Jaguar Land Rover sustains growth with strong sales in China

Jaguar Land Rover saw an 11% increase in global sales in June with demand strong in almost all its established markets, especially China.

The company sold 51,591 vehicles last month, with sales for the first quarter (April to June) up 3.5% on the corresponding period last year at 137,463.

Sales for June were up year-on-year in China (65.3%), the UK (3.8%), Europe (3.7%) and North America (3.2%).

However, challenging conditions in emerging markets such as Brazil, the Middle East and Russia saw a dip in its Overseas markets of  8.5%.

Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover group sales operations director, said: “Jaguar Land Rover saw another positive performance in June, led by strong sales in China, both from imported vehicles and our Chinese joint venture.

“Jaguar sales were up 16.4% thanks to another strong month for F-PACE and XF. This month has also seen solid sales of our flagship Range Rover and the Discovery Sport. July will mark the start of sales for the new Range Rover Velar, which was revealed in March.”

Jaguar sales reached 15,343 vehicles in June, up 16.4% on June last year, with strong continued sales from the F-PACE and XF. Land Rover retailed 36,248 vehicles in June, up 8.9% on the same month last year, led by continuing strong demand for the new Discovery and solid Range Rover sales.

However, Land Rover sales were down almost 5% in the first quarter with total sales for Q1 of 96,197.