What cars are manufactured in the UK 2025?
What cars are manufactured in the UK in 2025?
The UK remains home to a wide range of car manufacturing, from luxury and performance vehicles to everyday hatchbacks, SUVs, electric taxis and specialist sports cars. While production levels are lower than they once were, Britain still plays an important role in the global automotive industry, with factories spread across England, Wales and the Midlands in particular. The UK continues to build both high-volume family cars and more hand-built, low-volume models, giving the country one of the most varied manufacturing line-ups in Europe.
Many of the cars built in the UK are destined for export, but plenty are also sold here at home. British plants are responsible for producing everything from compact city cars and crossovers to premium saloons, off-roaders and electrified models. In recent years, UK car manufacturing has also continued to shift toward hybrid and electric vehicles, showing how the industry is adapting to changing demand and tighter emissions rules.
Aston Martin
Aston Martin is as British as they come, and continues to build its high-end sports and supercars at its plant in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Cars like the DB11 AMR and DBS Superleggera roll out from production lines here. Astons latest site was developed in 2020 based in St Athan, south Wales, where it produced the DBX SUV.
Bentley
Bentley has been building cars in Crewe for many, many years, stretching back to the time when the firm was owned by Rolls-Royce and needed a relatively secluded location – German bomber teams were unlikely to trouble it during World War Two. Fast forward to the modern day, and Bentley still produces cars like the Continental GT, Bentayga and the upcoming Flying Spur at the Crewe site.
Caterham
When it comes to small-volume sports car manufacturers, Caterham is one of the best-known. Creators of the iconic Seven, Caterham produces some of the craziest and most mad-hat lightweight sports cars around. They’re made in the firm’s Dartford production site, with each car hand-built on location.
Lotus
Lotus follows a similarly lightweight ethos to Caterham, but has started producing more grown-up, road-friendly cars from its site in Hethel, Norfolk. The iconic Elise is still produced, as well as more hardcore versions like the Exige and the larger Evora. It’s also built a 1,972bhp electric hypercar called the Evija.
Morgan
Traditional craftsmanship doesn’t come any more old school than at Morgan, a company which has been creating sports cars by hand since 1909. Based in Malvern, Worcestershire, it still uses traditional methods to build its vehicles. But that doesn’t mean Morgan is afraid of the modern age. Its latest car – the Plus Six – uses an all-new turbocharged straight-six engine from BMW, and even features – shock horror – LED headlights.
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover is rooted in the UK, with its main operations taking place in Halewood, Solihull and Castle Bromwich. Creating cars like the Land Rover Discovery Sport, Range Rover Sport and the Jaguar F-Type, it employs thousands and creates thousands of cars, too. Though recently rocked by several announcements of job losses, it remains one of the UK’s most well-known car manufacturers.
LEVC
The London Electric Vehicle Company is based in Coventry, where it creates the current electric black cab. A common sight in many cities and towns, the black cab has been brought into the modern age by LEVC through its hybrid-electric powertrain and high-tech cabin. Owned by Chinese company Geely, the London Electric Vehicle Company first started building cars in Coventry back in 2017.
McLaren
McLaren Automotive is based out of Woking, Surrey, where it creates some of the sharpest supercars on the road today. Cars like the 720S, 675LT and GT are all crafted in a clean, almost lab-like production facility.
Mini
The original Mini was British born and bred, but the BMW-made remake managed to stay on our shores too. Built in Oxford on the site that was previously owned by British Leyland, the company produces both the Mini hatch and the Clubman estate.
Nissan
Nissan’s huge Sunderland plant accounts for one in every three cars that are built in the UK, building over 400,000 vehicles alone. It’s a hugely influential site, where cars like the Qashqai, Juke and all-electric Leaf are created.
Rolls-Royce
Another brand that’s synonymous with being British, Rolls-Royce has its headquarters within the grounds of another British motoring icon – the Goodwood Estate. The luxury car manufacturer built a new factory near Chichester in the south of England, which opened in 2003, and has been building tailor-made cars such as the Ghost, Phantom, and new Cullinan SUV ever since.
Toyota
Another Japanese car manufacturer with important manufacturing bases in the UK is Toyota, which has a vehicle manufacturing factory in Burnaston, Derbyshire and an engine manufacturing plant at Deeside, North Wales. In the vehicle plant, Toyota builds the Corolla Hybrid, Corolla Hatchback, Corolla Touring Sports and the conventional Corolla.
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