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Europe’s car industry is under attack on all fronts

14 January 2025

10:41 PM

14 January 2025

10:41 PM

It is half a century since Britain’s native car industry embarked on its long, painful decline, precipitated by Austin Allegros with rear windows falling off, endless strikes over the length of tea breaks and terrible commercial decisions such as to cede the hatchback market to overseas competition. But where Britain led, Germany and France now seem to be following. How

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