Jaguar, with more than 65,000 vehicles sold last year, is one of few automakers to have reported an overall increase in 2008 global sales. Buoyed by the Jaguar XF sedan and rapid growth in emerging markets like Russia, China and the Middle East, the British automaker owned by Indian giant Tata posted an 8 percent sales increase over the previous year.
According to a Jaguar news release, sales were up more than 50 percent in Russia, 35 percent in the Middle East and 25 percent in China. Jaguar sells cars in 60 countries.
Only a handful of auto manufacturers are expected to report year-on-year sales increases, making Jaguar’s achievement rather remarkable. Ford Motor Company sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata in mid-2008 in a bid to raise capital for the Michigan automaker.
01/07, 2:29 PM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
Faguar ftw!
01/07, 2:30 PM
posted by:
atoms
this proves it, if you want to be successful you have to be owned by ford then let go, aston did it (well kinda until lately, but thats beside the point)
01/07, 3:00 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
I must say, it must be their Quality British Craftsmanship….
01/07, 3:02 PM
posted by:
bigjimid
^ The numbers were for 2008. Ford sold them during 2008. Which means that they are the ones responsible for the sales and marketing to make Jaguar a profitable company. They just needed the cash because of slowing auto market. Lets just hope no one finds a Ford key under the leather of their new XF though, like the Aston story, lol.
01/07, 3:52 PM
posted by:
05Z88Path
Their success in 2008 was due to some aggressiveness in their designs…plain a simple.
01/07, 4:07 PM
posted by:
mentir
Jaguar is in a good position now becuase they’ve already trimmed down their own product fat. With the XFR and refreshed XKR coming out, not to mention the next XJ in the pipeline, they should be posting growth in 09 and 10 as well.
01/07, 4:53 PM
posted by:
ltbullitt
i agree with mentir, if Ford didnt need the money so bad this would of been a good brand in the ford priemer auto group
01/07, 5:51 PM
posted by:
Get Real
4 big money executives have committed suicide already. 4 customers gone.
01/07, 7:21 PM
posted by:
tyler_is_aero_tt
I wish Ford could have still kept Jaguar. Oh well, good for Jaguar.
01/07, 10:48 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Ford sold ‘em. Get over it . Be thankful they’re still a viable alternative to the Germans and the Japanese. Funny though how some niche players are among the few prospering and those who are trying to be all things to all people are the ones with their heads looking up.
01/08, 6:54 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
And screw what the haters say about the XF, I think it’s gorgeous.
01/08, 8:41 AM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
Johnnyblaze hasn’t seen the new Lacrosse apparently. This is a cheap POS next to that car.
01/08, 9:58 AM
posted by:
whinelikeaturbine
loving the way how the OBVIOUS is being ingnored!!!!!
i bet ownership by TATA has got NOTHING to do with this good news!!!!!!!!!
(the exclamation marks were typed very furiously)