|
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Total vehicles | ||||
|
SMMT Ltd |
Jul-08 |
YTD 2008 |
Jul-08 |
YTD 2008 |
Jul-08 |
YTD 2008 |
|
Total |
131,079 |
955,670 |
20,997 |
142,504 |
152,076 |
1,098,174 |
|
|
1.0% |
6.9% |
50.1% |
15.0% |
5.8% |
7.9% |
|
Export |
98,541 |
734,172 |
11,818 |
87,311 |
110,359 |
821,483 |
|
|
0.3% |
7.2% |
37.4% |
16.1% |
3.3% |
8.1% |
|
% of total |
75.2% |
76.8% |
56.3% |
61.3% |
72.6% |
74.8% |
|
Home |
32,538 |
221,498 |
9,179 |
55,193 |
41,717 |
276,691 |
|
|
3.4% |
5.8% |
70.5% |
13.3% |
13.2% |
7.2% |
|
% of total |
24.8% |
23.2% |
43.7% |
38.7% |
27.4% |
25.2% |
“Car output rose by 1% in July and is positive for the year to date,” said Paul Everitt, SMMT chief executive. “The Qashqai+2, which was recently launched at the British International Motor Show, went into production this week and it is expected that the Sunderland plant will produce around 270,000 of both versions of Qashqai in 2008 and an estimated 450,000 vehicles will come off the line in total.”
“Commercial vehicle production saw exceptional growth of 50% in July 2008,” said Paul Everitt, SMMT chief executive. “The 2002-2006 average for the month is around the 15,000 mark, so 21,000 is well above the norm. The growth comes from high demand for products from eastern Europe, and indications are that this strong performance will last through 2008.“
For full totals and charts, please see the attached.
