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All-New F-PACE Helps Drive Jaguar Land Rover To Best Ever May Sales Results

7 June 2016

The all-new Jaguar F-PACE helped propel Jaguar Land Rover to its best ever May, with retail sales of 44,946 vehicles, up 18% on May 2015.

The all-new Jaguar F-PACE helped propel Jaguar Land Rover to its best ever May, with retail sales of 44,946 vehicles, up 18% on May 2015. This is the company's fifth consecutive record-breaking month. Jaguar Land Rover sold 245,100 vehicles in the first five months of 2016, 23% up on the same period in the prior year.

The Jaguar F-PACE, which is designed, engineered, and manufactured in the UK, has seen impressive results this month, with more than 3,000 vehicles sold worldwide. The new family sports car is the company's fastest selling Jaguar ever.

Retail sales for the month of May were up year-on-year across all regions: 28% in China, 24% in Europe, 23% in the UK and 8% in North America.  Other Overseas markets were up 6% year-on-year.

Commenting on the performance, Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover Group Sales Operations Director said: "Following its UK and US launch this month, I am delighted to see that response to the new Jaguar F-PACE has been extremely positive - with over 3,000 global sales this month.

"We are committed to exceeding our customers' expectations by delivering the highest standards of quality and technology and by producing exceptional premium vehicles."

Land Rover strengthened its position as a world-leading manufacturer of all-terrain SUVs, with record May sales of 34,313 vehicles in the month, up 6% year-on-year, of which China was up 29%. The best-seller for the month was the Discovery Sport, retailing an impressive 10,075 vehicles. Calendar year-to-date sales for Land Rover reached 196,620 vehicles, 16% up on the prior year.

Jaguar recorded its best May in over a decade, delivering 10,633 vehicles, up 90% on the previous year, reflecting the strong launch of the F-PACE as well as continued solid sales of the XE and XF. This month, Jaguar performed very strongly across all regions, notably in Europe, where sales were 281% up on the prior year. Calendar year-to-date sales for Jaguar were 48,480 up 60% year-on-year. 

 

 

May 

 

 

 % increase      YOY

 

Jan - May

 

% increase YOY

 

15/16 Financial Year

 

% increase YOY

 

Jaguar Land Rover

 

 

44,946

 

18

 

245,100

 

23

 

521,571

 

13%

 

Jaguar

 

 

10,633

 

90

 

48,480

 

60

 

94,449

 

23%

 

Land Rover

 

 

34,313

 

6

 

196,620

 

16

 

427,122

 

11%

ENDS.

Further information

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

Chas Hallett
M: + 44 (0)7469 039535
E: challett@jaguarlandrover.com

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

Notes to Editors

 

  • Jaguar Land Rover is the largest automotive manufacturer in Britain;
  • Jaguar Land Rover produced more than 500,000 cars and commercial vehicles in 2015 at its three vehicle manufacturing plants in Solihull, Birmingham and Liverpool;
  • In January Jaguar Land Rover was named 'Best UK Employer 2016' by Bloomberg;
  • Over the past five years, Jaguar Land Rover has doubled sales and employment, more than tripled turnover, and invested over £12 billion in new product creation and capital expenditure;
  • With a balanced regional distribution of sales, in 2015, Jaguar Land Rover sold 487,065, up 5% year-on-year. Of that, Jaguar sold 83,986 vehicles and Land Rover sold 403,079 vehicles;
  • Jaguar Land Rover will invest over £3 billion in its products and facilities in Fiscal 2015 /16;
  • The company 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.
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