The Rise and Fall of Linwood: The Scottish Car Factory That Never Had a Chance
The Linwood car plant in Renfrewshire was forced into existence by a government that needed votes in Scotland more than it needed a viable car factory. Built in the wrong place with the wrong workforce for the wrong reasons, it ran for eighteen years on borrowed money and borrowed time, survived three changes of corporate ownership and one enormous taxpayer bailout, and closed in 1981 with productivity at an all-time high. This is the story of a factory that was never given a fair test, and the town it took down with it.
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