Global sales of Jaguars and Land Rovers surged by a third last month, boosted by a resurgence in Britain where the government-subsidised scrappage scheme, tax breaks for buyers and the prospect of bumper banker bonuses all helped.
Tata Motors, the Indian conglomerate that bought the carmakers for $2.3 billion last year, said that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) achieved worldwide sales last month of 21,134 vehicles. Jaguar sales were 4,794, up 5 per cent on a year earlier, while Land Rover sales were up 45 per cent at 16,340. The surges owed much to Britain, where new registrations of Land Rovers rose by 58 per cent, to 5,489 cars.