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Originally Posted by marinabrian
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So with the R&D going overseas in most likelihood, there is going to be nothing left.
Let's all give a round of applause to BMW for asset stripping Rover, and the Phoenix Four for handing the Chinese the remnants of MGR on a plate, after lining their own pockets, and shafting the workforce of course.
You have to applaud the alien ownership of once great British companies 
Brian  |
Brian - why keep pointing the finger at BMW and the Pheonix four yet not mention the two parties that contributed the most to MGR's demise - the British public for not buying the cars and the successive UK governments for having no interest in supporting British engineering/manufacturing industry. IMO this is where the responsibility lies.
BMW did with Rover what any business would have done with an unwanted/undesirable complex- retain the valuable parts and get rid of the rest.
The Pheonix Four took on what was probably the most difficulty job in British industrial history and provided quality engineering jobs for a large number of people for a number of years. The amounts they "pocketed" are not large by car industry not general top-level management roles in the UK. They sacrificed the prospect of having any realistic chance of long-term careers in management in the process.