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- What a GM Bankruptcy Would Mean to You
- As goes GM, so goes the nation? While it would be a landmark event and a blow to national pride, the failure of the country's largest carmaker would not be the cataclysm you might expect. How the Economy...
- Articles 2009-05-05
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- The car in front is British; Motor industry.(The booming British car business)
- It isn't just the Mini: British car production is nearly back up to the record levels of its 1970s heyday THE news from the car industry sounds straight out of the 1970s. At the Solihull plant of Ford's Land Rover subsidiary, some 8,000 jobs ...
- Research articles 2004-09-11
- Rover - Faulty Towers?(acquisition of Rover by Phoenix consortium still may not save car company)(Brief Article)
- Rover workers celebrated the car maker's takeover this week by the Phoenix consortium. But the future of both the company and the British car industry still looks precarious Rover workers celebrated the car maker's takeover this week by the Phoenix consortium. But the future...
- Research articles 2000-05-13
- Car industry - Micra economics.(Britain's car industry)(Brief Article)
- BIRMINGHAM THE Motor Show in Birmingham this week was full of paradoxes. The star of the show was undoubtedly the new Mini, on display for the first time in Britain. But its progenitor, Rover, was not even there. Although the show is held only...
- Research articles 2000-10-21
- Hai Swindon: Britain's car industry.
- Several Japanese automakers are increasing their UK investments in 1992. Honda has opened a new manufacturing facility in Swindon, while Nissan has added capacity at its UK plant to allow for the introduction of a new 1993 compact carWITHIN the next month Britain's car industry will shift into a ...
- Research articles 1992-10-03
- BYE BRITISH
- PRINCE Charles was branded a hypocrite last night after secretly buying a fleet of German cars. While publicly urging everybody to support British farmers by buying their food, behind the scenes he has been putting the boot into the UK's struggling car industry. The...
- Research articles 2002-12-29
- Rover looks to Tower Power
- He bought Rover for #10. Now, in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Herald, John Towers tells Eric Dymock of his vision for the firm's future IF the fuel crisis has hammered home the importance of the car in modern British life, John Towers, who bought Rover...
- Research articles 2000-09-17
- The car market: Ripped off.(investigation into high prices that British consumers pay for new cars)
- The UK parliamentary trade and industry committee is expected to blame an exclusive franchise system for the high prices that UK consumers pay for new cars. The Office of Fair Trading may refer the issue to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. The real scandal is that the problem has existed...
- Research articles 1998-11-14
- Japan revs up Britain's struggling car industry
- SUNDERLAND, England AFP — "It's a bit of a feather in the cap," said Nissan's head of European operations, Trevor Mann, of the export of Nissan's British-made cars to Japan for the first time in more than a decade. Mann met AFP earlier this month at the Japanese group's...
- Research articles 2007-07-21
- Brave new virtual world emerges for automotive R&D. (UK)(Technology in the United Kingdom)
- More and more automobile companies in the UK are using virtual reality in manufacturing. Large multinational corporations are collaborating with R&D firms in the UK to utilize virtual reality techniques in creating innovative designs. Through cooperative research, computerized deigns, and government support, the British car industry is vying for...
- Research articles 1998-09-01
- Industry is cleaning up its act; CHRIS RUSSON visits the Britsh International Motor Show. This is his verdict
- Byline: CHRIS RUSSON MOTORISTS are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps. Fuel economy and exhaust emissions have become the number one factor for drivers from all walks of life. But the car industry is cleaning up its act...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Paying For General Motors Mistakes | BTalk Australia
- (11min 47) The Australian government has promised $6.2 billion over 13 years to support the Australian car industry. The question is, of course, will the industry last that long? Holden could well be brought down with the collapse of its US parent, General Motors. With the cash...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- How the UK Lost its Car Manufacturing Industry
- Though it was a blow to national pride, the U.K. has learned to live without a British-owned motor industry. The U.S. could probably do the same. ...
- Articles 2009-05-15
- The Decline of the U.K. Auto Industry
- Though it was a blow to national pride, the U.K. has learned to live without a British-owned motor industry. The U.S. could probably do the same. Protecting the National Psyche Jaguar was acquired by...
- Articles 2009-05-13
- Departing GM Europe head talks to Tata
- Carl-Peter Forster, the departing head of General Motors in Europe, is in talks with Tata Motors over a senior position at the Indian carmaker's luxury car group Jaguar Land Rover. People close to GM Europe told the Financial Times that Mr Forster was in talks with two companies over a...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Departing GM Europe head talks to Tata
- Carl-Peter Forster, the departing head of General Motors in Europe, is in talks with Tata Motors over a senior position at the Indian carmaker's luxury car group Jaguar Land Rover.People close to GM Europe told the Financial Times that Mr Forster was in talks with two companies over a...
- External links 2009-11-08
- Caterham creator Graham Nearn dies:
- Britain has lost another of the champions of its specialist sports-car industry, Graham Nearn, who died on Oct. 24 at age 76. Originally a Lotus dealer, Nearn built a highly successful sports-car business around the lightweight two-seat Lotus Seven, which he bought from Lotus founder Colin Chapman in 1973. Nearn...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Nissan win!
- The Sunderland-built Nissan Note was voted the best supermini MPV in the Auto Express Car of the Year awards last night. And the British motor industry was given another boost with Midlands-based Jaguar taking Car of the Year title for its new XK sports model in a ceremony in...
- Research articles 2006-06-20
- Tata to Inject "tens of Millions" Into Jaguar
- MUMBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters UK) - India's Tata Motors has agreed to inject "tens of millions" of pounds into Jaguar Land Rover to prevent an immediate cash flow crisis, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The move by Tata, which bought the luxury carmaker earlier this year for $2.3 billion (1.6 billion...
- News items 2009-08-07
- BMW to use UK for two new variants of Mini
- Sep 4 2009 by John Cranage, Birmingham Post The recession-battered motor industry was boosted yesterday when BMW announced plans to build two new variants of the Mini in the UK. The news was seen as a strong endorsement by the German premium carmaker's faith in its British "manufacturing triangle" which...
- News items 2009-09-03
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