We recently took Jens CC in for a service (20k) at Sunwin Peugeot at Keighley - we bought the car from the Halifax branch which was not without its own hiccups but in the end the staff were nice enough and it got sorted.
Whilst in for service I listed about 8 things that wanted doing under warranty including:
Sticking drivers 1/4 glass
Suspension knock
Paint rubbing off onto seals on boot and roof
creaky roof
boot catch loose (bolts chewed they have been tightened so many times)
Funny noise from engine
Seat creaking
Etc
They did the suspension knock which turned out to be a rubber bush and looked at the boot catch and ordered some new torx bolts.
The rest they said they would have to re-book the car in for and the earliest would be the 6th of November - about 10 days after the service if we wanted a courtesy car (essential) so we said fine.
We were told "just drop it off on the 6th"
Jen prefered if I took the car as an ex painter so I could discuss what they planned on doing to the boot/roof - but I couldn't get there until the afternoon - so jen called and told a girl called Kirsty, who said it was fine to drop the car off anytime.
With traffic etc and a company to run it meant that I didn't get there until 4.00pm and handed the keys over gave `Kirsty` the reg and name and she handed the key back and said "well, its too late now"
Apparently 4.00pm isn't the `afternoon` and the "day had gone now" so we would have to re-book the car in.
To say I kicked off is an understatement
To be continued....more to follow....
SUNWIN KEIGHLEY - APPALLING SERVICE :-(
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StephenM
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So anyway I kick off with `Kirsty` in the middle of the showroom whilst other customers were there - she is adamant that they needed the car for 2 days and the 6th was one of them and that day had gone.
Round and round in circles, no matter how many times i tell het that they NEVER set a time (9.00am now apparently) for the car to go in and the NEVER once said it had to be in for 2 days (a point i will prove later).
So I get soooo angry that i say "right, fine I will go elsewhere with my custom, but before I do give me the name of someone at Head Office"
She wouldn't do that and got a bit flustered, so when i insisted she went and got `Richard` the Service Manager (IIRC) who decided instead of trying to sort this out would get onto the same roundabout of conversation that `kirsty` was so keen on, so I said to him "look, we have been over this, get me a name of someone I can write to" `Richard` storms off down the showroom, me thinking he is getting a name, then i see him go into an office near the parts dept. In fact it was the main man - the Dealer Principle (whos name evades me).
Anyway to be fair this was a sensible and honest chap who decided that the best and most ammicable way forward way was to accept that I had not been told about the 2 days (Me & Jen were present when this was supposedly said remember!) and that they would take the car and do what they could.
I told them that it was a fair way of resolving the issue but would warn them that I have 15+ years in the same trade and know EXACTLY how warranty works.
So the DP sends me and `Richard` off to look at the car, on the way we stop by `Kirsty` who is keen to point out as courtesy cars are at a premium we can only have it for the Thursday and we will have to drop the Fiat Stilo (yuck!!! another story) off the following day because the car "is booked out to another customer" (remember this part).
So, fine anyway we get chatting about the list we had given prior to our second visiti and I mention to the DP as he was back with us that "what do you propose to do with the paintwork?" `Richard` says "well at this stage we don't know what paintwork needs doing" Me: :rolleyes:
So I say "so....if you don't know what paintwork is needed, how the hell can you establish that you need the car for 2 days?!"
DP looks a bit anxious and tells `Richard` to go out and look at what needs doing and make a decision.
So we go outside and i point out the bootlid inside rubbing on the seal all the way round - blue residue all over the boot seal.
Paint rubbed through on the inside.
`Richard` umms and ahhas but then says "its not covered under warranty"
FFS so I ask him "what? its paint on a car with 6+ years paint warranty" he backtracks by saying "you should have told Halifax `your supplying dealer` about it when you bought it" WHAT?!?!? I HAVE ONLY JUST SEEN IT! It obviously takes time to rub away?!
So `Richard` goes on to explain that warranty only consists of the paint you can see with the panels shut from the outside.
