Mechanical engineering in the UK

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Main information
In 2018:
•82 billion pounds at all
•18.6 billion pounds to the UK
•1.5 million passenger cars
•85,000 commercial cars

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First brands
Gottlieb Daimler
Wilhelm Maybach
Motorized Carriage

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First production of cars
first Daimler model
William
Lanchester
first Lanchester passenger car

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Appearance of mass production
Oxford factory

1950-2011
•In 1950 British car exports reached record levels
•By 1955, five companies were producing 90% of UK automotive
production.
•By 1960, the UK had fallen from the second largest car manufacturer,
there was a increase in the popularity of foreign cars.
•By 1968, four companies dominated car production in the UK.
•Foreign carmakers continued to eat into the British market during the
1980s
•America’s Ford acquired Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover. Rights
to the Rolls-Royce name were sold to BMW.
•By the turn of the New Millennium, even foreign automakers were
disinvesting in Britain.

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2011 - now
21st-century UK auto industry hasn’t been all doom and gloom. Highend British brands such as Lotus, Aston Martin, Jaguar, and McLaren
continue to enjoy global reputations of excellence. Some of the world’s
best-selling cars built here.
Some best selling cars

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