UK car manufacturing levels rise 27% in 2010

Society Of Motor Manufacturers And Traders, say car production rose 27.1% to 1.27 million cars in 2010 – The last month of the year saw a growth of 10.6% alone.
Commercial vehicles - vans and trucks in other words - performed even better, with a rise in production of 35.7% over the year to 123,019.
Both figures together mean overall production rose 27.8%.
According to SMMT chief executive, Paul Everitt, the figures prove UK vehicle production is "leading the manufacturing recovery".
He added: "UK manufacturers exported more than a million vehicles last year, underlining the competitiveness and desirability of the current model line-up."
The manufacturing sector accounts for 13% of UK GDP as a whole.
The latest evidence of its overall health suggests output is on course to achieve growth of 3.8% in 2010, which will be the strongest full-year increase since 1994.
Car production stalled at the height of the recession as demand for new vehicles dropped off, though showroom sales were boosted by Labour's scrappage scheme.