UK made cars or parts made in UK?

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Just thought I would update the thread with a conclusion. Turns out the Jaguar E-Pace engine is made in the UK and that was good enough for my uncle so my mum has ordered a Jaguar E-Pace HSE with a bunch of options, sunroof, adaptive dynamics, matrix LED headlights after a test drive. I know as i'm sure most here do that a nicer car could have been had going German but it wasn't on the cards and end of the day the car itself is free for my mum just the insurance/tax and petrol to pay. I certainly think it looks nice and the interior, whilst maybe not as nice as some of the German manufacturers is a huge step up from her Daihatsu Kiri :p we did originally go for a much lower specced model but my uncle was again quite insistent she got 'top of the range' but didn't go for the R-Dynamic as there were no features but external ones that seemed of any benefit. It is the Caesium Blue with Oyster/Lunar interior.

Only issue I had was she went with the lowest power petrol engine at 200hp but considering she is coming from a sub 100hp engine I think she will be fine as she is a very safe and cautious driver.

She's incredibly nervous about it as she's so used to her Daihatsu but after a week I know she will be fine. Car expected mid-end of June.

Thanks to everyone for their input.
 
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That first link is really interesting, probably explains why my Avensis is noticeably lower quality than the previous Toyotas i've owned/had experience with :(

I love the idea of supporting the UK economy by buying British but it always seems they're of inferior quality compared to ones built elsewhere, speaking of the Japanese brands anyway.
 
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Even if you buy a UK built car the money still belongs in the country that the manufacturer resides.
for example I have ties to bentley Motors in my line of work, they are owned by VW which is obviously a German company
Nissan build cars in UK but they are Japanese
same for Toyota
BMW, German owned.

etc etc.

so the money is really supporting a non-UK business in reality.
Very few car parts are made in Uk now because as a country we are too expensive to use for manufacturing.
Our labour costs price us out of the market.
 
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What i don't understand is if Brexit affected his business then why would he want to support British companies when it was the British people that created the mess which is brexit?
 
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Even if you buy a UK built car the money still belongs in the country that the manufacturer resides.
for example I have ties to bentley Motors in my line of work, they are owned by VW which is obviously a German company
Nissan build cars in UK but they are Japanese
same for Toyota
BMW, German owned.

etc etc.

so the money is really supporting a non-UK business in reality.
Very few car parts are made in Uk now because as a country we are too expensive to use for manufacturing.
Our labour costs price us out of the market.

We do still make a lot of parts, especially for aftermarket and racing stuff. Really high quality parts too.

But you get what you pay for I suppose and they aren't cheap.
 
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We do still make a lot of parts, especially for aftermarket and racing stuff. Really high quality parts too.

But you get what you pay for I suppose and they aren't cheap.
I am coming at this from a logistics point of view, I know where the bulk of the parts are made (for uk assembled cars) and over the last 5 years there has been a significant shift to Eastern Europe and Germany, alongside a significant drop in parts being collected from the UK.
 
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What i don't understand is if Brexit affected his business then why would he want to support British companies when it was the British people that created the mess which is brexit?
It's a good question, I would assume it's because he want's to help the UK companies/workers who got screwed over by the Brexiteers, OP can prob confirm/deny.


I would have said Honda, but they're pulling out in 2021 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Honda_assembly_plants)
It doesn't sound like he's planning to wait two years to complete the purchase :p
 
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