car manufacturers and their owners

[Darryl Seager]

Oh! Their could be a long drawn out debate on what Skoda did to the car business,

Just what did Skoda do to the car business??

As far as i’m aware they took it from being the butt of most jokes, turned it around and now build some very nice cars.. Our local constabulary seem to like them 😀 form the Fabia for the town cars right upto the Rapid response
chase cars they use on the motorway… not to mention the de-badged black RS job that seems to ‘goad’ the unsuspecting driver on the M1 👿

Mind you ….. not really down to Skoda is it …more VW 🙄 🙄

[John Thomson]

quote Darryl Seager:

Just what did Skoda do to the car business??

Nothing compared to what Geely (Chinese) are going to do now they own Volvo!

john

[Richard Martin]

Or what the Indian owned TATA company has done to Jaguar / Land Rover.

[Chris Wool]

apart from roads what did the Romans do for us. 😉

[John Cooper]

What manufacturing industry is BRITISH these days?

[Richard Martin]

quote John Cooper:

What manufacturing industry is BRITISH these days?

HHMM not many that could be called truly British.
Morgan motor company is still producing solely in the UK but I expect some parts are imported.

[Peter Normington]

quote Richard Martin:

quote John Cooper:

What manufacturing industry is BRITISH these days?

HHMM not many that could be called truly British.
Morgan motor company is still producing solely in the UK but I expect some parts are imported.

Weren’t they the firm that produced the chariots for the Roman roads?

Peter

[Richard Martin]

quote Peter Normington:

quote Richard Martin:

quote John Cooper:

What manufacturing industry is BRITISH these days?

HHMM not many that could be called truly British.
Morgan motor company is still producing solely in the UK but I expect some parts are imported.

Weren’t they the firm that produced the chariots for the Roman roads?

Peter

LOL I know they have been around a while but Morgan was founded in 1913 so doubt they had anything to do with the chariots.

Sorry for the off topic reply

[John Cooper]

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

The MP’s certainly deserve their pay rise!

[John Childs]

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

Ownership may have changed since I last looked, but the largest British car manufacturer used to be Manganese Bronze.

They make London taxis. 😕

[Andy Gorman]

My mate built a kit car last year, so that makes him second, probably. 🙂

[Harry Cleary]

Wot about Matchbox? 😀

[Peter Normington]

quote Harry Cleary:

Wot about Matchbox? 😀

Lesney went years ago Harry, now owned by Mattel
Peter

[Harry Cleary]

quote Peter Normington:

quote Harry Cleary:

Wot about Matchbox? 😀

Lesney went years ago Harry, now owned by Mattel
Peter

The people who make Barbie????? Never! 😀

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Last night when watching TV I noticed that Toyota’s tagline is "moving forward"
These are the cars that have been recalled for the accelerator sticking, among other things. Lots of bad stories on the news, etc, I wonder if they will get a new ad campaign.
Love….Jill
PS
My brother still has all his 1960s Matchbox cars in their little boxes, I was never allowed to play with them and Mom wouldn’t let me have a Barbie because of her "grown up" figure.
😕

[Ian Johnston]

quote John Childs:

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

Ownership may have changed since I last looked, but the largest British car manufacturer used to be Manganese Bronze.

They make London taxis. 😕

sold to GEELY today

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b … 066364.ece

[Richard Martin]

quote Jillbeans:

Last night when watching TV I noticed that Toyota’s tagline is “moving forward”
These are the cars that have been recalled for the accelerator sticking, among other things. Lots of bad stories on the news, etc, I wonder if they will get a new ad campaign.
Love….Jill
PS
My brother still has all his 1960s Matchbox cars in their little boxes, I was never allowed to play with them and Mom wouldn’t let me have a Barbie because of her “grown up” figure.
😕

I love how the Toyota incident has been blown up so much by the media, Toyota have actually taken positive steps to recall everything that maybe effected and the cars that have actually been effected is a very small amount.
Funny though as ford had to recall 4.5 million cars last year due to potential fire risks, but the media hype was no where near as big as the hype toyota have received.

