Re: No, the UK was never in the running
"Probably realised it was ever-so-slightly more difficult to design a new car than a vacuum cleaner."
The risk/reward and investment/return ratios are also much different. If a vacuum cleaner doesn't sell, the company is out a £100,000 or so in tooling (maybe more) but if you fall flat after spending all of the money to get a car into production, you are pretty much back to waiting tables on Tuesday night in a village pub. Curtains, no flowers.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
