A 13.7% decline in the number of cars being manufactured in the UK in June has caused the SMMT to revise its target of producing two million cars a year by H2 of 2020.
Volkswagen is celebrating Golf’s recognition as Britain’s best-selling car with limited time offers.
A third consecutive month of falling new car sales was registered by the SMMT during June but the market finishes H1 with its second biggest registrations total ever.
Now is the chance for business to put its arguments to the Government and avoid the UK leaving the European Union without some sort of agreement.
European new car registrations contrasted those in the UK with an overall rise of 7.5% during May.
Trustford general manager Lucy Curtis emerged from the Autocar’s Great British Women in the Car Industry awards event as the retail and sales category's top performer.
The SMMT has revealed that UK automotive manufacturers turned over a record-breaking £77.5b in 2016.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is calling on the Government to reach an interim agreement with the EU in Brexit negotiations to avoid the motor sector 'falling off a cliff edge'.
The 2017 new car market has slipped into overall decline after a poor result for May.
A record number of used cars were sold in the UK in the first quarter of 2017.
New car registrations fell 19.8% to 152,076 units in April, blamed on the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) changes, but year-to-date performance still at record levels.
The year’s busiest month for car registrations could be followed by a significant fall if the UK follows the pattern of April results already recorded by key European markets.
March 2017 saw the highest volume of car production since 2000, according to the latest figures from the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Motorists have put their support firmly behind keeping the first MoT test for cars at three years.
Well over half a million new cars were registered in March 2017, setting a new record, as dealers delivered new vehicles ahead of the punitive new VED regime
The Government has been told it has to make a trade deal with the European Union to avoid World Trade Organisation tariffs that could see an average £1,500 added to new car prices.
Toyota has announced a £240 million investment in its Burnaston car production facility as part of an upgrade plan backed by more than £20 million of potential government funding.
Demand for new cars in February suffered a 0.3% decline year-on-year to 83,115 registrations.
An ‘anti-diesel agenda’ and VED changes are threatening to damage efforts to reduce UK CO2 emissions.
Year-on-year car production growth of 7.5% saw UK-based car manufacturers register their most productive January in nine years, with 147,922 units rolling off the production lines.
