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Top five British-built cars you can lease

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Author: | Updated: 16 Mar 2015 17:06

The ongoing arguments about the EU and whether or not the UK would be better out of it have been full of half-truths and dubious predictions, but they have put the UK’s manufacturing sector under the spotlight.

A key part of that is the motor industry, with more than a dozen brands building cars in Britain’s green and pleasant land, so we thought now was an opportune moment to look at the best cars to be built in the UK.

Mini Hatch 5dr

Built in: Oxford

Mini Cooper D Front Dynamic

Nissan Qashqai

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It may not be very ‘mini’ any more, but with such an enduring retro appeal the new Mini would have been a success no matter how it drove. BMW hasn’t cut corners though, and the result is a wantonly stylish little hatchback that is actually really good fun to drive, especially in the lively Cooper S and John Cooper Works guises.

The standard car does, however, have one big drawback; a lack of space. Now, though, the five-door Hatch has come to market and provided something of a solution in the shape of two rear doors and a slightly extended wheelbase.

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Jaguar F-Pace

Built in: Solihull, West Midlands

Jaguar F-Pace 2016 Red Front Dynamic

Jaguar’s first SUV is here to challenge Porsche’s class-leading Macan and it’s a job well done, as we found out just a few weeks ago. The good-looking and dynamically capable F-Pace feels like a premium product and will certainly ensure that the Macan and Audi Q5 don’t have things all their own way.

Most F-Paces will be sold with the surprisingly competent 2.0-litre diesel engine, but the pick of the range is the 3.0-litre V6 diesel S, which boasts the best part of 300bhp and provides smooth, effortless cruising, as well as strong performance.

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Range Rover Evoque

Built in: Halewood, Merseyside

Range Rover Evoque 2016 Front Static

The Evoque is one of the most popular cars on the webpages of ContractHireAndLeasing.com, and with good reason. As we found out when we tried the 2016 facelift car, the Evoque offers something for everyone, what with its stylish looks, decent road manners and trademark off-road ability. There’s a convertible, too, if you prefer your 4x4s to be roofless.

Not only is it one of this website’s favourite cars, but it’s also one of Britain’s most prolific home-grown products – Land Rover built almost 90,000 of them in 2015 alone.

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Honda Civic Type R

Built in: Swindon

Honda Civic Type R, Tourer and Sport 2015

Mad. That’s the best word we can use to describe the lunatic-spec Civic Type R. In essence, it’s the same Civic your next-door neighbours put on their drive every night, but beneath the bold bodykit there’s a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine producing 306bhp.

Even though the result is a little too visceral for everyday use, it is unquestionably one of the most entertaining hot hatches you can lease, if only because it makes you feel just slightly rebellious.

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Nissan Qashqai

Built in: Sunderland

Nissan Qashqai Front Static

The original Qashqai sold in astonishing numbers – more than 1.24 million were snapped up across Europe, a figure which surprised even the head honchos at Nissan – but the replacement is on course to do even better.

Offering excellent levels of comfort and practicality, as well as handsome looks and decent driving dynamics, the Qashqai is understandably popular worldwide. So many are being snaffled up both in the UK and abroad that Nissan dispatched almost 300,000 of them from its Sunderland plant last year.

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Every car built in Britain:

Mini – Hatch, Clubman, Coupe and Roadster in Oxford
Honda – Civic, CRV and Jazz in Swindon
Infiniti – Q30 in Sunderland
Toyota – Auris and Avensis in Derbyshire
Nissan – Juke, Qashqai, Note, Pulsar and Leaf in Sunderland
Jaguar – F-Type, XE, XJ, XF and F-Pace in Solihull and Castle Bromwich, West Midlands
Land Rover – Discovery, Discovery Sport, Evoque, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in Solihull, West Midlands and Halewood, Merseyside
Aston Martin – Rapide, Virage, DBS, Vantage and DB11 in Gaydon, Warwickshire
Bentley – Continental, Flying Spur and Mulsanne in Crewe
Rolls Royce - Ghost, Phantom, Wraith and Dawn in Goodwood, West Sussex
MG - 3 and 6 at Longbridge, Birmingham
Lotus – Elise, Evora and Exige in Hethel, Norfolk
Vauxhall – Astra at Ellesmere Port and the Vivaro van in Luton
Morgan – Aero 8, 4/4, Plus 4, Plus 8, Roadster, 4-Seater, 3-Wheeler in Malvern, Worcestershire
Caterham – Seven in Crawley, Sussex
Mclaren – 570S, 570GT and 650S in Woking, Surrey

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