Global supply challenges wipe 100,000 cars from UK automotive output

UK car production fell by a third in first quarter of 2021

As manufacturing costs soar, the automotive sector is calling for measures to shore up UK’s global competitiveness and secure the UK supply-chain.

UK car manufacturing declined -32.4% during the first three months of 2022, with almost 100,000 fewer units made than in the same period last year, according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

With production volumes still constrained by the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors and...