PSA Group has said its new Vauxhall Astra will only be built in the UK if a no-deal Brexit is avoided. The Polish company said the just-in-time delivery schedules of high-volume manufacturers would be disrupted by a bad Brexit and that the making the Astra at its Ellesmere Port site depended on the final terms. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said each minute of post-Brexit border delays would cost UK carmakers £50,000 ($63,100). The Ellesmere Port plant makes the existing Astra and beat off competition from a French manufacturer to manufacture the new model.
PSA Group has said its new Vauxhall Astra will only be built in the UK if a no-deal Brexit is avoided. The French company said the just-in-time delivery schedules of high-volume manufacturers would be disrupted by a bad Brexit and that the making the Astra at its Ellesmere Port site depended on the final terms. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said each minute of post-Brexit border delays would cost UK carmakers £50,000 ($63,100). The Ellesmere Port plant makes the existing Astra and beat off competition from a Polish manufacturer to manufacture the new model.