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VW warranty is 6 years, Pugs 5 and Ford 3. But do many folk worry about this beyond their ownership period, which a guess for most is 3 years.
Ford Bridgend plant under threat
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VW warranty is 6 years, Pugs 5 and Ford 3. But do many folk worry about this beyond their ownership period, which a guess for most is 3 years.
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Exactly. The Kia range is a fair thing and I am mighty impressed with my sister in laws 2019 Rexton it is some 4x4 to drive
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The John Snow interview with ex Nissan boss in exile in Lebanon highlighted industry.
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I see Bridgend has a new MP worthy of joining the Francois, Bridgen duo. What he's been doing may not be illegal but it makes your flesh creep. 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/jamie-wallis-sugar-daddies
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/jamie-wallis-sugar-daddies
Toyota warranty is 5 yearsVW warranty is 6 years, Pugs 5 and Ford 3. But do many folk worry about this beyond their ownership period, which a guess for most is 3 years.
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Kia and Hyundai longer too!
My family have had five Hyundais, mine I kept for nine years having traded in a Merc to buy it. All were very reliable and cheap to run. They lacked a few refinements and economy was not the best but I would recommend them to anyone. Depreciation is not bad either. I also run three pickups under 5yo, two Isuzu DMax and a Navara, having also run L200 and Rangers. The Navara is the best of that lot by a country mile.
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They are not moving the production to Sunderland. Nissan Barcelona produce electric vans and pickups which will most likely move to France or could even go back to Japan.
ollie989898
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Nissan backs UK plant but protests erupt in Spain
Almost 3,000 jobs will be lost in Spain but the carmaker says its Sunderland factory will stay open.
www.bbc.co.uk
Nissan's UK factory in Sunderland will stay open as the Japanese carmaker carries out a global restructuring amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It will close its factory in Barcelona with the loss of about 2,800 jobs after the firm plunged to a $6.2bn (£5bn) net loss in the last financial year.
Nissan is cutting production and car models after sales fell before and during the Covid-19 outbreak.
The company's net loss is its first for more than 10 years.
Restructuring
Nissan is part of a three-way alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi, which are restructuring global operations to enable them to work more closely and cut costs.
Nissan said on Thursday it would focus on several "key markets", including Japan, North America and China.
In a press briefing, its boss said that it will "sustain" its presence in Europe but will leave more room for alliance partners there, such as Renault. There has been speculation that Renault could switch some production to the Sunderland factory.
Nissan chief executive Makoto Uchida told the press briefing the company would maintain production at its Sunderland plant.
It will begin building cars there again in June, after production was paused due to coronavirus-related lockdown measures.
Before the suspension, the factory was preparing for production of the next-generation Qashqai, due out next year. The factory, the UK's biggest car plant, employs about 7,000 people.
Mr Uchida described the closure of the Barcelona factory as "a very difficult decision".
You reckon ?
In a press briefing, its boss said that it will "sustain" its presence in Europe but will leave more room for alliance partners there, such as Renault.
ollie989898
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I am afraid this virus will only accelerate the drastic restructuring of the car industry as we know it. The dash to electric cars was the starting point and we are a long way from seeing the end result.
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Eighty percent of their production is exported. So not really. I would guess that TM originally offered to cover all the additional importing and exporting costs that could be attributed to Brexit, amongst her various secret deals with the car companies. And I bet that still holds good with Boris.
You would twist the story to be anti brexit / tory whatever car makers decided to do tbh
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Why is quoting a fact twisting it? As for guessing that the government may underwrite any additional costs incurred by Brexit wrong? If you want to retain these businesses it would be a wise precaution and a small price to pay IMO.
It’s you that twisted the story. As MS states 80% of production is exported and the manufacturing is kept in the UK because of incentives granted by the government. Nothing to do with the the UK having the money to buy the cars.