article_snippet: Cars made here are becoming even more British as the amount of parts deployed that are made in the UK has risen by a fifth.
article_snippet: Domestic parts makers sold 19 per cent more components to UK-based manufacturers last year than in 2013, say new figures from the Automotive Council.
article_snippet: But the 'Britishness' of cars manufactured here is still far less than 40 years ago.
article_snippet: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says around a third of the components in a UK-built car are sourced domestically, compared to more than 90 per cent in the mid-Seventies.