Successor to Land Rover to be built in France not Bridgend

[MissMoppet]

Britain's richest man, majority shareholder of Ineos, is not now going to build his Grenadier in Bridgend, the old Ford engine plant, but an old Merc plant in France (see here)


He is an ardent Brexiteer but now lives in Monaco . . .


The article above says "I always like to take a Land Rover when on safari." Don't we all?

[myfirstrover]

Originally Posted by MissMoppet

Britain's richest man, majority shareholder of Ineos, is not now going to build his Grenadier in Bridgend, the old Ford engine plant, but an old Merc plant in France (see here)


He is an ardent Brexiteer but now lives in Monaco . . .


The article above says "I always like to take a Land Rover when on safari." Don't we all?

Brexit no deal side effect ?

[LeRich]

Originally Posted by myfirstrover

Brexit no deal side effect ?

Officially not, but it's inevitably a consideration.

I suspect that production was only destined for Wales with the expectation of a nice cash incentive from the Welsh Assembly. This has not been forthcoming so he's chosen to jump ship.

The arrangement with MB is a very convenient one and one that should prove lucrative for Ineos plus provide some security for the start-up and enables MB to off-load the Hambach plant, not dissimilar to how BMW got rid of Longbridge.

[Lovel]

Originally Posted by MissMoppet

Britain's richest man, majority shareholder of Ineos, is not now going to build his Grenadier in Bridgend, the old Ford engine plant, but an old Merc plant in France (see here)


He is an ardent Brexiteer but now lives in Monaco . . .


The article above says "I always like to take a Land Rover when on safari." Don't we all?

I’m saddened to hear that he has taken this decision, but the world has changed and there’s no going back to the good old days. He owns a multinational spread all over the globe. Is this decision so bad?. Employs over 10,000 UK taxpayers with a further 12,000 souls spread overseas. Keeps the lights on at Scotland’s only refinery despite the green lobby, and tried to take the Scottish government on with the fraccing moratorium to bring more jobs and be self sufficient in energy. In my books that’s none to shabby.