I should imagine it would mean "Westlands" position would be tenuous.
As for the car industry I cannot forsee no deal being done, the likes of VW, BMW and Mercedes groups are hardly likely to lose one of their biggest markets and one would assume they would exert pressure on Merkle etc that would be huge.
Remember those groups include the likes of Audi, Seat, Skoda, etc, all major players in the UK markets. It could potentially cripple their output and the German economy to loose such a major market.... It will never be allowed to happen, no matter what scare tactics are used. The other thing about Mini and one of its main selling points, just as with RR is they are seen across the world as a quintessential British made product, even though it no longer is.
Rather like Bernard Matthews Norfolk turkeys, they can call them that because the eggs are laid in Norfolk, the fact they are then shipped and raised in Romania has nothing to do with it., the same goes for a RR, the engine etc comes from Germany or was at least designed there I believe.
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Last edited by NutLoose; 8th Jun 2016 at 11:48.