Photo Gallery - U.K. Auto Industry Is Down but Not Out
See photos that show how U.K. automakers Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Mini, Lotus, and even Morgan and Morris are hopeful for the future.
Curse globalization all you like, but it's a safe bet that what remains of England's automobile industry wouldn’t be here today without investments from around the world. Over the course of a week driving around Britain, we visited several enterprises that are not so much surviving as thriving, all thanks to foreign connections willing to open their wallets.
Land Rovers lined up at the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) factory.
Assembly still required.
A Jaguar being restored at the JLR factory.
Author Kitman side-eyes the only modern bumper in sight at JLR.
Camel Trophy–badged Land Rover.
A look inside a Jaguar E-type.
Lotus's plant in Hethel looks terribly close to an assembly line.
Lotus assembly line in Hethel.
Scene from the Lotus assembly line in Hethel.
Lotus assembly line in Hethel.
Lotus Elise
The Morris van looks like it should spew soot, but it's actually an EV.
A Morris van.
Assembly line at Mini in Oxford.
On the Mini assembly line.
Mini's modern assembly line juxtaposes the hand-forming at Morgan.
Mini assembly line in Oxford.
Morgan assembly plant at Malvern Link in Worcestershire.
Panels being shaped at the Morgan factory.
Morgan assembly plant.
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