Overview
- Factories produced 65,932 vehicles in November, with car output down 1.7% to 63,126 and commercial vehicle production down 78% to 2,806, SMMT data show.
- Commercial vehicle volumes fell for an eighth straight month, a drop linked to Stellantis consolidating two plants into one at Ellesmere Port.
- Car output for the UK market jumped 46.9% to 14,589 units, while exports fell 10.6%, with 76.9% of cars still built for overseas buyers.
- Year‑to‑date output through November topped 710,000 vehicles but remained 16.7% lower than the same period last year.
- SMMT reports car production is normalising after August’s JLR cyber incident as Nissan begins building the new all‑electric Leaf in Sunderland following a £450 million upgrade, with batteries sourced from a neighbouring gigafactory.