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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down16·13 days agoYou know the highest selling car brand in the UK is the Volkswagen? Literally buying more HitlerCars than your own in-house brands by a good 30% over the next leading car company (which is, in fairness, BMW).
minus-squarebrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoEveryone loves German vehicles here for some reason.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 days agoBecauae when it was nationalised, the British car industry was poor-quality, unimaginative, and unreliable.
minus-squareTelex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoYes, it went bankrupt and was sold and hasn’t existed for about thirty years.
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoThe three wheeled cars were funny though
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·13 days agoSo buy Japanese, at least they’re cheap to maintain.
You know the highest selling car brand in the UK is the Volkswagen? Literally buying more HitlerCars than your own in-house brands by a good 30% over the next leading car company (which is, in fairness, BMW).
Everyone loves German vehicles here for some reason.
Becauae when it was nationalised, the British car industry was poor-quality, unimaginative, and unreliable.
Has that changed?
Yes, it went bankrupt and was sold and hasn’t existed for about thirty years.
The three wheeled cars were funny though
So buy Japanese, at least they’re cheap to maintain.