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Brexit Cliff That Wasn’t Slashes Car Output as Plants Stand Idle

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U.K. car production slumped close to 17% last month as companies shuttered plants to cope with a Brexit deadline that never came.

Auto output declined at more than four times the pace of October as carmakers including Jaguar Land Rover and Toyota Motor Corp. idled assembly lines amid concern a no-deal split from the European Union would disrupt supply chains.