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Billionaire tycoon Jim Ratcliffe to build Land Rover Defender successor in Britain in Brexit boost

The Ineos chairman is seeking to become the UK's largest independent car maker by investing £650m into the British manufacturing industry and creating up to 10,000 jobs

BILLIONAIRE Brit businessman Jim Ratcliffe is on the road to creating what could be the UK’s largest independent car maker — with plans to produce up to 25,000 a year.

The chairman of chemicals giant INEOS is moving into the motoring market — and told The Sun how he wants to build a successor to the discontinued Land Rover Defender on the East Coast.

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Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe with one of the last Land Rover Defenders to roll off the production lineCredit: Jon Bond - The Sun
, launched today.

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