UK Car Engine Production By Maker : 1999-2014

BMW Engine Assembly at Hams Hall c. Birmingham, UK

Whilst car making gets the headlines, there is more to the car industry. R&D is a big contributor too, with JLR, Ford and Nissan for example taking advantage of UK expertise in that area. Engine making doesn't have the value that cars do but still add much to the economy.

The UK is a popular location to make engines, especially for Ford, They have two large plants in England and Wales. In 2014, 64% of all car engines were made by Ford. Nissan made 12%, while Toyota and BMW 9% each. Honda made the most of the rest with 5% of the total. I must say I find the volatility of recent BMW production hard to fathom.

Less car manufacturers make engines in the UK than they did a decade ago, but the numbers have held up well, due to increase production for those that do. True, numbers fell away during the economic problems a few years back but have since made most of that up since then. Nearly 40 million car engines have been made in the UK in the last 15 years. The figures below are in thousands.

Year	Ford	Nissan	Toyota	BMW	Honda	VW	MGR	L Rov	GM	Total
1999	1,051	275	100	-	108	-	240	200	75	2,049
2000	1,155	316	133	-	63	-	230	200	75	2,172
2001	1,163	301	160	70	109	-	219	210	75	2,307
2002	1,191	256	351	154	160	-	204	220	138	2,674
2003	1,214	281	420	125	180	-	200	250	100	2,770
2004	1,303	272	580	146	188	8	114	47	12	2,670
2005	1,157	282	427	181	146	10	30	17	-	2,250
2006	1,355	212	438	217	191	9	-	-	-	2,422
2007	1,659	119	345	367	248	10	-	-	-	2,748
2008	1,752	113	297	371	204	8	-	-	-	2,745
2009	1,430	109	89	362	60	4	-	-	-	2,054
2010	1,640	106	114	385	137	5	-	-	-	2,387
2011	1,702	136	128	434	97	8	-	-	-	2,505
2012	1,555	268	124	385	154	9	-	-	-	2,495
2013	1,528	266	200	408	140	10	-	-	-	2,552
2014	1,533	279	227	226	119	11	-	-	-	2,395
Tot	22,388	3,591	4,133	3,831	2,304	92	1,237	1,144	475	39,195

Data source: SMMT.

In the fifteen years listed here, nearly 40,000,000 engines have been made*.  JLR has just opened its own plant but as the engines were from Ford, that will not change total volume, just shift it around. 

*It excludes truck engines, which I have incomplete figures for.