• UK lockdown losses estimated at £8.2bn

    • May 1, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    UK car manufacturing fell 37.6% in March, with experts predicting the cost to the UK automotive industry caused by the coronavirus will be £8.2bn. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), just 78,767 vehicles left factory gates in the month, some 47,428 fewer than the previous year, as the coronavirus crisis caused [...]
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  • IBIS Worldwide boss joins global podcast

    • April 23, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Plenham CEO Jason Moseley will be a guest on an international podcast discussing the benefits of using recycled original equipment parts in repair. Taking place at 11pm (UK time) on 27 April, the podcast is being hosted by Australian company All Auto Recalls as part of its Automotive Recycler’s Experience series and can be watched [...]
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  • UK car parc passes 40 million mark

    • April 22, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The UK car parc has surpassed 40 million for the first time ever, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The UK’s largest automotive analysis revealed that more than 35 million cars and five million commercial vehicles were in use in the UK in 2019, representing a one per cent [...]
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  • Passenger car registrations down 55% in March

    • April 17, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The EU passenger car market recorded a dramatic 55.1% drop in registrations of new vehicles in March 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). With lockdown measures in place in most markets since the middle of March, the vast majority of European [...]
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  • Volkswagen to resume production in stages

    • April 16, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen Passenger Cars is to gradually resume production in Europe, starting with its plants in Zwickau and Bratislava (Slovakia) in the week beginning 20 April. The other plants in Germany and in Portugal, Spain, Russia and the USA are to restart production in the week beginning 27 April. Subsequently, during May, production will be resumed [...]
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