JLR September sales up 28% at 61,047 units

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover today reported 28 per cent increase in retail sales with 61,047 units in September.
The month's performance was driven by strong sales of the Land Rover Discovery, Discovery Sport, the Range Rover Evoque and the Jaguar F-PACE, as well as solid sales in China, Tata Motors said in a BSE filing.
The Jaguar brand sold 17,640 units in September, up 70 per cent from the year-ago month, reflecting the strong launch of the F-PACE as well as continued solid sales of the XE, it added.
Land Rover's September sales were at 43,407 vehicles, up 17 per cent year-on-year, driven by strong sales of Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque which retailed at 12,838 units and 11,761 units, respectively.

The company said Jaguar Land Rover delivered solid retail sales growth across all key regions year-on-year, with China up 50 per cent, Europe up 32 per cent, the UK up 30 per cent, North America up 23 per cent and other overseas markets up 3 per cent.