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Honda confirms Swindon car plant closure
bbc.com ^ | February 19, 2019

Posted on 02/19/2019 12:29:14 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

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Ford warns no-deal Brexit would be ‘catastrophic’
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47225787


21 posted on 02/19/2019 10:18:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BBB333

“We have a Civic 5 door in the US as well:”

I prefer the 306HP version:

https://automobiles.honda.com/civic-type-r


22 posted on 02/19/2019 11:21:54 AM PST by utax
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To: Winniesboy

The article linked to now by the thread seems completely different to the original that I read. Perhaps the beeb have re-written it in the interim (they change stuff all the time). They used to put a date-and-time stamp on every version so this was clear but it appears now they only show an original date.
I stand by my comment. No one doubts that the uncertainy around Brexit doesn’t help companies plan for next year, my quote from their original article showed a deliberate effort to make a connection between Brexit and the Honda closure.


23 posted on 02/20/2019 1:08:59 AM PST by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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24 posted on 02/20/2019 5:11:19 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Mr Radical

it’s not a lie - note it talks about “continued uncertainty” — Brexit terms are not confirmed yet. Business hates uncertainty, it’s worse than any other option.


25 posted on 02/20/2019 5:14:17 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Gen.Blather; Mr Radical

CAr manufacturing is increasing NOT labor intensive. more and more automation are reducing the number of people needed. japan’s demographics wasn’t a factor here, but more important is the tariff component — by locating a factory within the EU zone they did not have to pay tariffs. The same reason why they shifted a lot of manufaturing to the US under Reagan.


26 posted on 02/20/2019 5:39:29 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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Electric cars make sense in Western and Central Europe. Here in Warsaw, I don't use a car for daily commutes. When we travel at the most I'd travel 400 km = 250 miles at one time

Electric cars don't make much sense in the US outside the Eastern corridor -- for now, imho

27 posted on 02/20/2019 5:50:06 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Here in Poland we've had tons of companies coming across from the UK

That's why I am PRO-HARD-Brexit

Come on UK, you can do it - a complete NO-DEAL Brexit.

More business and money for me :)

28 posted on 02/20/2019 6:02:15 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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Here in Poland we've had tons of companies coming across from the UK

That's why I am PRO-HARD-Brexit

Come on UK, you can do it - a complete NO-DEAL Brexit.

More business and money for me :)

29 posted on 02/20/2019 6:02:19 AM PST by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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Poland is in the sweet spot.
Germany I think will lose 100,000 jobs.
But there seems to be lots of other work.


30 posted on 02/20/2019 7:28:59 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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