Car Numbers Drop After JLR's Emergency Brake
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The number of cars produced in the UK fell by a massive 27% last month, according to the industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. It says it's due to the cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover that stopped production. Felicity Hannah asks how the sector might be able to recover.
Our Friday panel looks back at the big economic stories of the week, including an inert inflation figure that has more than meets the eye behind it, and Rachel Reeves blaming Brexit for some of the UK's difficult economic circumstances.
Plus, the most popular Netflix film of all time, Kpop Demon Hunters, is to make what the streaming service calls an "unprecedented" licensing deal for toys and games. One industry insider tells us just how big a deal it is.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | They call themselves Evil Corps, a cybercrime gang accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. |
| 0:13.0 | And at the center of it all, one of the FBI's most wanted. |
| 0:17.0 | They ran their operations out of the back of an Italian restaurant in Moscow. |
| 0:22.0 | How does a man hunted by the world's top law enforcers still manage to grow an empire? |
| 0:26.6 | These guys were going to town on small businesses across America. |
| 0:30.9 | They anger, the frustration, the fear. |
| 0:33.5 | Cyberhack, evil core. Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.5 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:41.9 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. Fresh drama overnight, as Donald Trump says, |
| 0:46.4 | he's immediately ending trade negotiations with Canada. We will bring you the very latest. |
| 0:52.1 | Then car production in the UK slammed on the brakes after that cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover. |
| 0:58.1 | The number of cars made in this country dropped a massive 27%. |
| 1:02.5 | So how quickly can the sector get back up to speed? |
| 1:05.6 | Then the Chancellor could be about to hike income tax. |
| 1:08.4 | That's according to The Guardian this morning. |
| 1:10.5 | Our Friday panel will |
| 1:11.7 | look at what the challenges and opportunities are for Rachel Reeves. And it can't all be doom |
| 1:16.8 | and gloom. It's time. Oh yes, it is time for the most popular Netflix film of all time, |
| 1:25.0 | K-pop Demon Hunters, to make an unprecedented licensing deal for toys |
| 1:28.7 | and games. We will chat to an industry insider about just how big a deal it is. |
| 1:34.1 | Wake Up to Money with Felicity Hannah. Good morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money. Welcome to Friday. |
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