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Motorsport to Automotive

Opportunities for high performance engineering

Our UK automotive industry supports nearly 865,000 jobs and generates a turnover of almost £80 billion. These statistics illustrate that the future looks bright for both motorsport and high performance engineering if they exploit the potential opportunities. We've seen this demonstrated in other sectors of the UK economy including defence, aerospace and marine, reaping the benefits of the ‘can-do’, rapid response culture of the UK's motorsport industry.

 
Key statistics on the UK Automotive Industry*:

  • 2,400+ automotive suppliers in the UK
  • 1.3m cars and 2.52m engines built in the UK
  • 20 UK based centres for Research & Development
  • Added £15.3bn in value to the UK economy
  • Automotive is one of the UK’s leading export sectors by value, accounting for 13% of the UK's total export goods

* Statistics taken from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders - Motor Industry Facts 2020

 

MIA's Motorsport to Automotive Initiative (M2Auto)

Inspired and driven by the Automotive OEMs who identified a need for the motorsport sector’s R&D capabilities and fast delivery expertise, the M2Auto Initiative facilitates and creates closer collaboration between OEM automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers, MIA members and the motorsport and high performance engineering industry.

Automotive OEMs identified the UK motorsport sector’s R&D prototyping capabilities and rapid delivery as being of real value in early stage project development requiring the following:

  • Innovation
  • Prototype development
  • Testing
  • Design

 

Further reading

  

'The challenge of creating beauty and function for cars lays at the feet of world class designers and modellers – and the UK is synonymous with these people, processes and visions'

Graham Hoare
Chair of the Automotive Council

Motorsport companies who have successfully engaged with the Automotive sector

 
 Aston Martin Valkyrie

 Gordon Murray's
V12-engined T50

 Lotus Evija Mercedes AMG Project One

 

Showcase of innovative motorsport capabilities

Invited by, and working with automotive OEMs following meetings with Automotive Council UK, the MIA has created and delivered, since 2012, in-house showcases as part of our Motorsport to Automotive (M2Auto) initiative.

These have taken place at:

  • Bentley Motors
  • Emerald Automotive and the London Electric Vehicle Company
  • Ford
  • Honda R&D Europe 
  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • Jaguar Land Rover Classic
  • Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations
  • JCB World Headquarters
  • Lotus Cars
  • Morgan Motor Company
  • National Automotive Innovation Centre
  • Niche Vehicle Network
  • Nissan Technical Centre Europe

 

Upcoming activities

Our events calendar is updated regularly with new activities and events that we are hosting under our Motorsport to Automotive Programme.

 

What value have you gained from the Motorsport to Automotive Programme?

This video (published 2 February 2015) has MIA Members explaining the value they have gained from the Automotive Showcase of Capabilities Programme.



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For more information please contact Helen Jones
on +44 (0)2476 692 600 or email helen.jones@the-mia.com.