<cough, cough> erm, bollox I say - thats why I have spent years authorising paint repairs to sills, door appatures, boot floors, engine bays, door bottoms (inside), etc is it?
So we move onto the roof - apparently thats OK, even though you can't see it!
So they take the car and give me the keys to the Stilo.
OK, fine - but where is it? on a car park with say 100+ cars on it and the reg is rubbed off the key fob!
No one shows me any controls, no one checks the car for damage, in fact the valeter couldn't even be bothered cleaning it out - it smelt of takeaway, was full of paperclips, dog hairs and general rubbish - to cap it all in peak time traffic in an area i don't know that well it was running on fumes and the sodding fuel gauge is pinging away at me AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!
No one rings the following day, so Jen calls `Kirsty` who says "it won't be ready today" no comment on bringing the Fiat back, so we presume we can keep it - funny that i thought "the car was booked out to another customer"!!!
On the Friday no one rings again, so Jen rings `Kirsty` who says "oh yes its done" but prior to that she asks in a smarmy/sarcastic manner to a colleague "is Y9 JEN" done?" but not bothering to cover the phone!
Before the end of the conversation she decides to reitterate that the car is due back (Fiat) and that they "Close at 5.00pm" she had to say this several times just to get the point across.
So anyway a 30 minute journey ended up being a 70 minute journey because of an accident - so I call Jen to ask her to call `Kirsty` and say we are going to be late, what does she want us to do - she says "she will leave the keys with sales as they leave at 6.00pm".
Get there at 5.25pm - guess what, they are still there and in no rush to go, so more lies I presume!??
`Richard` goes through the list and tells me what they have done - th enoise identified by a mechanic with me present when I dropped the car off has been solved - by replacing the inlet manifold. EXCEPT on the drive home the noise is still there!! :rolleyes:
The window was not a warranty job, they touched up the boot lid (rather they had left it to be honest!) and basically in 2 days they had touched up the roof, cleaned the selas, replaced the inlet and put 2 bolts in the boot catch - hmm, well done!
Other issues on the subject was no one checked the Fiat when i got it back to them, on the service no one washed the car or cleaned it at all "the valeter has gone home early" was sufficient a reply apparently and when we told `Kirsty` first time round she said she would make sure that it would be cleaned next time.
When `Richard` was looking a the car I pointed out that Jen keeps it spotless inside and when it came back from the service there were white dust marks and greasy fingerprints everywhere - he says "well, it would have been nice if you had told us" ?!?!
The he points to the mechanics across the car park to prove they wear overalls, etc, errr, SO???
We pick the car up - they have NOT cleaned the car AT ALL not even jet washed it - so twice in a row and after Jen spending over 1 hour last time on the interior - she had to do it all again the second time round!
The noise only started after the service and they never did half the stuff they said they would.
I will be writing to Peugeot and Sunwin head office as they made the mistake of leaving a customer care questionairre in the car (Fiat not the 206?!) that I will gladly fill in and send to them!
One of the questions is "did we wash and clean your car to a satisfactory level?" HA HA HA HA HA - I laugh becuase that is a joke surely?
Overall they seem to think they can place the blame on me for taking the car in at 4.00pm without specifying any sort of time or time frame for repair - in fact jen asked how long we had the Fiat for and i genuinely answered with "no idea" so they had clearly NOT told us anything about the time they needed.
As a customer giving them the courtesy of my business, I was talked down to in a rude manner and I think after 15 years at motor trade level and 10 years customer service this is one of the worst experiences I/we have had - terrible.
Whilst I was there a lady came in and asked about her car -they claimed they had called her - hmm, like they did with us twice and another person came in and they said the same, never again will I give Sunwin any business all because of one rude dealership and in one person in particular `Kirsty`.
DO NOT USE THEM IF YOU EXPECT CUSTOMER SERVICE!
Round and round in circles, no matter how many times i tell het that they NEVER set a time (9.00am now apparently) for the car to go in and the NEVER once said it had to be in for 2 days (a point i will prove later).
