May 14, 2013: The Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover sold 28,503 vehicles last month, its best ever April sales and an increase of 12 percent versus the same period last year. During the first four months of the year, Jaguar Land Rover sold 143,974 vehicles, up 16 percent.
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. The same trend is reflected in the first four months of the year with sales up 21 percent in Asia Pacific, 20 percent in the UK, 18 percent in the China Region, 13 percent in North America, 8 percent in Europe and 22 percent in other overseas markets.
Phil Popham, Jaguar Land Rover’s Director of Group Sales Operations, said: “This is a positive start to our second quarter sales and continues the growth trend seen in the first three months of the year. 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”.
Jaguar
In April, Jaguar sold 4,711 vehicles up 12 percent, with sales of the XF up 26 percent reflecting the impact of the V6 and 2.0l petrol engines and the AWD and Sportbrake derivatives. Markets which delivered strong performances in the month included: Australia up 78 percent, Korea up 47 percent, UK up 34 percent, China Region up 25 percent and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) up 27 percent.
Calendar year to date, Jaguar sold 24,888 vehicles, up 27 percent with increases in each major region: 78 percent in the China Region, 26 percent in the UK, 17 percent percent in Asia Pacific, 17 percent in Europe, 10 percent in North America, and 20 percent in other overseas markets.
Land Rover
Land Rover sold 23,792 vehicles in April, up 12 percent with sales growth reflected in all major regions: Asia Pacific up 39 percent, UK up 31 percent , China Region up 8 percent, North American and Europe both up by 6 percent and other overseas markets up 12 percent. Markets worthy of note include Japan up 114 percent, Korea up 102 percent, Belgium up 54 percent, MENA up 55 percent, Germany up 20 percent and Brazil up 14 percent.
Calendar year to date, Land Rover sold 119,086 vehicles up 14 percent with a particularly strong performance from Freelander up 36 percent. Increases in each major region are as follows: 23 percent in Asia Pacific, 14 percent in North America, 19 percent in the UK, 10 percent in the China Region, 6 percent in Europe and 22 percent in other overseas markets.