Example sentences of "car production " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eight-year High Speed Train power car production line came to an end at BREL Crewe works in August 1982 with the delivery of the 198th and final example , although strengthening of the fixed coach rakes meant the final augmentation trailer did not appear until the spring of 1985 . |
| 2 | On the one hand , GM has joined forces with Toyota in car production and with the Japanese van manufacturer Isuzu , to which it sold a 40 per cent stake in its Bedford van plant in the UK and with which it is now investing £70m to produce a new four-wheel drive vehicle for the European market . |
| 3 | But unless quality and productivity can be improved in leaps and bounds by the early 1990s , then Dagenham is unlikely to have a future as a car production plant . |
| 4 | Executives at the Ford of Britain headquarters at Brentwood in Essex have undoubtedly already looked into the future and examined what would happen if car production were to end at Dagenham . |
| 5 | Yet , ironically , car production today is still being crammed into a pint pot . |
| 6 | The use of composite materials , such as carbon fibre and Kevlar , to save weight has become part and parcel of racing car production . |
| 7 | According to Lotus associate director Albert Adams — a world authority on composites and the man who , 30 years ago , was told by Chapman to ‘ learn all about glass-fibre ’ — it could be from the escalating costs of tooling up for pressed-steel car production . |
| 8 | Car production fell by 8 p.c. , reflecting sluggish demand , but still topped 2m vehicles of which three out of five were Peugeot . |
| 9 | Car production in March was the highest since November 1990 and commercial vehicle output was the highest since June 1990 . |
| 10 | Official March production figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Central Statistical Office showed that total car production reached 133,951 , 8.44 per cent up on March last year . |
| 11 | Formula 1 racing cars are now constructed using aerospace technology , and equipment such as that supplied by Polymer Laboratories can be used to simulate the behaviour of materials such as carbon fibres and other composites used in modern racing car production . |
| 12 | They are analogous to the family saloons that car production lines turn out by the thousand . |
| 13 | This is only 8 per cent of total Volvo car production worldwide , and five times more cars are still assembled on traditional lines at Gothenburg . |
| 14 | Final assembly is the stage in the car production process when the welded steel car body , having already been painted , is brought together with the engine and transmission , and all the components and trim are attached to it to make up the completed car . |
| 15 | There are some European industries ( eg volume car production — see Chapter 4 ) which are already very concentrated and integrated on a European basis ( both in terms of sales and location of production facilities ) . |
| 16 | In 1985 Ford failed in its attempt to merge its European car production facilities with those of Fiat , largely on the issue of which company would be dominant in the partnership . |
| 17 | An examination of Figure 4.4 shows that it is expected that UK car production will increase in the next ten years ( largely as a result of Japanese investment ) and that consequently the share of car imports in the British market will decline , as will the motor industry trade deficit . |
| 18 | Criteria targeting ( ie working towards a predetermined objective ) is appropriate to the robots on a car production line : it is quite inappropriate to the education of children . |
| 19 | WITH Britain 's economy just coming back to life , its car production rose by 7.7% last month to the highest March level for 19 years . |
| 20 | Car production at Tatra has not been profitable for more than 40 years . |
| 21 | From 1951 to 1955 manufacturing output rose 14 per cent , car production 87 per cent and steel production 21.5 per cent . |
| 22 | It may be easier to make long-term decisions about the best size and type of steel mill if a simultaneous decision is taken on the level of car production to which steel output forms an important input . |
| 23 | Increased oil revenues in 1990 [ see p. 38071 ] accounting for a rise in foreign exchange allotments for several industries , were reported to have made possible a three-fold increase in car production , announced by the Ministry of Heavy Industries on Aug. 6 . |
| 24 | In industries such as car production many companies such as Ford , General Motors , and Volkswagen , are already Pan-European in their operations ; this is also true in areas such as food processing , and many types of consumer durables . |
| 25 | Like we can produce , we can reduce the unit cost of car production dramatically by increasing the s increasing the size of the plant , alright , and so even if , this is one reason why we do n't , why street trade has risen dramatically in manufactures , it 's because in manufactures there are powerful erm , economies of scale effects , alright . |
| 26 | On the positive side , production of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons has fallen 46 per cent since the peak year in 1988 ; bicycle production surpasses car production , with 95 million bikes built in 1990 , compared with 36 million cars ; and world petroleum production fell by 1 per cent in 1991 , continuing a downward trend since the record output of 62.7 million barrels in 1979 . |
| 27 | Then why are n't we self sufficient in car production ? |
| 28 | All car production has now gone over the road to what was the Body plant . |
| 29 | Car production still goes on at Cowley , but there is nostalgia for these old buildings . |
| 30 | One of the most advanced car production facilities in the world has been opened by Trade Secretary Michael Heseltine . |