1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182 
'Modest rise' in CV sales
Page 14
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
UK commercial vehicle production in July was 8.7% lower than last year at 13,985 vehicles, but for the year to date production is up 2.1% to 123,935 vehicles. Of the CVs produced here in July, 61.5% were for export.
According to Christopher Macgowan, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), distortions in sales figures last year due to haulers rushing to buy Euro-3 trucks before Euro-4 legislation came into force seem to have ended.
"We're at last seeing signs of growth in large commercial vehicle production in the UK," he adds.
But when all CVs are taken into account the modest rise in volumes for the year so far "should result in an annual total of some 215,000" if the growth is sustained, Macgowan concludes.