Jaguar Land Rover to close UK factories for a week over Brexit
Jaguar Land Rover will halt production at its British factories for a week in November, joining BMW and Toyota in plans to help mitigate any immediate disruption from a no-deal Brexit.
CEO Ralf Speth said JLR had to make plans now, including a stop to production at its four British factories during the first week of November.
The move will affect the company’s three car plants, which collectively built just under a third of Britain’s 1.5 million cars last year, and its engine facility in Wolverhampton.
Toyota said in August it will not build cars at its British factory on November 1, while BMW will halt production at its Oxford Mini plant on October 31 and November 1.
The industry, Britain’s biggest exporter of goods, has been vocal about its concerns that a disorderly departure from the EU could disrupt the flow of parts and vehicles, ruining production processes and damaging the viability of factories.
