SMMT News

UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing declined in February, 7,940 CVs were built in Britain last month.

Double-digit growth in demand for British-built cars last month helped deliver the biggest February for UK car production in 17 years.
UK production lines turned out one car every 16 seconds in the month, with total output of 153,041 up 8.0%, as exports grew 13.4% to 118,898 units.

The performance helped to drive overall year-to-date production past 300,000 for the first time since 2002, with output rising 7.8% to 301,004 units.

UK car exports to India have grown almost 11-fold in the past seven years, in 2016, Indian motorists bought 3,372 British-built cars.

SMMT is calling on bus operators to take faster action on updating their fleets.

Government and UK Automotive came together to discuss plans to position Britain as a world leader in electric and connected and autonomous vehicle technology.

SMMT’s Meet the Buyer event returns to Automechanika Birmingham as industry and government join to support inward investment.

SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes has responded to the budget on behalf of the UK automotive industry.

Light commercial vehicle registrations dip -4.3% in February, following two years of exceptional growth. Demand for mid-sized vans increases by 9.0% to 2,156 units. Small decline in popular heavy segment, with demand for 2.5-3.5t vans down by -1.3%. The new…

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The UK new car market remained steady in February, dipping just -0.3%, according to figures released by SMMT.