How Just One Man Destroyed The British Car In 1968

Описание: In 1950, Britain is the second largest car manufacturer on the planet. Its factories are shipping vehicles across the globe — to Australia, to Canada, to South Africa, and to America itself — commanding premium prices and genuine admiration wherever they land.

The Mini sells over five million units across its lifetime. Princess Margaret owns one. The Beatles own one. Enzo Ferrari — the man who builds the greatest cars in the world — calls it his favourite car. And the Jaguar E-Type? Legend has it that Ferrari called it the most beautiful car ever made.

But fast forward to 1975, and the industry that built those cars is gone. British Leyland — the company that was supposed to be the pride of a nation — is bankrupt and nationalised at a cost of one billion, four hundred million pounds to the British taxpayer. And in the showrooms where British cars once dominated, the German and Japanese builds have taken everything.

Total humiliation.

Now, the question of who really killed the British car industry has been widely debated.

And there is a simple villain in this story. His name is Tony Benn — the Minister of Technology at the time.

But the truth is more complicated — and there are two other men with blood on their hands.

Either way, what follows will become the most catastrophic industrial collapse in British history.




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