"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/18/2014 at 11:56 • Filed to: Scotland
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
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As Scotland may soon achieve at the ballot box what Gerry Adams couldn't achieve with the blood of thousands of civilians, let's look at what an independent Scotland's automotive industry might look like.
A quick perusal of English Wikipedia (English: now with more homonyms!), shows that the lone automotive manufacturing plant in Scotland is Alexander Dennis' bus plant in Falkirk. That seems to be the entirety of contemporary Scottish automotive manufacturing.
But if Yes prevails and Scotland foolhardy dream of sharing the Pound Sterling or tying their own currency to the Pound Sterling eventually fails, will English auto manufacturing move north to save costs? Cheaper labor without having to haul newly manufactured cars all the way from former Soviet republics would be mighty tempting for manufacturers, assuming Scotland manages to maintain free trade with the rest of the UK and the EU.
What do you think is the future of the Scottish automotive industry?
THOMAS5
> For Sweden
09/18/2014 at 11:59 |
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They made DeLoreans!
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For Sweden
> THOMAS5
09/18/2014 at 12:00 |
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That was Northern Ireland you clod.
cabarne4
> THOMAS5
09/18/2014 at 12:01 |
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That... was the North Irish.
mr_gofast
> For Sweden
09/18/2014 at 12:03 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathcar… - bring back this scottish marque.
also Argyll auto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_
Galloway, from Dumfries; Drummond, Dumfries; DL from Motherwell; Gilchrist, Glascow; Stirling, Edinburgh; Werbell, Dundee; WSC, Aberdeen; Rob Roy, Glascow. (car)
crowmolly
> For Sweden
09/18/2014 at 12:03 |
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Welcome to all things Scottish! Where if it's not Scottish... IT'S CRAP!
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> mr_gofast
09/18/2014 at 12:12 |
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I didn't know Strathcarron was Scottish. I had heard of Argyll, though.
Agrajag
> For Sweden
09/18/2014 at 12:12 |
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As long as they offer tartan seats they will do just fine.
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mr_gofast
> Goshen, formerly Darkcode
09/18/2014 at 12:20 |
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strathcarron was hqed in london but the name and the original founder were from Strathcarron which is a scottish island.
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THOMAS5
> For Sweden
09/18/2014 at 13:10 |
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I am a fool