Brexit Frustrates Jaguar Land Rover's Bid to Become More British

  • Sports car and SUV giant says split has hurt ‘onshoring’ plan
  • U.K. automakers need to localize supply chains to cut costs
Photographer: Michael Noble Jr./Bloomberg
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Britain’s biggest carmaker is grappling with a fresh Brexit dilemma.

Jaguar Land Rover wants to boost the proportion of parts made in the U.K. to simplify its supply chains and capture cost-saving economies of scale -- but the looming split from the European Union is making it tougher to persuade component makers to expand in the country.