Interesting stats on the state of the UK motor industry.

[Cyder]

Taken from the Telegraph:

- UK is Europe's fourth largest car producer, representing 3 per cent of total GDP

- Typical UK automotive turnover £50 billion pa

- Typical net value-added to the economy over £8.5 billion

- Employs 700,000 people

- Accounts for more than 10 per cent of UK exports

- Invests more than £1 billion annually in R&D

- Seven volume car manufacturers, six commercial vehicle manufacturers, 11 bus and coach manufacturers, 10 niche/specialist manufacturers, eight Formula One teams

- More than one million vehicles and two million engines produced annually.

- Manufacturing levels set to grow to pre-recession levels by 2014.

- 75 per cent of vehicles exported

- 2,350 automotive supply firms, employing 82,000

- Supply chain generates £4.5-£5 billion of added value annually.

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Acknowledging that most of the companies are foreigned owned, I don't think things look too bad at present.
The number employed in the industry surprised me.
I think the impending Eurozone collapse could cause some problems though which is a little concerning.

[williamp]

can I suggest you remove this post as it paints a very good picture of the UK automotive industry and Uk manufacturing, and isnt allowed here...

[thinfourth2]

Cue 5 pages of saying how st we are at everything in the UK

[Cyder]

williamp said:

can I suggest you remove this post as it paints a very good picture of the UK automotive industry and Uk manufacturing, and isnt allowed here...

Sorry, I forgot, this is manicdepressiveheads after all!

[SturdyJ]

Surprised 8 Formula 1 teams don't invest more than £1billion annually in R&D?

[thinfourth2]

Cyder said:

Sorry, I forgot, this is manicdepressiveheads after all!

if you had titled it

Oh my god isn't the uk filled with useless bds

This would be 3 pages long by now

[Matt UK]

SturdyJ said:

Surprised 8 Formula 1 teams don't invest more than £1billion annually in R&D?

Agreed. But maybe these fall into some sort of engineering or technology tab rather than 'automotive'

[hyperblue]

Interesting. If only this sort of news was reported more than the doom and gloom!

[alangla]

Cyder said:

- Seven volume car manufacturers, six commercial vehicle manufacturers, 11 bus and coach manufacturers, 10 niche/specialist manufacturers, eight Formula One teams

Trying to name all of these is proving a bit of a struggle.

Volume car builders, I guess Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Vauxhall but who are the others? Ford & Peugeot both stopped building in the UK didn't they?
Commercials - Ford vans, DAF (ex Leyland) trucks, Vauxhall vans, maybe Iveco?
ETA - Whoever builds taxis maybe?
Buses - can't think of much other than Alexander/Dennis. Volvo's Irvine plant closed a while ago. I guess there's probably some other body builders like Wrights etc in Northern Ireland.
F1 teams - Red Bull, McLaren, Williams, Force India - others?

[Hugo a Gogo]

alangla said:

Cyder said:

- Seven volume car manufacturers, six commercial vehicle manufacturers, 11 bus and coach manufacturers, 10 niche/specialist manufacturers, eight Formula One teams

Trying to name all of these is proving a bit of a struggle.

Volume car builders, I guess Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Vauxhall but who are the others? Ford & Peugeot both stopped building in the UK didn't they?
Commercials - Ford vans, DAF (ex Leyland) trucks, Vauxhall vans, maybe Iveco?
Buses - can't think of much other than Alexander/Dennis. Volvo's Irvine plant closed a while ago. I guess there's probably some other body builders like Wrights etc in Northern Ireland.
F1 teams - Red Bull, McLaren, Williams, Force India - others?

volume: Jaguar, Land Rover (is that two?) Mini, new MG? are Rolls and Bentley considered 'volume'?

buses; Optare and Plaxton

[Twincam16]

alangla said:

Cyder said:

- Seven volume car manufacturers, six commercial vehicle manufacturers, 11 bus and coach manufacturers, 10 niche/specialist manufacturers, eight Formula One teams

Trying to name all of these is proving a bit of a struggle.

Volume car builders, I guess Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Vauxhall but who are the others? Ford & Peugeot both stopped building in the UK didn't they?
Commercials - Ford vans, DAF (ex Leyland) trucks, Vauxhall vans, maybe Iveco?
ETA - Whoever builds taxis maybe?
Buses - can't think of much other than Alexander/Dennis. Volvo's Irvine plant closed a while ago. I guess there's probably some other body builders like Wrights etc in Northern Ireland.
F1 teams - Red Bull, McLaren, Williams, Force India - others?

The other volume car-builders will be Jaguar and Land-Rover, and possibly Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, MINI and Lotus. I'm not sure how big or small you have to be before you become 'niche/specialist' - are we talking Morgan/Ginetta/Caterham size here, or Radical/Westfield?

