Tata Motors' Jan global sales fall 16%, JLR up 30%

This is the third consecutive monthly slide in sales for the auto company

Tata Motors Ltd said global vehicle sales in January fell 16% to 1,01,112 vehicles, the third consecutive monthly slide, but sales at its key Jaguar Land Rover unit rose 30% to 38,173 vehicles.

Overall passenger car sales stood at 53,881 vehicles during the month, the company said in a statement, representing a fall of 19% from the same month a year earlier.

Tata, part of the salt-to-steel Tata Group conglomerate, sold 47,231 commercial vehicles in January, down 11%.