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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down16·1 month 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-up7·1 month agoEveryone loves German vehicles here for some reason.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoBecauae when it was nationalised, the British car industry was poor-quality, unimaginative, and unreliable.
minus-squareTelex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes, it went bankrupt and was sold and hasn’t existed for about thirty years.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoSo buy Japanese, at least they’re cheap to maintain.
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe three wheeled cars were funny though
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.
So buy Japanese, at least they’re cheap to maintain.
The three wheeled cars were funny though