So I get soooo angry that i say "right, fine I will go elsewhere with my custom, but before I do give me the name of someone at Head Office"
She wouldn't do that and got a bit flustered, so when i insisted she went and got `Richard` the Service Manager (IIRC) who decided instead of trying to sort this out would get onto the same roundabout of conversation that `kirsty` was so keen on, so I said to him "look, we have been over this, get me a name of someone I can write to" `Richard` storms off down the showroom, me thinking he is getting a name, then i see him go into an office near the parts dept. In fact it was the main man - the Dealer Principle (whos name evades me).
Anyway to be fair this was a sensible and honest chap who decided that the best and most ammicable way forward way was to accept that I had not been told about the 2 days (Me & Jen were present when this was supposedly said remember!) and that they would take the car and do what they could.
I told them that it was a fair way of resolving the issue but would warn them that I have 15+ years in the same trade and know EXACTLY how warranty works.
So the DP sends me and `Richard` off to look at the car, on the way we stop by `Kirsty` who is keen to point out as courtesy cars are at a premium we can only have it for the Thursday and we will have to drop the Fiat Stilo (yuck!!! another story) off the following day because the car "is booked out to another customer" (remember this part).
So, fine anyway we get chatting about the list we had given prior to our second visiti and I mention to the DP as he was back with us that "what do you propose to do with the paintwork?" `Richard` says "well at this stage we don't know what paintwork needs doing" Me: :rolleyes:
So I say "so....if you don't know what paintwork is needed, how the hell can you establish that you need the car for 2 days?!"
DP looks a bit anxious and tells `Richard` to go out and look at what needs doing and make a decision.
So we go outside and i point out the bootlid inside rubbing on the seal all the way round - blue residue all over the boot seal.
Paint rubbed through on the inside.
`Richard` umms and ahhas but then says "its not covered under warranty"
FFS so I ask him "what? its paint on a car with 6+ years paint warranty" he backtracks by saying "you should have told Halifax `your supplying dealer` about it when you bought it" WHAT?!?!? I HAVE ONLY JUST SEEN IT! It obviously takes time to rub away?!
So `Richard` goes on to explain that warranty only consists of the paint you can see with the panels shut from the outside.
<cough, cough> erm, bollox I say - thats why I have spent years authorising paint repairs to sills, door appatures, boot floors, engine bays, door bottoms (inside), etc is it?
So we move onto the roof - apparently thats OK, even though you can't see it!
So they take the car and give me the keys to the Stilo.
OK, fine - but where is it? on a car park with say 100+ cars on it and the reg is rubbed off the key fob!
No one shows me any controls, no one checks the car for damage, in fact the valeter couldn't even be bothered cleaning it out - it smelt of takeaway, was full of paperclips, dog hairs and general rubbish - to cap it all in peak time traffic in an area i don't know that well it was running on fumes and the sodding fuel gauge is pinging away at me AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!
No one rings the following day, so Jen calls `Kirsty` who says "it won't be ready today" no comment on bringing the Fiat back, so we presume we can keep it - funny that i thought "the car was booked out to another customer"!!!
On the Friday no one rings again, so Jen rings `Kirsty` who says "oh yes its done" but prior to that she asks in a smarmy/sarcastic manner to a colleague "is Y9 JEN" done?" but not bothering to cover the phone!
Before the end of the conversation she decides to reitterate that the car is due back (Fiat) and that they "Close at 5.00pm" she had to say this several times just to get the point across.
So anyway a 30 minute journey ended up being a 70 minute journey because of an accident - so I call Jen to ask her to call `Kirsty` and say we are going to be late, what does she want us to do - she says "she will leave the keys with sales as they leave at 6.00pm".
Get there at 5.25pm - guess what, they are still there and in no rush to go, so more lies I presume!??
`Richard` goes through the list and tells me what they have done - th enoise identified by a mechanic with me present when I dropped the car off has been solved - by replacing the inlet manifold. EXCEPT on the drive home the noise is still there!! :rolleyes:
The window was not a warranty job, they touched up the boot lid (rather they had left it to be honest!) and basically in 2 days they had touched up the roof, cleaned the selas, replaced the inlet and put 2 bolts in the boot catch - hmm, well done!
