UK Car Production By Make: 1982-1996

The early eighties saw the UK car making industry at it's lowest in thirty years; the time of rebuilding after the war. Now it was on another rebuilding, it's battered image of poor quality, industrial unrest and appallingly complacent management. In this period BLMC became Rover Group, GM got its act together, Peugeot shifted from Chrysler and Rootes product to its own, and the Japanese companies arrived. Land Rover is low as it does not include commercial sales.

Overall, the 1982-1996 went from a sorry state to one with some optimism. It wasn't as good as it was in the seventies and never will be, but better than it could have been. The car industry could have gone the way of ship building, but clawed its way back to some respectability.

The lists below start with the biggest producer in 1996 and go down to the smallest.

Yr	Total	Rover	Ford	GM Vx	Nissan
82	887,782	369,800	306,600	112,700	-
83	1,044,683	433,200	318,700	126,500	-
84	908,184	371,400	273,800	117,100	-
85	1,048,085	450,900	317,700	153,600	-
86	1,019,086	390,000	346,300	161,900	-
87	1,142,787	450,700	386,700	183,900	-
88	1,226,888	450,100	375,500	176,500	56,700
89	1,299,189	434,800	382,600	208,300	77,000
90	1,295,690	417,400	329,600	256,300	76,400
91	1,236,991	360,000	339,300	259,000	124,700
92	1,291,993	339,100	302,100	319,100	179,000
93	1,375,593	356,300	271,800	273,900	246,300
94	1,466,894	390,900	269,100	289,900	204,900
95	1,532,195	374,400	273,900	262,200	215,300
96	1,686,196	376,300	328,000	297,700	231,600
Tot	18,460,901	5,965,300	4,821,700	3,198,600	1,411,900
Avg	1,230,727	397,687	321,447	213,240	176,488

Yr	Toyota	Honda	L Rover	Peugeot	Jaguar	Other
82	-	-	13,300	56,200	22,000	7,100
83	-	-	12,200	120,500	28,000	5,500
84	-	-	11,900	95,100	33,300	5,500
85	-	-	14,200	67,100	38,400	6,100
86	-	-	14,200	58,400	41,400	6,800
87	-	-	20,800	45,500	48,000	7,100
88	-	-	24,000	82,300	51,900	9,800
89	-	-	31,800	107,200	48,100	9,300
90	-	-	47,300	116,500	41,900	10,200
91	-	-	35,700	88,000	23,000	7,200
92	-	1	39,700	85,800	20,600	6,500
93	37,300	32,100	50,500	72,900	29,600	4,800
94	85,500	42,800	71,800	74,400	31,400	6,100
95	88,400	91,100	99,500	78,400	41,000	7,900
96	117,000	105,800	96,900	85,100	38,600	9,100
Tot	328,200	271,801	583,800	1,233,400	537,200	109,000
Avg	93,771	90,600	38,920	82,227	35,813	7,267