UK vehicle production rises in July

“Car output rose by 1% in July and is positive for the year to date,” said Paul Everitt, SMMT chief executive. “The Qashqai+2, which was recently launched at the British International Motor Show, went into production this week and it is expected that the Sunderland plant will produce around 270,000 of both versions of Qashqai in 2008 and an estimated 450,000 vehicles will come off the line in total.”