On 22/5/96 Stephen Brook wrote
>Yes, the German auto industry is healthier than the British.....because
>we don't have a car industry. Rover is owned by BMW, Ford is American,
>Vauxhall are part of Opel who are GM...and so on. The only genuinely
>British manufactuers are the people who make REAL cars - TVR, Caterham,
>Marcos, AC, Westfield, and Lotus (depending on exactly who owns them
>at any point in time).
I seem to remember reading in a recent 'Autocar' magazine, that Lotus is now
owned by Daewoo.
David
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