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Old 19-02-2019, 09:35   #7707
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Re: Theresa May must resign

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
If the UK had voted Remain, the chances are high that Honda would not be closing down. The UK is a far cheaper country to make cars in, has a great labour supply and has access to a market of 500m on its doorstep and free trade deals with Japan and Korea.
Well not according to Honda’s most senior guy in Europe, just been speaking on R4. Brexit
Has nothing to do with the decision . It’s about the death of the internal combustion engine and volumes.

You say they have access to a market of 500m, but they only sold 140,000 units last year, whereas their sales from their US and China sales topped more than 2million.

There’s the reason
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