ILLUSTRATION: PAUL RYDING
For almost three years it’s been omni-turmoil. You know the causes, but indulge me with the drama of spelling them out. A pandemic, chaos in supply chains, a war, an energy squeeze, inflation and spiralling interest rates. Plus, for the car business in particular, the chip shortage and logistics – even now, freshly built cars are piling up outside factories because there are too few lorry drivers for the transporters.