Jaguar Land Rover becomes largest automotive manufacturer in Britain

Jaguar Land Rover has become the largest automotive manufacturer in Britain.

That is from the SMMT that announced that UK car manufacturing has had its best year in a decade, producing over a million and a half vehicles in 2015.

Jaguar Land Rover produced more than 500,000 vehicles at its manufacturing plants, including in Solihull and Birmingham.

Since Tata took over ownership, the number of vehicles built has risen by almost 70% after £11bn was invested.

Last year Jaguar and Land Rover brought 11 new cars to the market, including the Jaguar XE and XF and the Land Rover Discovery Sport.

More than 10,000 manufacturing jobs have been created at the plants over the last five years.

Jaguar Land Rover delivered record sales in the UK in 2015 with over 100,000 vehicles registered for the first time in its history. This was also reflected in the US, where Land Rover was named the fastest growing car brand in the country.