Tata Motors global vehicle sales up 12% in May

On a 35% rise in sales of its luxury Jaguar Land Rover vehicles

Tata Motors Ltd's global vehicle sales rose 12% in May from a year earlier, the Indian company said, mainly thanks to a 35% rise in sales of its luxury Jaguar Land Rover vehicles.

Tata, part of the salt-to-steel Tata Group conglomerate, sold 96,089 vehicles in May. Overall passenger cars sales were 51,064 vehicles, a rise of 21% from a year previously.

Sales of its Jaguar Land Rover vehicles stood at 30,094 in the month. Commercial vehicle sales rose 3% to 45,025.