British car production last month was 41% lower than a year earlier

  • reflecting ongoing disruption from chip shortages and Honda's closure of a car plant in July
  • cars made in Britain in February the lowest number for the time of year since February 2009 and down from 105,008 a 12 months earlier
  • British car production in 2021 sank to the lowest since 1956, due to the growing impact of semiconductor shortages, and is half its level of five years ago

Info comes via Reuters