Ford
Motor Company’s Dagenham Engine Plant (DEP) is the top UK engine supply source
but overall the company has seen its output of UK-built engines steadily decline from
1.75 million in 2008 to 1.7 million in 2011 and in 2012 to 1.55 million.
Nearly 2.5 million engines
were made in the UK last year according to the SMMT’s Motor Industry Facts 2013.
The total of 2,495,371 was just shy of the 2,504,054 built in 2011, but well
short of the 3,164,569 the industry built in 2008.
Top performer in the UK was
DEP with 812,791 units (981,078 in 2011 and 1,047,570 in 2008 – its best year.)
Strangely, both Jaguar and
Land Rover refuse to reveal to journalists how many vehicles sold in 2012 were
powered by diesel engines. The V6 and V8 diesels are sourced from Ford. Both of
Tata Motors’ carmakers also fit 2.2-litre I4 diesel engines.
