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]'s history as a transport manufacturer is extensive, with firms like ], ], ], and ] motorbikes, ] vans, ] police cars, ], the ], ], ], ], ], The ], the ] ] Company and a UK branch of ] trains, formerly the ], ] coach services also are based in Birmingham. | |||
] also has a production plant at ]. | |||
The N.E.C. Motor Show is the largest motor show in Britain, and is hosted every other year. | |||
In the First and Second World Wars, the ] car plant built everything imaginable from ] to ] ]s, ], ], ]s, ] fighters, ]s, ] and ]s, with the mammoth ] bomber coming into production towards the end of WWII. The ] ] was mass produced for the ] during the ], at ]. It has been argued by some that Britain may have lost the second world war had it not been for Birmingham's massive industrial might. | |||
Longbridge has played a vital role in Birmingham and the wider conurbation's employment since the invention of the aeroplane. | |||
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