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Old 13th May 2019, 20:51   #11
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Originally Posted by SCP440 View Post
It would surprise me in a few more years that there are less major car makers around the world, the cost of developing new cars is only going to get more expensive and this will make developing new models unaffordable so the smaller and less profitable manufacturers will fade away.

I agree and the other factor at play is that the former premium manufacturers are eating the lunch of the mainstream manufacturer thus making the market very uncomfortable for Ford etc.

In Europe, Germany and France are likely to end up being the two countries with ownership of significant car manufacturing.
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