Why make new, when you can take someone else's design and improve on it. I have no real interest in new cars. I've bought 2 brand new vehicles in my life ( a VW Polo in 1989 and a Bedford Brava in 1989) both to offset tax. I'll never do it again. But I'm a big fan of stuff the Foreign chaps made from reverse engineering, then made better. Such as the Datsun/Nissan straight six (Triumph) or the gorgeous Nissan in line five two stroke diesel (Gardener). The far est will produce whatever is asked of them, to the quality we are willing to pay for.
Many things, including cars are made from internationally sourced parts, that Made in the UK or Made in Murica are really 'Assembled in..."
Not going to talk about EV's