SMMT News

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced it is to create 100 jobs at its base in Goodwood, Sussex, as it reflects on a fourth consecutive global sales record.

SMMT hosts fortnightly displays of products from its 600+ members and began its 2014 exhibition run with one of the year’s most hotly anticipated cars. The BMW i3 and i3 Range Extender went on display this week, showing off the…

Lotus has announced new graduate opportunities across its Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering divisions following recent investment of a £10 million Regional Growth Fund grant. The Lotus Graduate Training Scheme will comprise of a two-year rotation programme that will see…

Jaguar Land Rover has launched a campaign to recruit around 600 people to its new engine plant in Wolverhampton over the next four years.

Purpose-built sector grew 14.7% in the month, but remains down 3.3% over the year so far. Registrations posted growth for the fifth consecutive month in December, up 55.9%. Bus and coach registrations ended the year down 4.9% in 2013.

2013 total commercial vehicle registrations grew 14.7% to 327,291 units. Vans rose 13.1% over the year registering 271,073 units, boosted by 32.5% growth in December. Truck registrations totalled 56,218 units in the year, up 23% as the move to Euro 6 fuelled growth.

SMMT has published Electric Vehicle (EV) registration figures for December and the year-to-date.

2,264,737 cars registered in 2013, up 10.8% on 2012 and exceeding SMMT’s 2.25 million forecast for the year. 2013 hits highest annual registration total since 2007 as December achieves 22nd consecutive monthly rise. On average, an additional 600 extra cars registered per day in 2013 than in the previous year.

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – December 2013

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