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[original PM]

For every Brit who won't buy an EU built car there are 10 EU citizens who won't be buying cars or more or less anything from British tw*ts in the UK,

You see this is the problem with protectionism.

Well I imagine the french will keep buying French cars, the germans will keep buying german cars, the italians will keep driving italian cars...

etc etc etc

[BlasterBates]

Well I imagine the french will keep buying French cars, the germans will keep buying german cars, the italians will keep driving italian cars...

etc etc etc

Yes but they also buy British cars. in fact there is a show room full of British cars just around the corner from our office.

This is a painful lesson the British are about to learn.

[GreenMirror]

Yes but they also buy British cars. in fact there is a show room full of British cars just around the corner from our office.

This is a painful lesson the British are about to learn.

Just ban car imports from the EU. Simples.

Next.....

[BlasterBates]

Just ban car imports from the EU. Simples.

Next.....

You can't, WTO rules.

[original PM]

Do many people in the EU buy british cars?

I mean which makes re truly British? Vauxhall - but that's just GM and represented by Opel in Europe?

Not really sure sales of Bentley will really be affected.

or McLaren or that matter

[Hobosapien]

Yes but they also buy British cars. in fact there is a show room full of British cars just around the corner from our office.

This is a painful lesson the British are about to learn.

Which British cars are they? McLaren, TVR, Morgan? Most other British brands are now foreign owned. If you mean built in Britain then globalisation will mean the work goes where the costs make sense. UK will lower corp tax to offset any trade tariffs, or offer other sweeteners to keep UK manufacturers on side if it comes down to it.

[Eirikur]

Do many people in the EU buy british cars?

I mean which makes re truly British? Vauxhall - but that's just GM and represented by Opel in Europe?

Not really sure sales of Bentley will really be affected.

or McLaren or that matter

Vauxhall/Opel is now owned by Peugeot-Citroen

Sales of Bentley (Owned by VW) or Rolls Royce (owned by BMW) won't be affected, I suppose, but it's a niche market , which has hardly any impact on the UK economy

[original PM]

Vauxhall/Opel is now owned by Peugeot-Citroen

Sales of Bentley (Owned by VW) or Rolls Royce (owned by BMW) won't be affected, I suppose, but it's a niche market , which has hardly any impact on the UK economy

So there you go then..

Morgan, Caterham and McLaren are the only UK owned and run car companies according to this

John Redwood mocked for telling people to buy non-existent British cars | Politics | The Guardian

[darmstadt]

Do many people in the EU buy british cars?

I mean which makes re truly British? Vauxhall - but that's just GM and represented by Opel in Europe?

Not really sure sales of Bentley will really be affected.

or McLaren or that matter

The public are waiting for the Wetherspoons Britcar MK1....

[original PM]

The public are waiting for the Wetherspoons Britcar MK1....

Not really - I do not think Brexit will really impact the cars people buy.