[nextos]

Perhaps that was the case with e.g. vintage sports cars from the 50s and 60s. But I don't think the British manufacturing industry has been doing well ever since. I would love to be wrong, though.

[nix23]

Sometimes it still is, Rolls-Royce (Engines and Turbines) are still the Topline.

[markb139]

According the uk official national statistics manufacturing product sales for 2019 was £396 billions.

[pmontra]

Stats for all the EU at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/prodcom/data/excel-files-n... years 1995 to 2019.

[nextos]

I meant in terms of quality.

[yodelshady]

Ever watched formula 1?

I'll bet you're thinking of British Leyland, which behaved a bit like Boeing currently does. But much, much worse, and at every level.

British companies that are aware they can fail produce quality just fine. It's a fairly simple tale.