Jaguar Land Rover sales rise 12% in April at 28,503 units

Moneycontrol Bureau

Sales at Tata Motors owned British Jaguar Land Rover unit rose 12 percent year-on-year to 28,503 vehicles in April, while for the first four months, sales gained 16 percent.

Retail sales last month were best ever for April, the luxury saloon and sports utility vehicle maker said on Tuesday.

"April sales were up for Jaguar Land Rover in every major region: with Asia Pacific up 37 percent, the UK up 32 percent, the China Region up 10 percent, North America up 6 percent, Europe up 2 percent and other overseas markets up 11 percent (including India, which is up 6 percent)," JLR said.

Jaguar sold 4,711 vehicles in April, up 12 percent from a year ago, helped by strong demand for the XF (sales up 26 percent) and its variants like the Sportbrake and the all-wheel-drive.

Land Rover sales were also up 12 percent at 23,792 units, with sales doubling in Japan and Korea in particular. The Middle East and North Africa region and Belgium also saw sales surge over 50 percent.

"Sales of the Jaguar XF remain buoyant across many of our key markets and we are seeing the positive impact of the all new Range Rover, with approaching 15,000 cars sold in the first four months of this year," said Phil Popham, director of group sales operations at JLR.

China, which is amongst the biggest markets, saw Jaguar sales rise 25 percent and Land Rover sales gained 6 percent.

Tata Motors shares were up 0.9 percent at Rs 300.25 on NSE in morning trade.

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