Well we can lament the loss of our own car manufacturing industry. Teribus will, I'm sure, tell us whose fault that was. When I were a bonny wee lad my dad drove Ford Anglias (the biscuit tin ones) and Vauxhall Vivas. All made here. I drove Morris Minors and Triumphs that were made here before Japan joined in. I'd love to say that those were the days, but the cars were unreliable and, generally speaking, fit only for scrap after six or seven years, with the honourable exception I suppose of Morris Minors (as long as you didn't mind the suspension top joint jumping out, the exhaust valves burning, the differential case cracking and the wings rusting out). How many of those millions of Vivas or MkII Cortinas do you still see? Those big old cars you mention still had to be made. Every car on the road was made once. And we're making more and more giant gas-guzzlers. I can hardly squeeze my Focus in between 'em at Morrisons any more.