The UK car industry: Brexit risks mount

57,200

manufacturing jobs in 24 plants*

Jaguar Land Rover is the sector’s biggest employer with 18,500 manufacturing jobs across four sites

 

BMW has 8,600 jobs at four sites

 

Ford employs 5,580 people at three sites

Size of circle represents number of manufacturing jobs

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JLR

2

3

JLR

BMW

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5

JLR

6

8

7

4,000

Honda, Swindon

Civic car.

Expected to confirm that it will close the plant in 2022, with the loss of 3,500 jobs

1. 6,700 - Nissan, Sunderland

Qashqai car.

Nissan this month made a U-turn on its decision to build its new X-Trail SUV in Sunderland because of Brexit and a slump in diesel demand.

2. 4,000 - Bentley, Crewe

Volkswagen-owned Bentley is stockpiling parts and new vehicles imported to the UK

3. 2,600 - Toyota, Burnaston

Toyota and suppliers are stockpiling, but it has warned that a no-deal Brexit would result in ‘stop/start’ production at Burnaston

4. 9,100 - JLR, Solihull

Jaguar Land Rover will close its plants for a week in April. Britain’s biggest carmaker said it will lose 4,500 jobs from its global workforce, the majority of them management roles in the UK at sites including Coventry and Gaydon. The company will start a voluntary redundancy programme

5. 850 - Aston Martin, Gaydon

Aston Martin Lagonda is holding five days of buffer stocks of engines, and is preparing to fly in components from abroad

6. 1,225 - Vauxhall, Luton

Vauxhall will shut this plant temporarily in March as it prepares for the new Vivaro van

7. 8,600 - BMW, at four sites

BMW’s Mini, Rolls-Royce and other component factories will bring forward annual planned maintenance to April

8. 1,930 - Ford, Bridgend

Ford last month announced 400 job cuts at its Bridgend plant as it seeks to return to profit in Europe after warning on Brexit

57,200

Size of circle represents number of manufacturing jobs

manufacturing jobs in 24 plants*

6,700

Nissan, Sunderland

Qashqai car

Nissan this month made a U-turn on its decision to build its new X-Trail SUV in Sunderland because of Brexit and a slump in diesel demand

Jaguar Land Rover is

the sector’s biggest employer

with 18,500 manufacturing

jobs across four sites

 

BMW has 8,600 jobs

at four sites

 

Ford employs 5,580

people at three sites

4,000

Bentley, Crewe

Volkswagen-owned Bentley is stockpiling parts and new vehicles imported to the UK

2,600

Toyota, Burnaston

Toyota and suppliers are

stockpiling, but it has warned

that a no-deal Brexit would result in ‘stop/start’ production at Burnaston

9,100

JLR, Solihull

Jaguar Land Rover will close its plants for a week in April.

Britain’s biggest carmaker said it will lose 4,500 jobs from its global workforce, the majority of them management roles in the UK at sites including Coventry and Gaydon. The company will start a voluntary redundancy programme

JLR

850

Aston Martin, Gaydon

Aston Martin Lagonda is holding five days of buffer stocks of engines, and is preparing to fly in components from abroad

JLR

BMW

JLR

1,930

Ford, Bridgend

Ford last month announced 400

job cuts at its Bridgend plant as it

seeks to return to profit in Europe

after warning on Brexit

1,225

Vauxhall, Luton

Vauxhall will shut this plant

temporarily in March as it

prepares for the new

Vivaro van

4,000

Honda, Swindon

Civic car.

Expected to confirm that it will close the plant in 2022, with the loss of 3,500 jobs

8,600

BMW, at four sites

BMW’s Mini, Rolls-Royce and other component factories will bring forward annual planned maintenance to April