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Old 22nd Jun 2018, 09:38
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Heathrow Harry
 
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Originally Posted by brakedwell
Those parts have to reach the assembly facilities seemlessly. Gridlock at UK ports after a hard brexit will clog up the supply lines and cause expensive delays. Standby by for similar announcements from Nissan, Honda and Toyota.
Went round the Oxford Mini factory last month - they have rows of trucks outside every morning doing JIT deliveries ... clearly they are worried s******* ... but as they pointed out they have a "second facility" in the Netherlands
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