Many car makers turned to making personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during the pandemic.
However, the SMMT said it expected lost production this year would cost the sector up to £12.5bn.
"Manufacturers are starting to emerge from prolonged shutdown into a very uncertain world and ramping up production will be a gradual process, so we need government to work with us to accelerate this fundamentally strong sector's recovery, stimulate investment and safeguard jobs. Next week from Monday to Thursday, Dermot Murnaghan will be hosting After the Pandemic: Our New World - a series of special live programmes about what our world will be like once the pandemic is over.
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