Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 2: British Leyland

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Hello, and welcome to Part 2 of my 4 part series on the death of the British Car Industry, focusing on the politics, society, economics and decisions made over the course of a 70 year period that led from Britain being one of the largest car-making countries in the world to having no home-based indigenous car brands left. Part 2 focusses on the first half decade following the merger of British Motor Holdings with the Leyland Group to form British Leyland, a manufacturer envisaged to be the British equivalent of General Motors, but inherited far too many bad habits and rotten foundations upon its formation that the entire enterprise was doomed from the start, with no mixture of cars or compromises possibly being able to stave off the firm's inevitable slide into financial ruin by the middle of the 1970s. Chapters: 0:00 - Preamble 1:17 - The Leyland Merger 4:48 - An Unhappy Marriage 8:12 - The Cracks Appear 13:46 - Boardroom Battles 16:45 - The Oil Crisis 20:06 - Bankruptcy 23:16 - The Ryder Report 29:09 - The Government Steps In All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): [email protected] The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images. If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon. Press the Join button to get access to new videos a week ahead of schedule by becoming a channel member for just £2.99 a month! Paypal: https://paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rorymacve Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D References: - AROnline (and their respective sources) - Wikipedia (and its respective references)