Other issues on the subject was no one checked the Fiat when i got it back to them, on the service no one washed the car or cleaned it at all "the valeter has gone home early" was sufficient a reply apparently and when we told `Kirsty` first time round she said she would make sure that it would be cleaned next time.
When `Richard` was looking a the car I pointed out that Jen keeps it spotless inside and when it came back from the service there were white dust marks and greasy fingerprints everywhere - he says "well, it would have been nice if you had told us" ?!?!
The he points to the mechanics across the car park to prove they wear overalls, etc, errr, SO???
We pick the car up - they have NOT cleaned the car AT ALL not even jet washed it - so twice in a row and after Jen spending over 1 hour last time on the interior - she had to do it all again the second time round!
The noise only started after the service and they never did half the stuff they said they would.
I will be writing to Peugeot and Sunwin head office as they made the mistake of leaving a customer care questionairre in the car (Fiat not the 206?!) that I will gladly fill in and send to them!
One of the questions is "did we wash and clean your car to a satisfactory level?" HA HA HA HA HA - I laugh becuase that is a joke surely?
Overall they seem to think they can place the blame on me for taking the car in at 4.00pm without specifying any sort of time or time frame for repair - in fact jen asked how long we had the Fiat for and i genuinely answered with "no idea" so they had clearly NOT told us anything about the time they needed.
As a customer giving them the courtesy of my business, I was talked down to in a rude manner and I think after 15 years at motor trade level and 10 years customer service this is one of the worst experiences I/we have had - terrible.
Whilst I was there a lady came in and asked about her car -they claimed they had called her - hmm, like they did with us twice and another person came in and they said the same, never again will I give Sunwin any business all because of one rude dealership and in one person in particular `Kirsty`.
DO NOT USE THEM IF YOU EXPECT CUSTOMER SERVICE!
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Erm
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well all i can say is sorry..........
i know what its like to have nothing but problems with pug customer service and how frustrating it is!!!!
Its the job of a peugeot receptionist to be rude, altho they all seem to be pretty :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Keep at them.......SHOUTING is recommended........be loud and make sure u do this infront of future customers. Altho i did notice if they didnt sell u the car they dont care.
Just make sure they do it
i know what its like to have nothing but problems with pug customer service and how frustrating it is!!!!
Its the job of a peugeot receptionist to be rude, altho they all seem to be pretty :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Keep at them.......SHOUTING is recommended........be loud and make sure u do this infront of future customers. Altho i did notice if they didnt sell u the car they dont care.
Just make sure they do it
MMMMmmmmmm V-TEC u gotta love it :)
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StephenM
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Ha ha ha - don't worry Erm they got shouted at in a full showroom! 
We will never buy another Pug now after experiencing very bad service from 3 garages and Jen was in charge of the Pug line at a call centre years ago and got all the complaints - it was not good and things do not look to have changed
And i thought Lotus were bad!!!!
We will never buy another Pug now after experiencing very bad service from 3 garages and Jen was in charge of the Pug line at a call centre years ago and got all the complaints - it was not good and things do not look to have changed
And i thought Lotus were bad!!!!
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Derek
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i had to stop reading stephen, it was taking ages ..........
with a previous 306, i had trouble with repairs not being completed right, so after a written complaint (Belmont Peugeot) to H.O. the car was booked back in. when i got the courtesy car they said it had to be back by 5pm the following day (2 days for repairs).
i told them if my car was 100% fixed then they would get it back, if it wasn't i would be keeping it. i then got the usual line saying it was booked out for the next day. so with a nice friendly cold stare
they got told they would get the car back if mine was ok.
as expected they had fixed all faults on this occasion but they also knew if it wasn't ok they wouldn't be getting their courtesy car back.
with my current dealer when my 1st CC went in for it's first lot of repairs it was supposed to take one day. it then took up to four but as i couldn't pick the car up during their opening hours on day four and i wouldn't let them bring it to my work as it was 40 miles away i said they weren't getting their car back. quite funny, but the guy wasn't happy - we need the car back. my reply was so ! he said he was prepared to deliver the CC to my work but he once again got told no one was driving it for another 40 needless miles. in the end he made arrangements for hire drive to take the car back after i finished work which i agreed to.
