British automobile production in 2017 returns to its 2005 level
- UK car production (PC+LCV ) returned to its 2005 level in 2017, after falling sharply between 2007 and 2009. As of 2010, British car production restarted (four years before Spanish production and French production) to return seven years later to its 2005 level.
- British car production was driven by the good performance of the UK market, which increased from 2.2 million to 3 million between 2010 and 2016, while most other European countries waited until 2014 for market growth. However, not all OEMs on British soil have benefited from the same growth.
- Two manufacturers have particularly distinguished themselves: the Renault-Nissan group, which has benefited from the success of the Qashqai and whose production volume in England has increased from 380,000 units in 2007 to 510,000 in 2016, and the Jaguar Land-Rover group (subsidiary Indian group Tata), which benefited from both the expansion of its range and the strong growth of its exports to China from 2010. The production volume of Jaguar Land-Rover has doubled between 2007 and 2017, from 290,000 units to 580,000 during this period. Exports to China reached up to 90,000 units a year (in 2015) while they were zero in 2009. If they dropped to 75,000 units in 2016 and 65,000 in 2017, it is only because Jaguar Land-Rover has been producing vehicles in China since 2016 (45,000 units in 2016 and 85,000 in 2017).
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