Death of the British Motor Industry

Short film made after the collapse of MG Rover at Longbridge, Birmingham and the end of British volume car making.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• fast
• cars
• austin
• morris
• mini
• british
• leyland
• metro
• mg
• rover
• longbridge
• birmingham
• bradford
• on
• avon

[RobertHartlepool]

I'm still boycotting WMG, please, everyone else, do likewise.

[97moutim]

What the hell is WMG? Great.. they took away the sound.. Video pointless now :)

[umaras123]

@97moutim Warner Music Group

I can try re-upload this video with song?

[97moutim]

Yes please do mate. cheers

[Turismo87]

FUCK YOUTUBE FOR DISABLING THE SOUND

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

the problem with the British is that you guys have the "IT'LL DO" mentality

it WONT FUCKING DO, you need to make a car that will kick ass for decades like the Germans. Brits made ok cars but in a few years they could not compete with Asian and Germans

also the CHINESE fucked the British over when they where able to get the car making rights out of Rover for nothing, those chinks are all out cunts!!!

[BayAreaOrBust]

I like the choice of music for this video.

It's really sad that the British Motor Industry came out like this, becuase it had som uch potential of being an automotive giant like Fiat (since they own six other manufacturers).

I sort of cried over this issue.

[pennypacker93]

anyway- YES ITS A GIANT F -UP- all we have is fucking service industry and cunts in London dealing money and comodities. I mean the MOST famous branbds all gone to BMW- lets value something and not give it all away!!!!!!

[AdamAus85]

Unions, destructors of industry.

[TheSlapdown]

@thegreencomposter You kidding? It's the customers who face the consequences! But of course, that's only those who were stupid enough to buy a Rover.

[jmorkey]

The song and Film sums it all up without words excellent video

[malcstag]

Damn unions, a friend was on a BL committe in 73 to find a way of saving cash and rationlise number of parts (VW did same by reducing 13k components to 11k saving milions) guess what, unions wouldnt budge so BL had 3 x V8s, god knows how many 4 pots, 6 pots, numerous door handles and so on and so on, none of them were perfect as they had no cash to cure faults,so blindly ran on with crap that eveyone knew woudl fail in the market, what bunch of tossers.

[sunonthewindow]

In terms of the automotive industry, Hitler won. But the German automobile industry would be nothing without a British man called Ivan Hirst. He saved Volkswagen from the ashes of WW2.

[wmsenna]

UK messed it up themselves. Rather have a beemer on the driveway than something you build yourselves. Even the police didn't buy them.

[burns1961]

@SonofthePhantom Do not let it happen.