it seems like you have been hard on them already but keep it up and just turn the screw.
being blunt, my dealer must absolutely hate me, but they couldn't treat me any better as they know they won't get away with it.
on a final note, don't be scared to wind them up and waste their time as they do with yourself. near rejection time, the service manager called me on my mobile to update me on the seals. it should have been a 2 minute call ...... but they are always busy, i wasn't so i just kept taking him round in circles on purpose and it cost him 45 minutes of his valuable time and a peak rate mobile phone call for 45 mins as well
with a previous 306, i had trouble with repairs not being completed right, so after a written complaint (Belmont Peugeot) to H.O. the car was booked back in. when i got the courtesy car they said it had to be back by 5pm the following day (2 days for repairs).
i told them if my car was 100% fixed then they would get it back, if it wasn't i would be keeping it. i then got the usual line saying it was booked out for the next day. so with a nice friendly cold stare
they got told they would get the car back if mine was ok.as expected they had fixed all faults on this occasion but they also knew if it wasn't ok they wouldn't be getting their courtesy car back.
with my current dealer when my 1st CC went in for it's first lot of repairs it was supposed to take one day. it then took up to four but as i couldn't pick the car up during their opening hours on day four and i wouldn't let them bring it to my work as it was 40 miles away i said they weren't getting their car back. quite funny, but the guy wasn't happy - we need the car back. my reply was so ! he said he was prepared to deliver the CC to my work but he once again got told no one was driving it for another 40 needless miles. in the end he made arrangements for hire drive to take the car back after i finished work which i agreed to.
it seems like you have been hard on them already but keep it up and just turn the screw.
being blunt, my dealer must absolutely hate me, but they couldn't treat me any better as they know they won't get away with it.
on a final note, don't be scared to wind them up and waste their time as they do with yourself. near rejection time, the service manager called me on my mobile to update me on the seals. it should have been a 2 minute call ...... but they are always busy, i wasn't so i just kept taking him round in circles on purpose and it cost him 45 minutes of his valuable time and a peak rate mobile phone call for 45 mins as well
Derek
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Robbie
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Stephen, what an enthralling tale, sounds like it might not be over yet.
I think I'd also have kicked up a fuss in the showroom as a last resort as it s guaranteed to fiancially hurt and embarass them the most.
OMG whats a shower! Think you should send a copy of your post advising other Pug users of their lousy service to the comments section of the dealer website, just so they know what damage they're doing to themselves.
Robbie.
I think I'd also have kicked up a fuss in the showroom as a last resort as it s guaranteed to fiancially hurt and embarass them the most.
OMG whats a shower! Think you should send a copy of your post advising other Pug users of their lousy service to the comments section of the dealer website, just so they know what damage they're doing to themselves.
Robbie.
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ChrisJ
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I never experienced Sunwin Keighley but I thought that Sunwin Halifax were very good in comparison to JCT600 Bradford and Arundale Bridlington who I also had to use before I moved down South and changed my old Y reg CC. The main CC 'engineer' there was actually extremely helpful and dependable.
I think the area manager is called Graham Mee and he may actually have joined Sunwin Keighley- I had dealings with him via the Arundale dealer principal but didn't get f.a.
You could try registering your complaint about the dealership with Pug HQ customer services .. I can't remember the number offhand right now but I'm sure someone on here will know.
Good luck
there was actually extremely helpful and dependable.I think the area manager is called Graham Mee and he may actually have joined Sunwin Keighley- I had dealings with him via the Arundale dealer principal but didn't get f.a.
You could try registering your complaint about the dealership with Pug HQ customer services .. I can't remember the number offhand right now but I'm sure someone on here will know.
Good luck
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Derek
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don't expect any help from pug c.s. they were absolutely useless for me. if the senior mgt at the dealer didnt respond to my complaint then i would have been marooned at sea.
