On 15/02/2018 11:21, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
A better paint plant should result in higher quality and lower costs.
Increasing demand. Allowing those now spare to be re-deployed. As happens
in any decent industry who care about their workforce.

Rover cars regularly left the factory without any paint on the
underside of the doors.

A better paint plant would have been sabotaged by the union
activists.

My school friend was the son of a ford car dealer. I remember
new cars having to have a 'PDI' before the customer took it,
and this invariably meant checking all the bolts to make sure
they were tight, or even actually present. Door, bonnet and
boot clearances were all over the place. Glue was frequently
smeared on interior linings. Sometimes the car arrived
without headlamps if the Lucas factory was on strike. The
dealer would have to raid his stores and fit them.