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UK new car buyers are increasingly shunning British-built cars in favour of imported vehicles, according to production and registration data from the year to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Astra<\/a>Between January and August of this year, data provided by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has shown that new car registrations are down by 4%, equating to about 70,000 cars. In the same period of time, production of British cars for British buyers have decreased by 19%, equating to more than 44,000 vehicles. Which suggests that British-built cars are now making up about 12% of all sales, compared to 2% higher at the same point last year.<\/p>\n

However, British-built cars for export have decreased by approximately 1.5% for the year, equating to roughly 12,500 cars. In 2018 more than 81% of UK-built cars are exported to the rest of the world, a 3% increase from this time last year.<\/p>\n

In terms of sales, the biggest loser appears to be the Vauxhall Astra<\/a>, built in Ellesmere Port. In 2017, it had accounted for more than 36,000 new registrations and was the most popular car in the country. A year later, it has dropped at least 14,000 units, meaning it is responsible for a large chunk of the overall decrease on its own and no longer in the SMMT figures for top ten models.<\/p>\n

To make that picture even gloomier for Vauxhall<\/a>, last year\u2019s Astra sales were about 19% down on 2016 levels for the full year, so the Astra seems on course to see its UK sales almost halved in the space of two years.<\/p>\n

If you drive an Astra, please enter your registration number in the search box above for competitively priced OE replacement parts while they are still on our roads!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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