Car Market UK: 1980's

The 80's set the pattern for the future until today. Ford made top spot secure, GM Vauxhall over doubled its share through the decade to take second spot in 1989 from what was now Rover Group. The former giant of the UK car industry BMC/BLMC was steadily losing its share, never to come back. Jaguar was sold to Ford too. Peugeot's take over of Chrysler UK had given it the impetus to go from 1.2%