Alan1302, I agree it would make no sense to make cars in the UK just for the UK market. There’s a world outside the EU, you know…
There is a world outside of the EU – but that is the biggest market for cars near the UK.
Nissan – make cars in the UK for the EU market – they have factories elsewhere to send cars to places outside of the EU.
Toyota – same as Nissan.
BMW – they have factories in the EU already so may want to use those more.
JLR – they have overseas factories in China they could use if they get better import taxes.
Vauxhall – they make the Opel Astra for the EU market – the car could easily be made elsewhere as they are owned by PSA who have a lot of car factories to use.
So if the UK gets a poor Brexit deal why would the companies want to stay?