Car Production (International Comparisons) (Hansard, 25 July 1978)

HC Deb 25 July 1978 vol 954 cc655-9W 655W

§ Mr. Grylls
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the 656W Official Report a table showing car production in the United Kingdom for every year since 1948, together with the percentage share of world output this represents and the comparative figures for the United States of America, France, West Germany, Italy and Japan.

§ Mr. Les Huckfield
The information is as as follows:

CAR PRODUCTION 1948–77 UNITED KINGDON

000s Percentage share of world

1948 335 ..

1949 412 ..

1950 523 ..

1951 476 ..

1952 448 ..

1953 595 ..

1954 769 ..

1955 898 ..

1956 708 ..

1957 861 ..

1958 1,052 ..

1959 1,190 ..

1960 1,353 ..

1961 1,004 ..

1962 1,249 ..

1963 1,608 ..

1964 1,868 ..

1965 1,722 9.0

1966 1,604 8.3

1967 1,552 8.6

1968 1,816 8.4

1969 1,717 7.6

1970 1,641 7.3

1971 1,742 6.6

1972 1,921 7.0

1973 1,747 5.9

1974 1,534 6.0

1975 1,268 5.2

1976 1,333 4.9

1977 1,328 ..

U.S.A.

000s Percentage share of world

1948 3,912 ..

1949 5,119 ..

1950 6,666 ..

1951 5,338 ..

1952 4,337 ..

1953 6,117 ..

1954 5,559 ..

1955 7,920 ..

1956 5,816 ..

1957 6,113 ..

1958 4,258 ..

1959 5,591 ..

1960 6,675 ..

1961 5,543 ..

1962 6,933 ..

1963 7,638 ..

1964 7,739 ..

1965 9,306 48.6

1966 8,598 44.7

1967 7,437 41.1

1968 8,849 41.0

1969 8,224 36.4

657W

000s Percentage share of world

1970 6,550 29.1

1971 8,584 32.7

1972 8,828 32.1

1973 9,668 32.6

1974 7,325 28.9

1975 6,717 27.5

1976 8,498 30.9

1977 9,214 ..

FRANCE

000s Percentage share of world

1948 100 ..

1949 188 ..

1950 257 ..

1951 320 ..

1952 370 ..

1953 371 ..

1954 444 ..

1955 561 ..

1956 663 ..

1957 738 ..

1958 939 ..

1959 1,128 ..

1960 1,175 ..

1961 1,064 ..

1962 1,340 ..

1963 1,521 ..

1964 1,390 ..

1965 1,423 7.4

1966 1,786 9.3

1967 1,777 9.8

1968 1,833 8.5

1969 2,168 9.6

1970 2,458 10.9

1971 2,694 10.3

1972 2,993 10.9

1973 3,202 10.8

1974 2,699 10.6

1975 2,546 10.4

1976 2,980 10.8

1977 3,092 ..

WEST GERMANY

000s Percentage share of world

1948 30 ..

1949 104 ..

1950 216 ..

1951 267 ..

1952 301 ..

1953 369 ..

1954 518 ..

1955 762 ..

1956 911 ..

1957 1,040 ..

1958 1,307 ..

1959 1,503 ..

1960 1,817 ..

1961 1,904 ..

1962 2,109 ..

1963 2,414 ..

1964 2,650 ..

1965 2,734 14.3

1966 2,830 14.7

1967 2,296 12.7

1968 2,862 13.3

1969 3,313 14.6

1970 3,528 15.7

658W

1971 3,697 14.1

1972 3,522 12.8

1973 3,650 12.3

1974 2,840 11.2

1975 2,908 11.9

1976 3,186 11.6

1977 3,791 ..

ITALY

000s Percentage share of world

1948 44 ..

1949 65 ..

1950 101 ..

1951 119 ..

1952 114 ..

1953 143 ..

1954 181 ..

1955 231 ..

1956 280 ..

1957 319 ..

1958 369 ..

1959 471 ..

1960 596 ..

1961 694 ..

1962 878 ..

1963 1,105 ..

1964 1,029 ..

1965 1,134 5.9

1966 1,282 6.7

1967 1,439 8.0

1968 1,545 7.2

1969 1,477 6.5

1970 1,720 7.6

1971 1,701 6.5

1972 1,732 6.3

1973 1,823 6.1

1974 1,631 4.6

1975 1,349 5.5

1976 1,471 5.4

1977 1,440 ..

JAPAN^*

000s Percentage share of world

1948 .. ..

1949 .. ..

1950 .. ..

1951 .. ..

1952 .. ..

1953 .. ..

1954 .. ..

1955 .. ..

1956 .. ..

1957 .. ..

1958 51 ..

1959 79 ..

1960 165 ..

1961 250 ..

1962 269 ..

1963 408 ..

1964 580 ..

1965 696 3.6

1966 878 4.6

1967 1,376 7.6

1968 2,056 9.5

1969 2,611 11.5

1970 3,179 14.1

1971 3,718 14.2

1972 4,022 14.6

1973 4,471 15.1

1974 3,932 15.5

1975 4,568 18.7

659W

000s Percentage share of world

1976 5,028 18.3

1977 5,431 ..

^*Includes 3-wheelers.

..World production, and therefore percentage share, not available for these years. Separate figures for Japan not available before 1958.

Source:
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders