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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down16·2 months 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-up7·2 months agoEveryone loves German vehicles here for some reason.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoBecauae when it was nationalised, the British car industry was poor-quality, unimaginative, and unreliable.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoSo buy Japanese, at least they’re cheap to maintain.
minus-squareTelex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYes, it went bankrupt and was sold and hasn’t existed for about thirty years.
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.
So buy Japanese, at least they’re cheap to maintain.
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