How One FATAL Decision DESTROYED Britain's Car Empire

The rise and fall of the MGB is the story of how Britain destroyed its own car industry. This business documentary traces the downfall of one of the most iconic British sports cars ever built, and the corporate failure, industrial decline, and fatal decisions that turned a global success into a forgotten brand. What happened to the MGB is what happened to industrial Britain itself. More than half a million MGBs rolled out of one small factory in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. For almost forty years it was the world's best-selling two-seat sports car, loved most by the Americans who bought it in their hundreds of thousands. It outhandled and undercut every German, Italian, and American rival in its class. No market force could beat it. And yet today the factory is gone. The town has not built a car since 1980. The MG name belongs to Shanghai. Because the MGB was not killed by Japan, or by the market, or by the strong pound. It was dismantled piece by piece by the company that owned it, through three deliberate decisions taken in London by men who had never once stood on the Abingdon factory floor. The engine built and then withheld from America. The car cheapened year after year until nothing was left of what made it great. And a factory closure that Britain chose, when it did not have to. If you're interested in industrial Britain, iconic brand collapse, and the real history behind the downfall of British cars, subscribe. There is a great deal more on this channel. #BritishCars #MGB #IndustrialBritain #BusinessDocumentary #RiseAndFall #CorporateFailure #ForgottenBrands #BritishHistory