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[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by Henners

The point I was trying to make was that, with all this national pride on show, they mostly drive around in foreign cars

I don't really think England produces enough cars for people living on its territory
And furthermore, most of us can't afford them.

[Herb]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

I don't really think England produces enough cars for people living on its territory
And furthermore, most of us can't afford them.

Depends what you call English [British] cars. We produced 1.8 million cars last year on British soil. The owners are foreign though.

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by Herb

Depends what you call English [British] cars. We produced 1.8 million cars last year on British soil. The owners are foreign though.

I guess it's not Henner's point. How many of those 1.8 millon cars can be labelled as English (even British...) cars? If Jaguar, Bentley and Austin Martin produce 1.8 million cars then I will be quite impressed.

Anyway I'm sure I miss other brands, my point was just that England (or Britain again...) is no longer a country people can think about when evoking the car mass production, as France can be.

Instead of that you've kept your luxury car production. Which I think is good. And to come back to Henner's point, I think I (and a lot of people) can't afford a luxury car.

[Fiver]

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[Jools]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

I guess it's not Henner's point. How many of those 1.8 millon cars can be labelled as English (even British...) cars? If Jaguar, Bentley and Austin Martin produce 1.8 million cars then I will be quite impressed.

Unfortunately mate Jaguars are posh Fords, Bentleys are VW's with knobs on and Aston Martins are slightly posher Fords than Jaguars. So even these aren't really British anymore.

I'm also proud to be English, just slightly disappointed that our national flag has been taken over by people who pronounce the name of their mother country 'In-gah-lund'

Snob? Me? Oh alright then...