Strong sales in China, boosted by the launch of the locally-built Jaguar XFL, helped Jaguar Land Rover achieve its strongest global September sales to date, selling 61,047 vehicles, up 28 percent compared to 2015. The month's performance was driven by improved sales of the Land Rover Discovery Sport, the Range Rover Evoque and the Jaguar F-Pace. Jaguar Land Rover sold 434,025 vehicles in the first nine months of 2016, 24 percent up on the same period in the prior year.

In addition to China sales success, Jaguar Land Rover has delivered a particularly solid performance in Europe with retail sales increasing by 32 percent compared to the previous year. Retail sales were up across all other regions: 30 percent in the UK, 23 percent in North America and 3 percent in other overseas markets.

Commenting on the performance, Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover group sales operations director said: "September is always an important month for the automotive industry and we are proud of our results. Performance was strong in China and Europe, where collectively we sold almost 23,000 cars this month alone.

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