It is my experience that people find it easy to lash out and accord blame, whether that blame is justified or not.
As this forum finds its contributors from around the world it would not be fair to criticise comments made by said contributors, however when a company goes into receivership/administration generally no warning is given to the employees; should this be the reason for comments made.
As for Toby's predicament, and I am in no way privy to the business dealings of BCL, he obviously had good reason for actions taken, otherwise why bid to buy your own company back (if it was a complete basket case as someone mentioned)?
As for FNG, I would imagine that they see BCL as a shop window for their products (they use the word "showcase" on the BCL website), in the same way that large corporations buy luxury brands to improve their image, they don't necessarily need to make money as long as the main product line benefits from the publicity; I forget just how many millions of Euros the VAG group are losing on every Veyron they build....
If FNG can make a fortune selling their products (electric drivetrains) to main stream manufacturers by proving their worth in a Bristol or two, even if BCL never makes money, they will have more than recouped their intial investment.
I think what is needed is for FNG/BCL to come out and state what they intend to do with the current line up, as their statement on the home page of the BCL website is extremely vague, "as we are certain that our technology will blend seamlessly and successfully with the Bristol Cars tradition of engineering integrity" and smacks of mis-direction to me....
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