Is It British?
A motor quiz
QUESTION:
How many of these familiar marques are currently in production by a true British company?

1. Morgan

2. MINI Cooper

3. Aston Martin

4. Rolls-Royce

5. Triumph

6. MG

7. Land Rover

8. Lotus

9. TVR

10. Jaguar

ANSWER:
Let's go in reverse order:

10. Jaguar--nope, majority ownership by Tata, of India.
  9. TVR--yes, it's British!
  8. Lotus--nope, it's 51% owned by Geely Holding Group, China
  7. Land Rover--nope, it's part of the Jaguar Land Rover Group, owned by Tata.
  6. MG--nope, it's now Chinese
  5. Triumph--nope, I said "currently in production." Sorry, trick question.
  4. Rolls-Royce--sorry, but this icon of British luxury is...German. It's part of the BMW Group.
  3. Aston Martin--Yup! James would be proud.
  2. MINI Cooper--nope, part of BMW.
  1. Morgan--I'll bet you said British, right? Wrong! After 110 years under the control of one
(British) family, in 2019, majority ownership was sold to Investindustrial, an Italian company!

How many did you get wrong? Don't feel badly--it's a multinational world, after all.

BTW, ownership doesn't mean the cars aren't still made in the UK. Nearly all of the 10 are.