"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The Germans and then the Japs started the ball rolling when they
installed really good automatic lathes and grinders to polish and
shape
parts to exact tolerances, and then when they also used top grade
materials, their engines started to last, and British ones did not.

Too much of a generalization.

I was there.

VW 10k service interval

BL 3k service interval

Toyota 9K service interval.

Which one isn't there any more?

No BL car I know of had a 3000 mile service interval. Can you state which
one?

But neither the Japs or Germans 'started the ball rolling' with accuracy
in engine making. Possibly at the cheaper end. But that's not what you
said.

It wasn't the accuracy of the engine that killed British cars off, it was
price.
they were too expensive due to a lack of productivity caused by unions with
too much power.
They still try to Fop industry now.
If a factory owner spends money on new machines the unions claim increased
productivity and demand more wages even though the work is easier.