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UK car production surged 31.6% to 91,512 units in October, the best performance for the month since 2019, before the pandemic hit. Production for both the home and overseas markets grew in October, up 23.9% and 33.4% respectively, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT). More than eight in 10 (82.3%) cars were shipped abroad, ...

UK car production fell -9.7% to 45,052 in August, following six consecutive months of growth, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). August is typically the smallest volume month of the year with often variable summer shutdowns. The SMMT said that August’s output was in part affected by extended production pauses at some ...

UK car production surged 31.6% in July, marking the sixth consecutive month of growth. A total of 76,451 units rolled off factory lines as carmakers recovered from micro-chip shortages, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It pointed however that output remained -29.4% lower than pre-pandemic July 2019.1 Manufacturing output for the UK ...

UK car production rose 9.9% to 66,527 units in April, the third successive month of growth as global supply chain shortages continued to ease. Exports drove volumes, rising 14.7% to 54,820 units, with more than eight in 10 cars (82.4%) heading overseas. Production for the home market, however, fell -8.3% to 11,707 units, according to figures from the Society of ...

UK commercial vehicle production accelerated 35.6% in January to hit 9,299 units. January’s strong output marks the best start to a year since 2012, when 9,844 units were produced. Growth in the month was driven primarily by exports, with 5,326 units produced for international markets. More than half of all British-built CVs (57.3%) set sail for abroad, with the EU, ...

UK car production declined -9.8% in 2022 to 775,014 units, according to the latest data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders. The annual total was 84,561 units down on 2021 and -40.5% off the 1,303,135 cars made in 2019 pre-pandemic, equivalent to a loss of more than half a million cars. The main cause of the decline was ...

UK car manufacturing fell by -6% in September, following four consecutive months of growth, Production is down -47.7% from the 120,729 cars built in the same month in pre-Covid 2019. This September, exports declined -7.4% to 48,956 units, driven by reductions in shipments to the EU, US and China, although exports increased to South Korea, Australia and Turkey. The number ...

UK new car registrations fell -24.3% in June to 140,957 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). SMMT boss Mike Hawes said the market was being hit hard by the ongoing shortage of components. “The semiconductor shortage is stifling the new car market even more than last year’s lockdown.,” he said. Battery ...

UK Carmakers are calling for “urgent action” on the rising cost of manufacturing cars in the UK. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) sai the industry faced a £90m rise in energy bills this year. It said UK electricity prices are the most expensive of any European automotive manufacturing country and 59% higher than the EU average. The ...

Automotive is the most desirable sector to work in across Europe ahead of engineering, FMCG, information technology and agriculture. That’s a key finding research from human resources company Randstad. In Europe workers ranked the Automotive sector as number one (46%), followed by Life Sciences (44%) and Industrial (44%). Globally, engineering was the top sector followed by automotive, IT, agriculture and ...