On 6 Feb 2008 11:38:27 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:10:24 +0100, scott wrote:
>
>> 7.5 million new cars were sold in the US in 2004, so presumably some
>> people can afford them.  A lot of people get given them by their
>> company, and a lot of other people just buy cars that are a few years
>> old (but not decades).
>
>Cars in the US are a fair bit cheaper than they are in the UK.  Part of 
>the reason for that is the additional cost of actually delivering the 
>vehicles to the island - there's not a lot of space for manufacturing 
>plants (though there are a few, of course).
>
There are a few manufactories on this sceptered isle, you know :) 
We do make some cars and even export them.


Regards
	Stephen

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