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"Dismal" is how the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders described April 2019"s new car production performance. Not poor". Not a bit salty". Not even lightly melancholy". No. Dismal. That"s because in April 2019, the UK shifted 70,971 cars, which still sounds like a lot, but not when you compare it to April 2018. The SMMT tells us last year, the UK shifted 127,970 cars in the same month. That"s a fall of 44.5 per cent, or nearly half as many cars sold. "April"s dismal performance," the SMMT said, "the 11th straight month of decline, exacerbated the underlying downward trend." They cited stuff like factory shutdowns to mitigate against March"s Brexit uncertainty as well as bringing forward manufacturing stoppages normally scheduled for summer, and falling international demand.
Date written: 30 May 2019
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"Dismal" is how the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders described April 2019"s new car production performance. Not poor". Not a bit salty". Not even lightly melancholy". No. Dismal. That"s because in April 2019, the UK shifted 70,971 cars, which still sounds like a lot, but not when you compare it to April 2018. The SMMT tells us last year, the UK shifted 127,970 cars in the same month. That"s a fall of 44.5 per cent, or nearly half as many cars sold. "April"s dismal performance," the SMMT said, "the 11th straight month of decline, exacerbated the underlying downward trend." They cited stuff like factory shutdowns to mitigate against March"s Brexit uncertainty as well as bringing forward manufacturing stoppages normally scheduled for summer, and falling international demand.
Date written: 30 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15863