July car output in the UK rose for the 13th consecutive month, up 22.2% to 119,882 units, and 15.1% to 875,998 year to date.

Commercial vehicle output fell 1.3% to 9,004 last month with a 7.7% drop to 65,100 for the first seven months.

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UK engine production was up 0.3% to 1,516,388 for the year so far though output dipped 1.9% to 180,109 in July.

“Car manufacturing continued to perform well, with output up more than 22% for the month and 15% for the year-to-date,” said SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt.

“While uncertainty in Europe remains a challenge, the GBP6bn investment committed to the UK in the last two years delivers long term growth opportunities and the latest figures show that our products have enormous global appeal.”

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