Analysis: Marques Sell-Off has the Xk Factor ; Ford's Prospective Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover May Not Necessarily Mean Doom and Gloom for the Two Marques, Writes Former Ford Executive Nick Seale

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Since the earliest days, the motor industry has been in a continuous state of flux. Twenty years ago who would have believed that the UK could be a major car producer, making well over a million cars and yet the major companies would be Japanese and German owned?

And who would have imagined that Ford, who have been manufacturing here for more than 80 years, would no longer make any cars in the UK.

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Analysis: Marques Sell-Off has the Xk Factor ; Ford's Prospective Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover May Not Necessarily Mean Doom and Gloom for the Two Marques, Writes Former Ford Executive Nick Seale

But when Ford has carried out its plan to sell Jaguar and Land Rover, this is exactly what will have happened.

For the 15,000 people working in JLR this is a worrying time.

Is this a repeat of the MG Rover sell off in 2000? Does this move by Ford sign...

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