Made in the UK

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Wed 14 Dec 2005 10:44
Made in the UK - Pos
For research purposes I am trying to identify which car models are assembled in the UK. Google has not been very helpful.

I am only interested in large scale production not specialist car manufacturers.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 10:53
Made in the UK - nutty_nissan
Nissan factory - Sunderland
Honda factory - Swindon

Not sure which models though.


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Wed 14 Dec 2005 10:55
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
you have

Nissan
Toyota
Honda
Ford
GM
Pugeot
BMW
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 10:57
Made in the UK - AngryJonny
Toyota Avensis Derby
Toyota Corolla Derby
Honda Civic Swindon
Nissan Micra Sunderland

Plus...
Land Rover
Ford
Vauxhall
BMW Mini
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:03
Made in the UK - Adam {P}
Which Fords and Vauxhalls are made in the UK?
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:49
Made in the UK - mfarrow
To answer the big Ford question:

Cars: www.ford.co.uk/ie/corporateinfo/cor_plants/cor_pla.../
Engines: www.ford.co.uk/ie/corporateinfo/cor_plants/cor_pla.../
Parts: www.ford.co.uk/ie/corporateinfo/cor_plants/cor_pla.../
Transmissions: www.ford.co.uk/ie/corporateinfo/cor_plants/cor_pla.../

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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:03
Made in the UK - mare
And Jaguar, Aston Martin (or are AM specialist?)

Also Honda CRV at Swindon i think. The MINI at the old Morris Cowley site in Oxford.

Peugeot 307 at Rydon, Coventry.

What Fords and Vauxhalls are UK made then?
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:10
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
Ford = Jaguar
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:11
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
Ford = Landrover
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:12
Made in the UK - Adam {P}
I don't get it.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:14
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
what Ford's are made in the UK you said. Jaguars and landrovers.

What vauxhalls (GM) are made int he UK? Astra's at Elesmere port.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:22
Made in the UK - Adam {P}
I was being silly. Sorry. So other than Jaguar and LandRover, are no Fords made here?

On a similar note - if you had a family member who worked for Ford and got a discount voucher under the Privilege scheme, could you redeem that against a Jag or a Land Rover?
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 14:33
Made in the UK - jc
And Aston Martin and Volvo.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 19:30
Made in the UK - JH
jc
Volvo? In the UK?
jh
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 19:24
Made in the UK - mikeyb
On a similar note - if you had a family member
who worked for Ford and got a discount voucher under the
Privilege scheme, could you redeem that against a Jag or a
Land Rover?


I think so as I have a friend of a friend who is in a freelander that he bought through the ford ticket scheme
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 19:55
Made in the UK - Adam {P}
They must lose out if that's the case? Or is the discount nothing to write home about?

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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:13
Made in the UK - AR-CoolC
Vauxhall = VX220
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:24
Made in the UK - mare
Vauxhall = VX220


Ah, well reminded - Lotus of course (unless they're considered specialist)
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:31
Made in the UK - AngryJonny
Depending on what you class as specialist:

Lotus
Bentley
TVR
Caterham
Marcos
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:36
Made in the UK - Armitage Shanks {p}
Peugeot 206 at Ryton

Peugeot 307 built in France
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 11:47
Made in the UK - jc
Ford also own Aston Martin which are built here,don't forget Transits-Southhampton.Ford also build a large percentage of their gasoline engines here,all their diesel and some for French manufacturers,trim,seats,wheels,transmissions, batteries and a lot of other parts.And remember some so-called British manufacturers are only assembling parts from all around the world including parts from Australia,Japan and South America.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:04
Made in the UK - carl233
I was under the impression that the Ford Duratec petrol units were all shipped from the Far East? The Zetec-E was constructed in this country but I thought that Ford moved a large amount of engine production to the Far East as an economy measure.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:09
Made in the UK - Pos
Thanks for all the replies so far.

I am interested in large scale production models only. Jaguar falls within this definition but not Aston Martin, Bentley or TVR.

Are there any FORD Fords built in the UK, ie Fiesta, Focus?

Is the VX220 the only Vauxhall built here?

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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:11
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
No Ford badged Fords built here, Vauxhalls built here are Astras, also exported as Opels. No other GM cars built here.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:11
Made in the UK - Pos
Astra's at Elesmere port. Noted.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:40
Made in the UK - Number_Cruncher
Are some Vectras made at Ellesmere Port too?

www.hoot-uk.com/content/news/archive/vauxhall/2002...l

Number_Cruncher
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:42
Made in the UK - SlidingPillar
Not large scale production, but the UKs oldest motor manufacturer still in roughly the same ownership form and owned by decendants of the first ones.

Morgan.

Since 1909.

I had to get that one in :o)
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 13:13
Made in the UK - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}
Vauxhall VX220 is out of production. Was built by Lotus anyway.

Thought also Peugeot 206 was built at Ryton?

