wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M to urbanism • 9 months ago"We are a nation of drivers", says Rishi Sunakimagemessage-square53 fedilinkarrow-up1121file-textcross-posted to: the_dunk_tank
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minus-squareblobjim [he/him]hexbear36·9 months agoSo depressing lol. Does Britain even have big car manufacturers? link
minus-squareGaveUp [she/her]hexbear40·edit-29 months agoThey have tons, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Lotus, McLaren, Bentley Except almost all of them are now owned by Western European, Indian, or Chinese car companies lmao link
minus-squareAOC_Feet_Pics [he/him]hexbear24·9 months agoAren't most of those fancier brands too? I can't imagine the average brit riding around in an Aston Martin. link
minus-squareYurt_Owlhexbear21·edit-29 months agoYeah they're all fancy brands. Most common to see are jags and maybe the occasional really old Bentley. Land rovers also link
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]hexbear21·9 months agoThose aren’t car brands, those are weird niche rich people products. Comparing Jaguar to Toyota a difference in scale becomes a difference in kind, they basically aren’t in the same industry. link
minus-squaredesconectado@lemm.eehexbear12·9 months agoYeah, this is like comparing the market of Casio with Rolex. They have nothing in common, except that their products give the time. linkfedilink
minus-squareregul [any]hexbear12·9 months agoBig? No. But they have like Jaguar and Land Rover. I think Mini is no longer British? link
minus-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitehexbear18·9 months agoJaguar land rover is a subsidiary of Tata Motors, an Indian multinational. linkfedilink
So depressing lol. Does Britain even have big car manufacturers?
They have tons, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Lotus, McLaren, Bentley
Except almost all of them are now owned by Western European, Indian, or Chinese car companies lmao
Aren't most of those fancier brands too? I can't imagine the average brit riding around in an Aston Martin.
Yeah they're all fancy brands. Most common to see are jags and maybe the occasional really old Bentley. Land rovers also
Those aren’t car brands, those are weird niche rich people products. Comparing Jaguar to Toyota a difference in scale becomes a difference in kind, they basically aren’t in the same industry.
Yeah, this is like comparing the market of Casio with Rolex. They have nothing in common, except that their products give the time.
Big? No. But they have like Jaguar and Land Rover. I think Mini is no longer British?
Jaguar land rover is a subsidiary of Tata Motors, an Indian multinational.
Mini is fully owned by BMW