Who Killed the British Motor Industry pt 1

Jeremy Clarkson of the BBC takes a humorous look at the demise of British Leyland and the end of the British car industry featuring the Triumph Stag, Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, BWM, Rover, London Taxis International, and Mrs Thatcher

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Education

Tags:

• Economics
• Engineering
• Business

[mrspivvy]

The stag was a tragedy, it should have been a world beater, if not for THAT engine

[tnucasisusej]

only mugs work in british industry, low pay, bad conditions, and hard work,

[theotendleeey]

hmm staaaaaaag seems to me like a prototype word for clarkson's more recent jaaaaaaaag

[BayAreaOrBust]

London Taxi's International as the biggest British owned car company, how sad; they just produce taxis for crying out loud!

[sakowatch12]

What is the song in 2.20?

[RRover74]

@sersarsor TaTa and all the others have murdered the Land Rover, long live british 200/300 tdis! (the only one for me still).

[Samthebam4044]

BTW the stag's engine might've been hoplesless but what a sound it makes, it's GOOD. I don't think Maggie's plan was all that right, yes sell some of the industry but not it all ,clean it up abit and youd've been fine, new management and a clearer more focused product line, british designers had great designs on the table for things like the allegro etc but were never allowed to follow thier vision because of corporate policies thats what fucked the industry up aswell.

Cheers

[wcvbw]

things are simple: when you produce something to compete on a self-sufficient market, you're gonna die in a slow but sure economic agony. 

[kernals12]

@Capitanvolume well how do you sleep at night knowing that your greed is what ruined the manufacturing industries in Europe and America?

[Capitanvolume]

@kernals12 yes.

[kernals12]

I wonder if that V8 was more reliable went it was a Buick V8, not a Rover V8