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Land Rover (along with its prestige sister brands Range Rover and Jaguar) has been owned by Indian automotive giant, Tata Motors, since 2008. Founded in 1985, the company has been a subsidiary of the wider McLaren Group (Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund is the majority shareholder) since 2017. Vauxhall Motors claims to be "the UK’s oldest surviving car brand" and its first models rolled off the line in 1903. Owned by France's Groupe PSA (Citroen, Peugeot, DS) since 2017, its spiritual home since 1905 has been Luton in Bedfordshire, which is currently the only light commercial vehicle factory in the UK. Meanwhile, car production continues at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, which produces the Astra Hatch and Sports Tourer models. 8. Toyota Japanese giant Nissan has been building cars at its plant in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, since 1986, and in 2019 the 10 millionth British-built Nissan rolled off the production line.

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