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UK car production declined -44.6% in August with 51,039 units rolling off factory lines as efforts to ramp up production stalled amid the coronavirus crisis. The fall reflected weak demand in overseas markets and a fall in output for UK buyers, according to the SMMT. The performance also reflects an unusually strong August in 2019, when some plants worked through ...

UK car production fell to its lowest level since the Second World War in April, down -99.7%. As the coronavirus crisis forced plants to close, just 197 premium, luxury and sports cars left factory gates in the month, models that had been assembled prior to shutdowns with only finishing touches needed. In April, instead of making cars for the UK ...

UK car manufacturing in 2019 fell to its lowest levels for almost a decade, down -14.2% to 1.3m units. Production fell for the third consecutive year with the UK and overseas markets down -12.3% and -14.7% respectively. The SMMT, which released the figures, said the decline was a matter of “grave” concern and that output had been impacted by weak ...

UK car manufacturing fell -4.0% in October with 134,752 units rolling off production lines. British car production has now fallen in 16 of the last 17 months, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In October 2019, production for the home market declined -10.7% while overseas orders fell -2.6%. The SMMT said model changeovers also ...

UK car production -3.8% in September with 122,256 units built in the month, almost 5,000 fewer than September last year. Year-to-date production is down -15.6%, marking the weakest first three quarters since 2011. In September 2019, production for the UK declined -5.1% as political and economic uncertainty combined to dampen the domestic market. Exports fell -3.4% as cooling demand in ...

UK car manufacturing fell by 20% in first half of 2019, with June decline marking 13 consecutive months of negative growth. Downturns at home and in key global markets saw first half production for the UK and export fall -16.4% and -21.0% respectively, according to figures from the SMMT. The SMMT said that the car industry had spent £330m on ...

UK car production fell -14.4% to 126,195 units in March, the 10th consecutive monthly fall. Production for the home and overseas markets fell -18.1% and -13.4% respectively, according to figures from the SMMT. Year to date production is down 15.9% to 440,530 vehicles. The SMMT cited just published figures from Auto Analysis which looked at UK production forecasts with a ...

British car production fell -9.1% to 1,519,440 units in 2018, its lowest level for five years. The SMMT said that year on year fresh inward investment in the sector plummeted -46.5% to £588.6m. In 2018, production for the UK fell -16.3%, hit by falling demand for diesel cars. Separate SMMT figures show that diesel registrations in 2018 plummeted 30%. The ...

UK car production declined for a third consecutive month in August, down -12.9% to 89,254 units. Production for home market fell -38.8% and exports were down -3.8%, according to figures from the SMMT. It said production fell for a number of reasons, including model changes, planned maintenance shutdowns and preparation for September’s important new emissions standards, combined to slow output. ...

Carmakers preparations for the new WLTP emissions standard played a key role in UK car production for the home market falling -47.2% in June. The SMMT, which released the data, said that operational and model changes also played a part in the production decline. The latest SMMT figures show that total UK car production fell -5.5% in June to 128,799 ...