Politics POLL: Brexit Withdrawal Agreement

No X-trail production is being moved, it just isn't being expanded whilst Nissan work on a viable hybrid platform for Europe. At this point it makes more sense for them to tool up for it in Japan rather than anywhere else.

 

Didn't they say in 2016 that because of the Government's promises that they wouldn't move production from the UK?

I don't see how trends on cars has changed that dramatically in 3 years.

Unless you're suggesting that the Government is doing this on purpose to derail Brexit.

 

Actually South Korea.

They absolutely have. Dieselgate became public September 2015, so three years four months. Since then diesel sales have collapsed everywhere; the Germans have withdrawn diesels entirely from the US, and have only not done so in Europe because they literally have no other models that can meet their Euro 6 C02 targets (which conveniently forgot about N0x). Problem is it takes a full product cycle (4-5) years to replace models and you can't simply rip out diesels and replace them with hybrids. But the public know they're coming (Volvo have already publicly stated they will stop selling diesel altogether and their new S60 range has no diesels at all. JLR are getting rid of small diesels within the next two years etc.), they also know inner city diesel bans are coming (indeed are already happening for older Euro 5 diesels in Germany), and no-one wants to be stuck with a second-hand diesel that's worthless because everyone's moved to hybrids or full electric.

Brexit certainly isn't helping (although British car dealers are experiencing a mini-boom of Irish customers buying in the UK because of the state of Sterling), but the state of the car market is mainly down to the transition away from diesel.

 

Nope, Kyushu in Japan. Unless you know more than the head of Nissan Europe?


View: https://twitter.com/gunner123me/status/1092165768874213376?s=19

 

Huh.
Nissan Rogue - Wikipedia

 

That's the US version, which we wouldn't be building in the UK anyway.

 

The Rogue and the X-Trail are exactly the same car.

 

Not exactly, different engines and trim levels, but built in completely different factories. Much like the Golf/Leon/A3.

But as I said, Nissan themselves say its built in Japan, so that's good enough for me. It might even be built around the corner from the jail their CEO is rotting in....

 

Except the government completely agrees with him...so.

 

Bit harsh.

Tusk says those who backed Brexit with no plan deserve 'special place in hell' - Politics live

 

Not harsh enough.

 

He's right, many MPs voted with their wallets.

 

Im actually starting to think we might leave in a fashion.
The EU is starting to blink and if they can OK the deal and make it look like they sorted out the Irish problem for us, then this could go ahead

 

Germans eh..they havent seen such reckless behaviour since Hitler invaded Russia.

 

So they cancelled the Ferry Freight Pizza contract:
No-deal Brexit ferry contract scrapped

 

With every relocation out of London because of Brexit, the capital’s revenues suffer

 

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDKQliH1awY

 

Looks like the Tories are setting up to blame Brexit on Labour;

May offers Corbyn more Brexit talks

 

Blame for what?

 

The shit show that's about to happen

 

British ‘lethality’? Gavin Williamson’s brain has gone absent without leave | Simon Jenkins

Looks like someone is sucking up to the idea of bringing back the British Empire.

Or at least trying.