Record sales for Jaguar Land Rover

VEHICLE manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover UK has announced record September sales with retail figures up 13% year-to-date compared with the same period last year.

Land Rover had its best ever September with sales of 10,769 vehicles registered; up 11% on the same month last year and 13% up year-to-date.

The Range Rover Evoque, which is made in Halewood, Merseyside, continues to be successful – up 35% on the same month last year and the new Range Rover Sport has made a strong start with sales of 1,309 vehicles during what is only the second month of customer deliveries.

Stablemate Jaguar saw a 19% increase in car sales for the year-to-date, with a year-on-year increase across its model range of 7%. The new F-Type sports car continues to be popular with more than 1,000 delivered to UK customers.

The year-to-date has also seen a surge in sales of the popular Jaguar XF executive car and XJ luxury saloon. In 2013 sales of the XF are up 12% and XJ 6%; a result JLR said was due to the introduction of new, efficient and high performance derivatives of each model.  

Jeremy Hicks, Jaguar Land Rover UK managing director, said: “The September sales figures tangibly demonstrate that both Jaguar and Land Rover continue to focus on relevant and highly-desirable product line-ups.

“With the recent introduction of the all-new Range Rover Sport and F-Type coupled with the continued success of our well established models, we have seen more new customers than ever purchasing Jaguar Land Rover award-winning products. Indeed, our new 2014 model year offerings across both brands will be hitting showrooms shortly and will see us build on the successes of the 2013 range.”