Well I'm a cyclist and I would be dead against a car factory in Wales. It's the thin end of the wedge I tell you. First it's cars, next it'll be busses and before you know it we'll be making bloody aeroplane wings or whatever.
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Well I'm a cyclist and I would be dead against a car factory in Wales. It's the thin end of the wedge I tell you. First it's cars, next it'll be busses and before you know it we'll be making bloody aeroplane wings or whatever.
the english wouldnt allow it
I'd be all in favour.
Problem is of course, you can forget about any European funding to build the factory and components sourced from overseas will be prohibitively expensive due to the weak pound and we've told our major export market to do one.
Perhaps the biggest issues though of course are the huge start up costs and without the volumes, the cost of the car will probably be higher than an Aston.
If this were to happen I would hope we would aim to out-Tesla Tesla, rather than try to compete with mainstream car building
coolred i guess you are talking a car assembly plant ? in terms of auto suppliers there is a thriving supply chain in Wales supporting lots of jobs to some of the major car OEM's . the supply chain into these are called tier 1 or tier 2 suppliers , bridgend ford , gestamp are 2 which spring to mind tho ford are going through a challenging time
with aston martin and possibly TVR coming down here there is a strong possibility that a few more suppliers will come down too which will be good for the Wales manufacturing industry. the law of averages in the auto industry if someone like JLR take on 1 worker the supply chain will take on 3 workers .
i,m sure brexit will have an effect to how it all pans out in the next few years