Triumph start all production in the UK. When the product is stable they ship to Thailand where it is managed by sone of their UK management team; that frees up the UK plant for production of the next range of new models.  They went to Thailand because they ran out of capacity in the UK...land with planning permission as much as anything -  that's what they told us when walking round their Hinckley Factory. Given the ever steepening demand curve for their products it makes sense; all their R&D is UK based too.

Norton seems to me to be an ego trip, and a badly managed one at that. I can't ignore the wisdom in the comments made by a man as credible as Brian Crighton.

Such a shame,  such a waste.