Derek
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Robbie
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Derek,yeah - as you know its just like any other item bought through a retailer where the contract and liability rests with them and not the manafacturer, with such a crap peugeot cs there'd be no incentive to fix anything at all.don't expect any help from pug c.s. they were absolutely useless for me. if the senior mgt at the dealer didnt respond to my complaint then i would have been marooned at sea.
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StephenM
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The annoying thing in a way is that we bought the car from Sunwin Halifax because when Jen decided it is what she wanted as her next car i faxed about 15 dealers - some got back to me some didn't, some were even polite enough to get back to me to sat they couldn't match the prices given but "thanks for the opportunity" which was excellent service imho!
However where we work and where we live means that Sunwin Keighley is smack in the middle of our journey home - so it is more convenient than Halifax.
JCT600 are in Shipley and only 5 minutes away from the office but I have had dealing with JCT enough times with the Lotus(s) and other cars and we also did some customer satisfaction surveys for their Vauxhall and Pug dealers a while back - I won't even go into the results.
I called JCT and Sunwin for the 20K service cost - JCT: £140 Sunwin: £125 (ish) - when pushed I asked "I need a price, not an `ish` cost" - it turned out it was the infamous `Kirsty` that gave the vague costs
So we bypassed a better dealer (Halifax) and a more convenient one (JCT) to go there and get all this hassle.
Never again.
The only other one is Simpsons and there is Noooooo way we are going there, Dire sums them up pretty much and they nearly had the franchise removed from them last year! :rolleyes:
I don't think Peugeot give a shit to be honest - there are rumours the Coventry plant is shutting down next year anyway so why should they care!?
However where we work and where we live means that Sunwin Keighley is smack in the middle of our journey home - so it is more convenient than Halifax.
JCT600 are in Shipley and only 5 minutes away from the office but I have had dealing with JCT enough times with the Lotus(s) and other cars and we also did some customer satisfaction surveys for their Vauxhall and Pug dealers a while back - I won't even go into the results.
I called JCT and Sunwin for the 20K service cost - JCT: £140 Sunwin: £125 (ish) - when pushed I asked "I need a price, not an `ish` cost" - it turned out it was the infamous `Kirsty` that gave the vague costs
So we bypassed a better dealer (Halifax) and a more convenient one (JCT) to go there and get all this hassle.
Never again.
The only other one is Simpsons and there is Noooooo way we are going there, Dire sums them up pretty much and they nearly had the franchise removed from them last year! :rolleyes:
I don't think Peugeot give a shit to be honest - there are rumours the Coventry plant is shutting down next year anyway so why should they care!?
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Justin
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Who's your source Stephen?I don't think Peugeot give a shit to be honest - there are rumours the Coventry plant is shutting down next year anyway so why should they care!?
I completely agree that Pug dealers are generally crap at customer service. My local dealer are that bad (I can't be bothered to go into the full story here - details available on request
) that I'm dreading putting the cc in for the (4th lot of) warranty work that needs doing. I like to support my local community so I was quite pleased to be able to buy a Peugeot, but after the service I've received from the dealer network I'll NEVER buy another Peugeot car.
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Derek
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justin,
it was in this weeks auto express.
it said that as the ryton plant is quite dated and needs modernised then it will cost a lot to bring it up to standard to take on production of the 207 in 2005. it said that it may lose out to other european countries and end up being closed like dagenham & luton.
it may depend on what subsidies they get from the goverment to update the plant and if they can get more in another country. in the last year both motorola & nec (a few miles from my house) have closed with the loss of 6000 jobs. companies only operate where they can make most money.
it was in this weeks auto express.
it said that as the ryton plant is quite dated and needs modernised then it will cost a lot to bring it up to standard to take on production of the 207 in 2005. it said that it may lose out to other european countries and end up being closed like dagenham & luton.
it may depend on what subsidies they get from the goverment to update the plant and if they can get more in another country. in the last year both motorola & nec (a few miles from my house) have closed with the loss of 6000 jobs. companies only operate where they can make most money.
Derek
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