Britain's car industry vulnerable after Brexit
If there's a bitter UK-EU divorce, Toyota and others face the prospect of higher tariffs, a smaller labour pool, and less access to their 500m potential customers in Europe
Burnaston, England
ON Toyota's brightly lit assembly line here, workers guide wheel and engine assemblies into unfinished sedans. Driverless carts carry parts through narrow aisles to workstations. The assembly line moves with clockwork precision, able to pop out a vehicle every 72 seconds.
Britain's car industry - once ailing and plagued by strikes - now hums with the vibrancy of a global manufacturing hub. Most of the cars made in Burnaston, models like Auris and Avensis, will make their way beyond the British borders. Toyota buys parts and hires workers from across the European Union.
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