it?
My WIFE bought it, because it was CHEAP!
Several million dollars later, in repairs and unobtainable parts, we're stuck with this piece of Rover shit.
No wonder Rover now belongs to Shanghai Motor Company: we look forward to an IMPROVED PRODUCT, no longer slapped together by The Lager Louts of Longbridge!
Please, Dear Reader, when you buy a car..
DON'T buy a British car.
Don't buy a European car, not even an Audi, or a BMW or a Mercedes Benz, not even a Rolls Royce.
Do yourself a huge favour and buy a reliable JAPANESE CAR, coz they work and work and WORK.
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