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Jaguar Land Rover Reports March Sales Performance

14 April 2015

Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles had its strongest ever March sales performance this month, retailing 58,481 vehicles, up 6 per cent on the previous year.

Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles had its strongest ever March sales performance this month, retailing 58,481 vehicles, up 6 per cent on the previous year. Land Rover also delivered its best ever March performance with 49,099 vehicles, up 13 per cent versus last year. Jaguar retailed 9,382 vehicles, down 2,349 units.

This was an exciting sales month for Land Rover, with the introduction of the Discovery Sport. Elsewhere there was also strong sales performance from the Discovery (up 35% on 2014), Range Rover Sport (up 15% on 2014), Range Rover (up 38% on 2014) and Defender (up 58% on 2014) models. 

The F‑TYPE, which continues to perform well, was up 4% year‑on‑year in March. With sales for the new Jaguar XE commencing soon and the all‑new Jaguar XF making its debut this month, Jaguar is set to impress in its 80th year. The F‑PACE, Jaguar's all‑new performance crossover, will go on sale in 2016 and will be manufactured at Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant.

Commenting on the month, Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover Group Sales Operations Director said: 

"Fantastic news for Land Rover this month achieving its strongest ever March sales performance and particularly exciting to see Jaguar Land Rover UK and USA sales significantly up on the prior year.

 "Furthermore, the response to the new Jaguar XF which was showcased at the New York and Seoul motor shows last week has been extremely positive. 2015 will most definitely be the year of the cat."

Further information

For more information, please visit www.newsroom.jaguarlandrover.com or contact:

Joan Chesney, Senior Communications Officer
M: + 44 (0)7467 448 229     E: jchesney@jaguarlandrover.com

Kelly Mundee, Corporate Communications Officer
M: +44 (0) 7880 182287      E: kmundee@jaguarlandrover.com

Notes to Editors

Jaguar Land Rover:

  • The company plans 50 product actions over the next five years, of which twelve will be in 2015 alone.
  • In the past five years, Jaguar Land Rover has tripled its turnover, doubled its sales and doubled its workforce. It has gone from strength to strength, to become a fine example of British manufacturing success.
  • Jaguar Land Rover has ambitious plans for sustainable growth and profitability.
  • In 2014, Jaguar Land Rover sold 462,678 vehicles, up 9%. Of that, Jaguar sold 81,570 vehicles and Land Rover sold 381,108 vehicles.
  • Jaguar Land Rover will invest over £3.0bn in its products and facilities in the next fiscal year.
  • Jaguar Land Rover is one of the UK's largest exporters and generates in the region of 85% of its revenue from exports.
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