UK car output lowers due to weak European demand

As European demand lowered over the course of March and due to the early Easter holiday, the UK car manufacturing industry also took a hit, a news report reveals.

According to the respective paper, statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have revealed that volumes in the first quarter of 2013 were also down 2 per cent from the 401,425 produced in the first three months of 2012 to 393,416.

Car output for the home market rose in March by 1.5 per cent to 28,091 but the number of vehicles made for export fell by 8.2 per cent from 107,703 to 98,919.

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