Great CM last week (16.4) not least because of the wonderful lead from Turner‘s, 'basic machine... because that‘s what small operators want‘, to your Chirchill Patriot.
But as much as I was pleased with Greame Turner‘s distinction between steering wheel attendants and drivers, I was less than impressed with the suggestion that those who say British automotive manufacturing is dead, ‘don't need to know'.
European major truck manufacture is a multi billion Euro business, a real chunk of which, should we have it, would certainly help diversify and bolster our economy. So, with the demand there and, according to you, the ability to build a British truck, why doesn't anyone?
The need to know is not just for the few, it is the right of us all, taxpayer, job hunter and pensioner alike. We are all dependent on the British economy. I'm pleased we build axles, but I'd rather a British company knocked out a few hundred trucks a month for the global market. I'm thrilled we invented the reversing alarm, but it would be better to own the factories that build the trucks they're fitted to.
So a CM article, please, for those of us who wish to know, why we don't have, in the current economic climate, any substantial British truck manufacturers.
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