reports that British manufacturer Aston Martin might move production out of the UK post-Brexit have been top quality “shameful” as well as “misleading” by business bosses.
Aston Martin has expressed concern in relation to the vehicle accreditation company (VCA), which authorises type approval validation for cars and trucks offered in the UK as well as is currently recognised by the EU.
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If the British government as well as the EU don’t agree on a offer by the Brexit cut-off point of March 2019, the VCA may lose its credentials regarding type approval validation for vehicles offered in Britain. “Recertifying to a new type of approval, be that federal US, Chinese or even retrospectively applying to utilize the EU approval, would mean us stopping our production,” said Aston Martin’s chief monetary policeman mark Wilson.
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Some reports then suggested Aston Martin would cease UK production all together. However, Vice-president Simon Sproule top quality the reports “shameful” as well as “misleading,” adding that “AM always lobbied for typical sense solution to VCA, as well as will continue to do so.”
An Aston Martin spokesperson added: “AM has sought clearness from the government as to the condition of the VCA as an authorized European type approver post-Brexit. Politically inspired headlines concerning hypothetical vehicle production effects are unhelpful to a constructive debate on a topic of utmost seriousness to the UK motor industry.”
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All of Aston Martin’s vehicles are created at its headquarters in Gaydon. It just recently bought a producing facility at an RAF base in St. Athan in south Wales for £200 million to fit the production of its new DBX crossover SUV.
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