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GM giving up on Vauxhall and Opel in Europe

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    GM giving up on Vauxhall and Opel in Europe

    Vauxhall future: Peugeot 'takes pride' in not closing plants

    Can we blame Brexit? I'm sure we can, over to the expat snowflakes...

    #2
    I'm surprised GM have lasted so long they were busy in 2008.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      If Brexit turns out badly (i.e. tariffs apply), how long do you think a French company will keep open factories in the UK?
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #4
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        Vauxhall future: Peugeot 'takes pride' in not closing plants

        Can we blame Brexit? I'm sure we can, over to the expat snowflakes...
        No
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #5
          Originally posted by sasguru View Post
          If Brexit turns out badly (i.e. tariffs apply), how long do you think a French company will keep open factories in the UK?
          FTFY - as once the new Astra finishes production the odds of the UK being kept going is zilch - employment law in Germany and France makes that impossible...
          merely at clientco for the entertainment

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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            Vauxhall future: Peugeot 'takes pride' in not closing plants

            Can we blame Brexit? I'm sure we can, over to the expat snowflakes...
            Pride in not closing factories - Peugeot have form in the UK
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #7
              Originally posted by eek View Post
              FTFY - as once the new Astra finishes production the odds of the UK being kept going is zilch - employment law in Germany and France makes that impossible...
              They closed the factory in Bochum in Germany and kept production in the UK last time around.

              The factory in Bochum was one of the original Opel factories.
              Last edited by BlasterBates; 21 February 2017, 09:36.
              I'm alright Jack

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                #8
                Originally posted by eek View Post
                FTFY - as once the new Astra finishes production the odds of the UK being kept going is zilch - employment law in Germany and France makes that impossible...
                Why would employment law in Germany or France apply in the UK?
                Hard Brexit now!
                #prayfornodeal

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                  Why would employment law in Germany or France apply in the UK?
                  It's easier to fire people here so you close the UK down rather than Germany or France.

                  My current end client did that circa 1998 in the UK...
                  Last edited by eek; 21 February 2017, 10:13.
                  merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by eek View Post
                    It's easier to fire people here so you close the UK down rather than Germany or France.

                    My current end client did that circa 1998 in the UK...
                    As BB said that didn't stop Opel closing down a Germnan plant and keeping a UK one open.
                    It might be cheaper to run a factory here due to the lax employment law + I'm sure I read somewhere total wages and benefits for car plants are higher in France and Germany.
                    However Opel as a US firm had no axe to grind with the UK, but Peugeot will - moving factories to France will be a no-brainer particualry with tariffs.
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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