No Ford Fords are built in UK.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 14:31
Made in the UK - jc
Transits are certainly built in the UK.Ford own Volvo.For greater detail read the sixth post down.Ford don't use the Mazda V6 that was in the Probe anymore.The Ford V6 is a totally different engine.A few Escorts were sold into Sweden and some European countries fitted with a South American built Renault motor.
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 01:47
Made in the UK - Blue {P}
Transits are certainly built in the UK.Ford own Volvo.For greater detail
read the sixth post down.Ford don't use the Mazda V6 that
was in the Probe anymore.The Ford V6 is a totally different
engine.A few Escorts were sold into Sweden and some European countries
fitted with a South American built Renault motor.


But according to Ford's own website the Transit is built in Turkey at the Otosan Plant`and also at the Genk plant in Belgium, I couldn't find any mention of the Transit been built in the UK anymore, I was always under the impression that only engines and parts were now made in the UK.

Blue
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 14:43
Made in the UK - jc
You beat FORD by one year-1910-also still owned by the same family.
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 18:45
Made in the UK - Peter S
Don't forget MINI at Oxford (BMW plant), and Rolls-Royce at Goodwood...RR probably does't count as volume though!!

Peter
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 20:04
Made in the UK - codefarm
I'd be very interested to see a list of all the major volume cars and where they are assembled, and also relations to other cars, especially whether the exact same car is available under a different name
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 21:50
Made in the UK - AlastairW
Nobody has mentioned Manganese Bronze, makers of the LTI TX1 (the black cab). Does that count as a 'car' ?
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 13:27
Made in the UK - Xileno {P}
What about those Reliant three wheel things? Are they still made?
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 18:47
Made in the UK - AlastairW
What about those Reliant three wheel things? Are they still made?

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Nope (Praise be to god!)
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 13:28
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
Black cab? = specialist
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 21:57
Made in the UK - Sofa Spud
Also:

Bentley (owned by VW Group) at Crewe
Rolls-Royce (owned by BMW) in Sussex
LDV Vans (the last British-owned mass producer of vehicles - unless it's owned by foreigners now!)

Cheers, SS
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 22:24
Made in the UK - codefarm
LDV Vans (the last British-owned mass producer of vehicles - unless


I heard LDV had gone bust! Is that true? There has been scant coverage
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 22:40
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4530156....m
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 23:13
Made in the UK - Welliesorter
>> LDV Vans (the last British-owned mass producer of vehicles -
unless
I heard LDV had gone bust! Is that true?


Not quite, but it was said on this morning's Today programme that they may fall into the hands of an American venture capitalist.

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Fri 16 Dec 2005 07:51
Made in the UK - jc
Most LDV vans used Ford engines/transmissions.
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 12:31
Made in the UK - Altea Ego
Latest on LDV
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4534386.stm
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 13:28
Made in the UK - Chas{P}
Here's the full list:

Car manufacturing sites
1. Aston Martin Gaydon
2. Aston Martin Newport Pagnell
3. Bentley Crewe
4. BMW (MINI) Oxford
5. Caterham Dartford
6. Honda Swindon
7. Jaguar Halewood
8. Jaguar Birmingham
9. Land Rover Solihull
10. Lotus Norwich
11. LTI Coventry
12. Mercedes-Benz MTC,Woking
13. Metrocab Tamworth
14. MG Rover (in administration) Longbridge
15. Morgan Malvern
16. Nissan Sunderland
17. Peugeot Ryton
18. Rolls-Royce Goodwood
19. Toyota Burnaston
20. TVR Blackpool
21. GM Ellesmere Port

Commercial vehicle manufacturing sites
22. Alexander Dennis Guildford
23. Dennis Eagle Warwick
24. Ford Southampton
25. GM Luton
26. Land Rover Solihull
27. LDV Birmingham
28. Leyland Trucks Leyland
29. Optare Leeds
30. Peugeot Ryton
Source: SMMT

There are low volume ones in the list but I thought a full list makes interesting reading.

HTH

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Fri 16 Dec 2005 15:56
Made in the UK - Devonboy78
Could add LDV in being in administration soon.... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4534386.stm

Another vehicle manufacturer about to go out of UK control.

DB
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 21:03
Made in the UK - Sofa Spud
Quoting my post from yesterday:

"LDV Vans (the last British-owned mass producer of vehicles - unless it's owned by foreigners now!)"

...I didn't know anything, honest truth! Uncanny timing though. Now we have no home-owned mass market vehicle manufacturers.

Cheers, Sofa Spud

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Fri 16 Dec 2005 21:49
Made in the UK - Xileno {P}
Rescue deal done.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4534386.stm
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 22:26
Made in the UK - Pugugly {P}
Foden and ERF ??

Both still around according to their websites
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 22:31
Made in the UK - cumfray1
Foden and ERF ??
Both still around according to their websites



Still around yes but alas

Foden owned by PACCAR= American
ERF owned by MAN= German
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