UK automotive industry begins to cut its manufacturing program
- Since the British voted for Britain's exit from the European Union (Brexit), automotive manufacturers in the country have begun to reduce the number of their models in production. Others threaten to leave Britain to produce in other countries. Let's take stock of the current situation:
1. Toyota has stopped the production of Avensis, its production program focusing on Auris.
2. Honda ended the manufacture of the CRV, its production program focusing on the Civic.
3. Jaguar has relocated the production of E-Pace and I-Pace to Austria .
4. Land Rover will relocate the production of Discovery to Slovakia next year.
5. BMW announced that it could transfer the production of Mini to the Netherlands .
6. The PSA group casts doubt on the future of the Ellesmere Port plant, which could well close at the time of the launch of the future Opel Astra whose production would be concentrated in Gliwice (Poland).
- Brexit is expected to take effect in March 2019. Even if all production transfer decisions are not direct consequences of Brexit, if there is no agreement between Great Britain and the Union by then OEMs might be tempted to leave Great Britain. This would be very problematic, however, for Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover, which lack production capacity on the European continent.
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