British motor industry

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The British motor industry is the collective automotive sector in the United Kingdom, encompassing the design, manufacture, and sale of cars, commercial vehicles, and related components by a range of domestic and international companies.

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British motor industry canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automotive industry ⓘ
economic sector ⓘ
motor industry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UK motor industry ⓘ
contributesTo UK GDP ⓘ
UK exports ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employs hundreds of thousands of people in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCluster Motorsport Valley ⓘ
North East England automotive cluster ⓘ
linked to: North East England

West Midlands automotive cluster ⓘ
hasForeignOwnership BMW ⓘ
Ford Motor Company ⓘ
Geely ⓘ
Honda ⓘ
Nissan ⓘ
SAIC Motor ⓘ
Stellantis ⓘ
Tata Motors ⓘ
Toyota ⓘ
Volkswagen Group ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent collapse of MG Rover in 2005 ⓘ
nationalisation of British Leyland in 1975 ⓘ
privatisation and breakup of Rover Group in the 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
hasIssue competition from foreign manufacturers ⓘ
deindustrialisation in some regions ⓘ
hasTrend increased foreign ownership of domestic brands ⓘ
shift towards electric vehicles ⓘ
historicallyDominantCompany Austin Motor Company ⓘ
British Leyland ⓘ
British Motor Corporation ⓘ
Ford of Britain ⓘ
Morris Motors ⓘ
Rootes Group ⓘ
Rover Group ⓘ
Vauxhall Motors ⓘ
linked to: Vauxhall
historicalPeakPeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
includesActivity automobile design ⓘ
automobile manufacturing ⓘ
automobile sales ⓘ
automotive components manufacturing ⓘ
commercial vehicle manufacturing ⓘ
motorsport engineering ⓘ
industryAssociation Motor Industry Research Association ⓘ
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ⓘ
notableBrand Aston Martin ⓘ
BMW Mini Plant Oxford ⓘ
linked to: MINI Plant Swindon

Bentley ⓘ
Honda Swindon ⓘ
JCB ⓘ
Jaguar ⓘ
Land Rover ⓘ
Leyland Trucks ⓘ
Lotus Cars ⓘ
McLaren Automotive ⓘ
Mini ⓘ
Nissan Sunderland ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Motors

Toyota Burnaston ⓘ
Vauxhall ⓘ
regulatoryBody Department for Transport ⓘ

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Armstrong Siddeley → partOf → British motor industry ⓘ