UK-based luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported a 30% rise in the global sales with 357,773 units sold in 2012 compared to the 2011 sales.
The carmaker sold 71,940 vehicles up by 71% in China, followed by the UK with sales of 68,333 vehicles with 19% increase, 11% increase in US to 55,675 units, Russia up by 43% to 20,549 and Germany increased 41% to16,722 vehicles sold in 2012.
Jaguar Land Rover Group Sales Operations director Phil Popham said that 2012 has been a strong year for the company with record breaking sales globally.
"Looking ahead to 2013, we are continuing to invest in our business to support our ambitious plans for growth and we will be introducing eight new or refreshed products throughout the year," Popham said.
The brand Jaguar's sales went up by 6% compared to 2011, including the UK, US, China, Germany and Russia markets that jointly added to about 71% of the total sales for the year.
Earlier, the company had confirmed a $600m investment program for its Solihull site that includes the installation of a new aluminum body shop, upgrades to paint-application technologies, trim assembly, warehousing and customer handover centre.
