UK car production rose for the first time in over a year last month bringing a brighter end to a gloomy 2009 for the automotive industry.
Aided by scrappage scheme’s across Europe and subsiding economic thrift, car output rose by 15.7 per cent in November, reports the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This was its first rise since September 2008. Commercial vehicle production continued to fall though and despite the rise for cars SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt warned…
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