'Design, manufacture and quality control of niche products. The British and Japanese experiences' in H Shiomi & K Wada (eds), Proceedings of the Fuji Conference, 21, 1994. Fordism transformed. The development of production methods in the automobile industry

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Analyses in terms of design and production methods sports car [niche products] production by British [MG, Triumph] and Japanese [Nissan] makers, 1950s-70s, explaining the early success of the British and the later failure of the British and success of Japanese [Nissan].Has sections: 'The design process' - 'Sports car production scale'; 'Production methods' - 'Labour intensive methods, MG' / 'Mechanised sports car production - Triumph' / Capital intensive production methods - British Leyland and Nissan