The other four F1 teams - Caterham, Lotus-Renault, Virgin/Marussia and possibly another manufacturer that supplies all the others - Cosworth, possibly?

[Hugo a Gogo]

Mercedes F1 is in britain

[CraigyMc]

alangla said:

Ford & Peugeot both stopped building in the UK didn't they?

Ford's Dagehnam plant is their worldwide centre for four pot diesels. They also make/body Transits in Southampton.

BMW might need to be on their list for hams hall engines and probably for Swindon pressings too.

C

[CraigyMc]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Mercedes F1 is in britain

Yep, Brackley.

Mercedes High Performance Engines (ie F1 engines) are in Northampton.

Zytec make the Mercedes KERS.

There are loads of UK based F1/motorsports suppliers, not including spec bits that are made in the UK (eg. the common ECU is Mclaren Electronics).

C

[Marty Funkhouser]

Not surprising considering the lengths the Govt will go to to make new cars sell (scrappage scheme & tighter and tighter MOT rules)

[CraigyMc]

Twincam16 said:

The other four F1 teams - Caterham, Lotus-Renault, Virgin/Marussia and possibly another manufacturer that supplies all the others - Cosworth, possibly?

It's easier to list the F1 teams that aren't UK based:
Ferrari - Maranello, Italy
STR - Faenza, Italy
Sauber - Hinwil, Switzerland
HRT - Debatable! Somewhere in Spain, or so the story goes.

UK teams:
Red Bull - Milton Keynes
McLaren - Woking
Williams - Grove
Mercedes - Brackley
Force India - Silverstone
Renault (Lotus as of 2012) - Enstone
Lotus (Caterham as of 2012) - Hingham, Deepest, Darkest Norfolk
Virgin (Marussia as of 2012) - Rotherham. Moving to Silverstone, or so the story goes.

[CraigyMc]

Found the following:

CAR PRODUCTION
Manufacturer Model Factory
Aston Martin Vantage and DB9 Gaydon
Bentley Continental and Mulsanne Crewe
Caterham Super 7 Dartford
Honda Civic CR-V and Jazz Swindon
Jaguar XF, XJ and XK Castle Bromwich
Land Rover Defender, Discovery, Evoque and Range Rover Solihull
Land Rover Freelander Halewood
Lotus Elise, Europa, Evora and Exige Hethel
LTI TX Coventry
McLaren MP4-12C Woking
MG Motor UK MG TF Longbridge
MINI MINI Cowley, Oxford
Morgan 4/4, Aero, Plus4 and Roadster Malvern
Nissan Juke, Qashqai and Note/Tone Sunderland
Rolls-Royce Ghost and Phantom Goodwood
Toyota Auris and Avensis Burnaston, Derby
Vauxhall/Opel Astra Ellesmere Port


Commercial Vehicle PRODUCTION
Manufacturer Model Factory
Alexander Dennis Enviro bus range Guildford
Dennis Eagle N and W truck range Warwick
Ford Transit van and minibus range Southampton
Land Rover Defender Solihull
Leyland Trucks The DAF, CF, LF and XF truck range Leyland
Optare Solo, Temp and Versa bus range Leeds
Vauxhall Trafic, Vivaro van and minibus range Luton
Vauxhall/Opel Astra Ellesmere Port

( http://www.smmt.co.uk/2011/04/smmt-highlights-vita... )

Also - https://www.smmt.co.uk/shop/motor-industry-facts-2...

1. Manufacturer Where What

1 Alexander Dennis Guildford Bus and coach
2 Aston Martin Gaydon Car
3 Bentley Crewe Car and engine
4 Caterham Dartford Car
5 Cummins Darlington Engine
6 Dennis Eagle Warwick CV, bus and coach
7 Euromotive Hythe Bus and coach
8 Ford Bridgend, Dagenham and Southampton CV, engine, bus and coach
9 Honda Swindon Car and engine
10 Jaguar Castle Bromwich, Birmingham Car
11 John Dennis Coachbuilders Guildford Bus and coach
12 Land Rover Solihull and Halewood Car and CV
13 Leyland Trucks Leyland CV
14 Lotus Norwich Car
15 LTI Coventry Car
16 McLaren Automotive Woking Car
17 Mellor Coachcraft Bolton Bus and coach
18 MG Motor Longbridge Car
19 MINI Oxford and Birmingham Car and engine
20 Minibus Options Whaley Bridge Bus and coach
21 Morgan Malvern Car
22 Nissan Sunderland Car and engine
23 Optare Leeds Bus and coach
24 Plaxton Scarborough Bus and coach
25 Rolls-Royce Goodwood Car
26 Smith Tyne and Wear CV
27 Spyker Coventry Car
28 Tata Coventry Car
29 Toyota Burnaston and Deeside Car and engine
30 Vauxhall Ellesmere Port and Luton Bus, CV and coach
31 Warnerbus Dunstable Bus and coach