Official Cars: Production
(asked on 13th July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the Government's fleet vehicles are produced; and whether the production of those vehicles uses UK steel.
Information on all Government fleets is not held centrally and this response is for the Government Car Service fleet which operates as a division of the Department for Transport. The table indicates the material that the car bodies are manufactured from, also indicating if UK steel has been used.
Make | Model | Country of Build | Material Used for Car Body | UK Steel Yes/No |
Nissan | LEAF | UK (Sunderland) | Steel | Yes |
Jaguar | I-PACE | Austria (Graz) | Aluminium | Yes* |
Jaguar | F-PACE | UK (Solihull) | Aluminium & Steel | Yes* |
Jaguar | XF | UK (Castle Bromwich) | Aluminium & Steel | Yes* |
Jaguar | XJ | UK (Castle Bromwich) | Aluminium | Yes* |
Land Rover | Range Rover | UK (Solihull) | Aluminium | Yes* |
Honda | CRV | UK (Swindon) | Steel | Yes |
Ford | Mondeo Hybrid | Spain (Valencia) | Steel | No |
Ford | Galaxy | Portugal | Steel | No |
*Jaguar Land Rover: British steel is used in mixed material bodies, and in components on all car lines.
51% of the GCS car fleet were built in the UK.