BBC: Toyota's Flintshire (UK) factory exports cars back to Japan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-13959544

Car giant Toyota is to start exporting cars from its Flintshire plant back to its Japanese homeland. The company will export its Avensis model to the home of Toyota, where European cars are in fashion.

Machine parts from the Deeside factory are also being sent to the Far East.

UK manufacturing minister, Mark Prisk, who visited the site, said: "We want to make the UK a leader in the research, development, demonstration, manufacture and use of low and ultra-low carbon vehicles.

"With Toyota's plant in Deeside manufacturing the first full hybrid engine to be made outside Japan, it is helping the UK lead the way."


The Deeside plant makes hybrid engines for Toyota's Auris model

... this can be taken as good news.

Apart from small specialist car manufacturers, all the major car manufactuers in the UK have non UK owners.