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UK engine production down in August | Automotive Industry News

The United kingdom auto sector built 106,398 engines in August, down 35.one{0764260a27b4b31ca71a8adf79c3ae299a61e6f062052eee3f0df84ce9b30ade} 12 months on 12 months.

Manufacturing for domestic and overseas markets declined 36.9{0764260a27b4b31ca71a8adf79c3ae299a61e6f062052eee3f0df84ce9b30ade} to 38,063 and 34.one{0764260a27b4b31ca71a8adf79c3ae299a61e6f062052eee3f0df84ce9b30ade} (sixty eight,335) respectively.

Yr to date output was off 35.two{0764260a27b4b31ca71a8adf79c3ae299a61e6f062052eee3f0df84ce9b30ade} one,097,732.

Mike Hawes, SMMT chief govt, said: “These figures come at an incredibly stressing time for the sector as it braces for a next wave of coronavirus. More restrictions each below and in vital export locations will dent shopper and company self confidence and inject but much more uncertainty into an already fragile current market.”