Jaguar Land Rover Reports July Sales Performance

12 August 2015

Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles today reported July retail sales of 33,239 vehicles, down 3% year-on-year.

Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles today reported July retail sales of 33,239 vehicles, down 3% year-on-year. During the first seven months of the year, Jaguar Land Rover has sold 272,451 vehicles, 1% down on the same period last year.

Jaguar Land Rover's regional performance year-to-date shows 19% growth in Europe, 16% in the UK and 14% in North America, with Overseas down 11%. Sales in the China Region were down 28% year-to-date, due to changing market conditions and production ramping up for the locally produced Range Rover Evoque and run-out of other vehicles in advance of upcoming launches.

Commenting on the performance, Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover Group Sales Operations Director said:​"Despite a challenging macro-economic environment, particularly in China, demand for our premium vehicles remains encouraging. Sales in our key regions, the UK, Europe and North America have shown impressive growth year-to-date.

"Sales of the all-new Discovery Sport and the all-new Jaguar XE sports saloon continued strong this month, retailing almost 8,000 vehicles in total. We now look forward to a period of new product impetus, which will see the introduction of new 16 model year Jaguar XF and XJ and Range Rover Evoque vehicles in the coming months."

Land Rover sales in the month of July retailed 26,322, down 7%. Calendar year-to-date sales reached 228,035 vehicles, up 1% year-on-year on the back of continued customer demand particularly for the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. Year-to-date Land Rover's sales performance has seen growth in the UK (up 17%), Europe (up 19%) and North America (up 20%).

Jaguar delivered a solid performance in the month, selling 6,917 vehicles, up 14%. This increase was due to sales of the all-new Jaguar XE sports saloon, which has been available in Jaguar retailers since May. Calendar year-to-date sales were down 11% year-on-year, retailing 44,416 vehicles. The F-TYPE continues to impress customers around the world, with sales up 7% in the first seven months of 2015. Year-to-date, demand for the Jaguar brand is strongest in the UK (up 10%) and Europe (up 20%).

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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:

  • In 2015/16 Jaguar Land Rover will spend £3.5 billion on new vehicle creation and capital expenditure. In the same period, the company will launch 12 new and refreshed vehicles from its UK plants, such as the Jaguar F-PACE at Solihull.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • In the first quarter 2015/16, it sold almost 30,000 vehicles in Europe, an increase of 28%.
  • Jaguar Land Rover plans 50 product actions over the next five years.
  • Jaguar Land Rover is one of the UK's largest exporters and generates over 80% of its revenue from exports.