British car production has continued to fall, with almost 100,000 fewer vehicles built in the first three months of 2022 compared with a year ago, new figures show.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said manufacturing declined by almost a third, with the industry still affected by the global shortage of semiconductors and other components.
A total of 207,347 new cars were built during the first quarter, down from 306,558 in the pandemic-affected same three months in 2021.
Output in the last month of the quarter fell by more than a third, down from 115,498 last year to 76,900—making it the weakest March since the financial crisis in 2009.
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