Fears UK car industry may never recover as production lines close

Plants responsible for two-thirds of UK's output and employing 17,000 workers have ceased operating

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Britain's automotive industry may never recover from the coronavirus crisis, experts have warned, after responsible for more than two-thirds of the UK's annual vehicle production paused assembly lines.

Honda, BMW and Toyota joined a rapidly lengthening list of carmakers halting European operations on Wednesday, Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's largest auto firm, as the only one still operating UK plants.