SMMT News

30 January 2015 #SMMT News

1. EU CV registration figures published – ACEA
2. Greece elects Alexis Tsipras as new Prime Minister
3. German automotive industry leaders push for TTIP agreement
4. Trade Priorities of the Latvian Presidency
5. Plans to ban diesel vehicles from Paris city centre
6. EU paper calls for binding CCS targets by 2030
7. UKIP MEP defects to conservatives
8. Week ahead

29 January 2015 #SMMT News

Global passenger vehicle sales were up sharply once again at the end of the year (up 5.1%), lifting the growth rate for the year to 4.6%

28 January 2015 #Pre-Registration #Registrations

Today, SMMT released figures for December pre-registrations in the UK new car market.

27 January 2015 #SMMT News

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – January 2015

23 January 2015 #SMMT News

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from SMMT’s Chief Executive.

23 January 2015 #SMMT News

1. Government announces Automotive Industrial Partnership
2. Car manufacturing figures up 1.2% in 2014
3. Manufacturers press ahead with further growth in orders
4. UK employment figures
5. Cross-party manufacturing MPs launch manifesto for industrial policy change
6. Week ahead

23 January 2015 #SMMT News

1. SMMT strengthens UK auto dialogue with EU
2. ECB expected to inject up to €1 trillion into eurozone
3. EU to support studies on electric vehicle traffic development
4. Presentation of the Latvian Presidency’s environment and industry priorities
5. MEPs fail to agree on carbon market reform start date
6. The Cost of Non-Europe in Transport
7. Week ahead

23 January 2015 #SMMT News #UK Manufacturing

Engine manufacturing output returns to growth, up 6.7% in December.
Output falls 6.2% over the year, following retooling at a number of facilities.
Outlook bright thanks to major investments into UK engine manufacturing.

23 January 2015 #SMMT News #UK Manufacturing

UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing output up 12.6% in December, the first month of growth since July 2013.
Output fell 19.7% in 2014, but month of growth heralds bright future.
Growing demand at home helped to drive December growth, despite deflated export markets.

23 January 2015 #SMMT News #UK Manufacturing

1,528,148 cars manufactured in the UK in 2014 – a 1.2% increase on the previous year and the best year since 2007.
Strongest December in a decade saw 108,721 cars produced, up 27.1% on December 2013.
Growth comes despite challenges in some export markets.
Output for the UK market matched the growth in overall UK registrations, rising 8.0%.

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