Lower down the status totem pole, Ford stopped building cars in Britain in 2002 and trucks in 2016 and only recently announced that it would stop selling the Fiesta. In 2021, Honda closed its factory in Swindon.
General Motors baled on British stalwart Vauxhall—maker of what is today Britain's number-two-selling machine, the Vauxhall Corsa—selling it to PSA way back in 2017. But the brand's new owner, Stellantis, still builds Vauxhall vans in Luton, along with Peugeots and Fiats, and plans to build electric cars and trucks on old GM real estate in Ellesmere Port. Japan's Toyota operates two factories in the U.K.
After the nuclear winter, it has been said, bright shoots will arise from the rubble. As the accompanying feature illustrates, the U.K.'s cottage carmakers remain resourceful and vital, as has its long-dominant network of race-car builders and suppliers. I remain hopeful that volume manufacture will continue here and that overall car sales will regain their luster.
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