Vehicle production in UK fell to 900,000 units in 2022
- The volume of PC+UV production made in UK suffered a real collapse after the Brexit vote (leaving the European Union) in 2016. The volume of production fell from 1.8 million units in 2016 to 1 4 million in 2019 then to 1 million in 2020 and finally 900,000 in 2022. Since 2016, British car production has therefore been halved.
- All carmakers have been impacted: Nissan, whose production volume reached 500,000 units per year between 2012 and 2016, saw its production drop by 50% to reach 250,000 units in 2022. However, Nissan remains the leading carmaker in UK, of which it represents a quarter of the total volume.
- For the Indian group Tata Motors (Jaguar and Land Rover brands), the drop was the most brutal. From 500,000 vehicles per year in 2015 and 2016, this carmaker fell to 400,000 units in 2019, 250,000 units in 2020 and 200,000 in 2021. This fall was accelerated by the collapse of Jaguar sales and by the relocation of some Land Rover models to Slovakia.
- Toyota saw its production volume halved due to the end of the Avensis in 2018. Honda ceased operations in 2021 when its average production volume in recent years reached 150,000 vehicles per year.
- Opel also saw its production drop by half due to the sales decline the Astra and then the end of its production which was relocated to Germany. Finally, only Mini (BMW group) saw its production volume remain stable at around 200,000 vehicles per year, due to constant success and the carmaker's refusal to relocate its production.