Records retail sales of 47,634 vehicles
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles reported September retail sales of 47,634 vehicles, up 3% from a record September 2014 performance. The company sold 349,412 vehicles in the first nine months of 2015, in line with prior year.Jaguar Land Rover's regional performance year-to-date shows 21% growth in Europe, 18% in North America and 15% in the UK, with Overseas down 12%. Sales in the China Region are down 29% year-to-date.
Jaguar delivered a solid performance in the month, selling 10,394 vehicles, up 22%. The increase reflects strong sales of the all-new Jaguar XE sports saloon in markets in which it has gone on sale since May, with China sales only starting in September and US sales starting in 2016. The introduction of the all new Jaguar XF only started this quarter, following the run out of the prior model.
Land Rover retailed 37,240 in September, down 1% year on year compared to a very strong September in 2014. The new Discovery Sport is outselling by 30% the Freelander it replaced and Range Rover and Range Rover Sport were up 6% and 11% respectively.
For the quarter ended 30 September, which is the second quarter of Jaguar Land Rover's Fiscal Year 2015/16 (Q2 FY16) the company retailed 110,200 vehicles. This was down 1% year-on-year, as continuing strong performance in Europe, up 34%, North America, up 23%, and the UK, up 9%, helped offset lower sales in Overseas (including Russia, Brazil, and MENA) and China markets, down 12% and 32% respectively.
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