Car production has risen by 13.9% in September to 139,283 units.

However, commercial vehicle production took a 6.9% drop to 19,953 which gave a total vehicle production rise of 10.8% in September and a 2.1% rise year-to-date.

Christopher Macgowan, SMMT chief executive, said: “As forecast last September, new vehicles from Mini, Honda, Land Rover and Nissan have all contributed to this increase and stabilised the market.”

To download the full UK production table of statistics provided by the SMMT click here.