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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostAnd Brexit makes it a no-brainer for a French company to buy a British plant I suppose?
Which one would you close to make "synergy savings" from the purchase?
UK plans is a goner now:
"Next year PSA will decide where it will make the next generation of Astra cars currently made in the UK against the background of Brexit negotiations."
It won't survive, thanks to Brexiters.Comment
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GM hasn't made a profit in Europe for 15 years so the sale has nothing to do with Brexit. Also, Peugeot shut down the Rootes Group factories whilst the UK was in the EU so membership didn't really help then.Comment
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PSA has said many countries are reluctant to buy French cars and the Opel brand will help them expand into new markets.
Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostWhat are you gibbering about? This deal has nothing whatsoever to do with Brexit.
Moron!
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Originally posted by GreyWolf View PostGM hasn't made a profit in Europe for 15 years so the sale has nothing to do with Brexit. Also, Peugeot shut down the Rootes Group factories whilst the UK was in the EU so membership didn't really help then.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostSale - may not have been, but which plant would be shutdown now: one in UK or one in EU?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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depends if we impose tariffs
Opel-Vauxhall European sales figures
The importance of the UK market for General Motors has increased in the last few years, as the ratio Opel vs. Vauxhall has been around 3:1 between 2001 and 2011: Opel taking around 75% of European sales and Vauxhall taking around 25%. However, in 2013 and 2014 more than 30% of all combined Opel-Vauxhall sales were right-hand drive vehicles registeredAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostYou close the one in the country with the fewest workers rights...Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostYou close the one in the country with the fewest workers rights...Comment
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Originally posted by sal View Post
I'm sure the prospect of import/export tariffs in a business that relies heavily on import/export in the supply chain will play no part in the PSA decision which plants to cut down...
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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