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Originally Posted by Artemis
Just imagine for a moment that the brakes of your BMW M, Porsche GT, Audi RS or Mercedes AMG were developed by an Italian company of, say, Stezzano or something like that, rather than in Münich, Garching, Zuffenhausen, Weissach, Ingolstadt or Stuttgart.
Would that make you nervous ?
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Italy is still "Western enough" for those people...
What about Bentley seatbelts and Mercedes transmissions from Romania? Aston Martin's carbon fibre supplier used to be in Hungary up until very recently - they had to up their total percentage of local Tier 1 suppliers from 30% to 55% due to Brexit. So they had to find one, way more expensive, in England instead.
Meaning, 55% of parts must come from the UK or the EU. It is lower for BEVs currently and governments are trying to increase localisation of the supply chain to control it more as batteries are estimated to be worth 30% of the whole car and that's just too much money left on the table thousands of miles away.
People don't seem to realise car manufacturers don't actually make the parts they use. That's pretty damn rare in the grand scheme of things. They call several suppliers and say, "hey, I want this & that, can we get anything in this price range?" and the winner, e.g., Bosch goes and produces it wherever it is most suitable.