Tata Motors global sales zoom 62% in Nov

Tata Motors on Thursday reported a 62 per cent jump in its total global sales in November on the back of strong performance by its British marquees Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR).

The country's largest auto company reported a total sales of 75,775 units across its various international operations, which include Tata Motors, Tata Daewoo and the Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles, Tata passenger vehicles and the British marquee brands Jaguar Land Rover.

JLR's global sales in November stood at 18,825 units, up 30 per cent from the same month last year, Tata Motors said in a statement.

While Jaguar sold 4,333 units during the month, down two per cent from the figure in November last year, Land Rover sales were up by 45 per cent at 14,492 units, the company added.

The company's global commercial vehicles sales stood at 33,338 units, a jump of 81 per cent from the corresponding month last year.

Passenger vehicles sales during the month were 42,437 units, up 50 per cent from last November, the company added.

Tata Motors' cumulative global sales in the April-November period witnessed a growth of four per cent at 5,21,059 units.

Cumulative sales of JLR during the first eight months of the fiscal were at 1,15,844 units, down 32 per cent from the corresponding period a year-ago.

Tata Motors sold 31,716 units of Jaguars during in the April-November period, down by 37 per cent from the same period last year, while it reported a fall of 30 per cent in the sale of Land Rover during the same period at 84,128 units.

Cumulative global commercial vehicles sales during the fiscal till November stood at 2,44,810 units, up 16 per cent from the year ago period, Tata Motors added.

It, however, reported a fall of five per cent in its cumulative passenger vehicles sales during the first eight months of the fiscal at 2,76,249 units, it said.