Nissan staying in UK is great news after Brexit, but car industry's future is still very unclear
- Written by Jim Saker, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Automotive Management, Loughborough University
Sunderland 1 Brexit 0.Owen Humphreys/PAWhen the UK voted for Brexit, there were no positives for the UK car industry. The prospect of a 10% tariff on car production that involves parts and sub-assemblies moving in and out of the UK was untenable.
Without a trade deal with the EU, Nissan warned that its Sunderland plant in north-east England would...