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Unmarked cars that Plod are using
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Strangest I saw was a few years back - all in the same year, All undercover Surrey police. I saw a black Audi Q7, Bright blue Jaguar XK-RS.
A MK5 Golf, at a time when the MK7 was almost out along with the usual 3 and 5 series (Mainly 330d and 530d).
I have heard of a story about the TVP having a Nissan GT-R but don't know whether this is true.
Crazy!
A MK5 Golf, at a time when the MK7 was almost out along with the usual 3 and 5 series (Mainly 330d and 530d).
I have heard of a story about the TVP having a Nissan GT-R but don't know whether this is true.
Crazy!
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Nictrix wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:28 amThat's actually a really good point, all police cars should be cars that are built in Britain. It should probably go even further than that and all government vehicles should be from Britain.Monkeydonkeyratmagic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:19 amAudi SQ7 this morning. My tax bill is being put to good use lining German pockets. I wouldn't mind if they bought RRs at least they'd be funding jobs in the Midlands.
All cars purchased have to fit a role specific standard
The fact is sadly that very few UK built cars meet the required standards
It is also down in part to which manufacturers actually join the tender process, which given EU rules cannot just be for British manufacturers
But remember that when you see that SQ7 they paid absolutely no where near showroom prices for it .. in fact how little they do pay is quite an eye opener
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You mean assembled in the UK with parts from Germany/Poland/Korea/South Africa/Romania/Japan and plenty of othersNictrix wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:28 amThat's actually a really good point, all police cars should be cars that are built in Britain. It should probably go even further than that and all government vehicles should be from Britain.Monkeydonkeyratmagic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:19 amAudi SQ7 this morning. My tax bill is being put to good use lining German pockets. I wouldn't mind if they bought RRs at least they'd be funding jobs in the Midlands.
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And the profits going back to those countries!sticky wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:40 pmYou mean assembled in the UK with parts from Germany/Poland/Korea/South Africa/Romania/Japan and plenty of othersNictrix wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:28 amThat's actually a really good point, all police cars should be cars that are built in Britain. It should probably go even further than that and all government vehicles should be from Britain.Monkeydonkeyratmagic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:19 amAudi SQ7 this morning. My tax bill is being put to good use lining German pockets. I wouldn't mind if they bought RRs at least they'd be funding jobs in the Midlands.
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If you went to Goodwood FOS about 3 years ago, you would've seen these
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And quite a lot were given tax advantages to keep assembly in the UK, in reality the factory labour are the only tax contributors in the business
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At least it would keep people in jobs here.
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With the mention of British built cars, really when you think about it there aren’t that many that would fit the bill !
For Panda cars ? Astra ( Ellesmere Port) Civic (Swindon ) are the only two that come to mind
Certainly the Astra is widespread and Wiltshire I do believe use some Honda’s
For vans .. there’s only really the Luton built Vivaro ?
For high performance cars I think that’s where you struggle, there’s only really Jaguar and a lot of their product isn’t really suited to the role
Range Rover have moved upmarket and I don’t believe are interested in the market
So I think you’d kind of struggle to buy British
For Panda cars ? Astra ( Ellesmere Port) Civic (Swindon ) are the only two that come to mind
Certainly the Astra is widespread and Wiltshire I do believe use some Honda’s
For vans .. there’s only really the Luton built Vivaro ?
For high performance cars I think that’s where you struggle, there’s only really Jaguar and a lot of their product isn’t really suited to the role
Range Rover have moved upmarket and I don’t believe are interested in the market
So I think you’d kind of struggle to buy British
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some Toyotas and Nissans are built in Britain too
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If only they were British!earthdweller wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:41 pmWith the mention of British built cars, really when you think about it there aren’t that many that would fit the bill !
For Panda cars ? Astra ( Ellesmere Port) Civic (Swindon ) are the only two that come to mind
Certainly the Astra is widespread and Wiltshire I do believe use some Honda’s
For vans .. there’s only really the Luton built Vivaro ?
For high performance cars I think that’s where you struggle, there’s only really Jaguar and a lot of their product isn’t really suited to the role
Range Rover have moved upmarket and I don’t believe are interested in the market
So I think you’d kind of struggle to buy British
They are all foreign owned.
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