[Peter Normington]

quote Richard Martin:

quote Jillbeans:

Last night when watching TV I noticed that Toyota’s tagline is “moving forward”
These are the cars that have been recalled for the accelerator sticking, among other things. Lots of bad stories on the news, etc, I wonder if they will get a new ad campaign.
Love….Jill
PS
My brother still has all his 1960s Matchbox cars in their little boxes, I was never allowed to play with them and Mom wouldn’t let me have a Barbie because of her “grown up” figure.
😕

I love how the Toyota incident has been blown up so much by the media, Toyota have actually taken positive steps to recall everything that maybe effected and the cars that have actually been effected is a very small amount.
Funny though as ford had to recall 4.5 million cars last year due to potential fire risks, but the media hype was no where near as big as the hype toyota have received.

difference is a "potential risk" toyota had an actual risk, the cars did not stop, and were involved in quite a few incidends

Peter

[Richard Martin]

Fords were catching fire from a dodgy switch, even when the ignition was off, also they announced the recall last year for cars dating back even as far as 1995.
Toyota had a very small % of real incidents, compared with the actual number of cars sold and being recalled. And other manufacturers have had worse faults that have have been a lot more dangerous than a sticky accelerator pedal. I’m aware of the braking issue aswell which is obviously dangerous.
Pugs were known to burst into flames but the media hype wasn’t there like they have been dragging the Toyota recall out for the last few months.
BMW mini, another flaming inferno and the clio (IIRC) was another that would burst into flames.

[John Childs]

quote Ian Johnston:

quote John Childs:

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

Ownership may have changed since I last looked, but the largest British car manufacturer used to be Manganese Bronze.

They make London taxis. 😕

sold to GEELY today

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b … 066364.ece

D’oh !!!

[Phill Fenton]

quote John Childs:

quote Ian Johnston:

quote John Childs:

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

Ownership may have changed since I last looked, but the largest British car manufacturer used to be Manganese Bronze.

They make London taxis. 😕

sold to GEELY today

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b … 066364.ece

D’oh !!!

Yet another example 😮
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=46089&start=0

[John Cooper]

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

There’s The Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset – truly British & very successful too.

[Richard Martin]

quote John Cooper:

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

There’s The Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset – truly British & very successful too.

That’s the name, I have been racking my brain for the name of that company. Definitely British design and manufacturer but they do use a honda engine which they modify

[Chris Wool]

quote Richard Martin:

quote John Cooper:

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

There’s The Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset – truly British & very successful too.

That’s the name, I have been racking my brain for the name of that company. Definitely British design and manufacturer but they do use a honda engine which they modify

mind what you say Johns got one 😀

[Richard Martin]

quote Chris Wool:

quote Richard Martin:

quote John Cooper:

quote John Cooper:

So that’s it then – Morgan Cars 😀

There’s The Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset – truly British & very successful too.

That’s the name, I have been racking my brain for the name of that company. Definitely British design and manufacturer but they do use a honda engine which they modify

mind what you say Johns got one 😀

Great little fun cars I bet, the engine they use they do mod it a lot to get more out of it, and besides that there is nothing wrong with Honda engines, super reliable and well tuned.

[John Cooper]

No mods to the engine – Hondata ECU and modified exhaust does the business 🙂

Selling soon, so if anyone fancies one, here’s your chance.

John

[Richard Martin]

quote John Cooper:

No mods to the engine – Hondata ECU and modified exhaust does the business 🙂

Selling soon, so if anyone fancies one, here’s your chance.

John

I thought they re-bored the engine and uprated a few parts on them?

[John Cooper]

quote Richard Martin:

quote John Cooper:

No mods to the engine – Hondata ECU and modified exhaust does the business 🙂

Selling soon, so if anyone fancies one, here’s your chance.

John

I thought they re-bored the engine and uprated a few parts on them?

Nope, standard Civic Type R with the option of a baffled sump which everyone goes for.

[Richard Martin]

my mistake, learn something new everyday lol.