But you assume that people in the UK have an alternative to those German cars. They don't. Germany makes better cars than anyone else. Brits will still buy them, they will just now be more expensive.
Two words: British Leyland
Two words: British Leyland
US cars are strange. I often find the European versions of US models to be miles better than those produced for the US market. So it's hard to decide what exactly is an American car.
Most British car companies are owned by foreigners anyways, and if anything, this was a vote against non-British than a vote against the EU.
Unfortunately that was my impression of the main motive behind this Brexit vote - xenophobia.
American cars are v-8's :p
Sure. Like those excellent Volkswagon diesel vehicles that are vastly more efficient than their Japanese competitors.
Edit: I thought my sarcasm would be clear. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
pick two. (this is controlled by software which means they can sell the same engine that differs in performance and fuel consumption)
Neither Hillary nor Trump agree with Obama's "back of the queue" comment. So no matter who wins in November in the US, they will almost certainly be very eager to make a good trade deal with the UK. Australia and New Zealand will too. Hopefully, this will result in a reinvigorated Anglosphere.
Good for Australia and New Zealand. But the ANZAC future stopped being British when they surrendered Singapore.
> Hopefully, this will result in a reinvigorated Anglosphere.
Why hopefully?
The head of state of the UK is an unelected monarch. The upper house is life peers and Anglican clergy. What kind of "belief in freedom and democracy" is that?
> We share a taste for competitive capitalism and individual initiative.
You... don't actually know anything about the political history of most of the world's English speaking countries, do you?
And what about their history? I know full well that the UK, for example, has dabbled quite heavily in socialism. They're also one of the most resilient people on the planet, up there with the Jews, and they came back from that with a vengeance.
Both Japan and the US has enormous car manufacturing industries, as do many other non German countries.
No "trade deals" are needed for free trade.
Actually, Britain has a significant automotive industry - the third largest in Europe!
British brands are heavily weighted towards premium, high quality models. Jaguar, McLaran, Land Rover, Mini, Bentley, Aston Martin, Lotus, Rolls-Royce, and others.
There's also significant design and manufacturing presence in the UK for Ford, GM, Nissan, Toyota, and Honda.