Tata Motors' global sales down 5.14%; JLR puts up a good show

Tata Motors' global sales down 5.14%; JLR puts up a good show

Tata Motors on Thursday reported 5.14 per cent decline in global sales, including that of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), to 77,575 units in May. The company had sold 81,783 units in the same month last year.

In the passenger vehicles category, the global sales last month were at 48,414 units, as against 43,142 units in May 2013, up 12.2 per cent, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Sales of luxury brand Jaguar Land Rover rose 24.85 per cent to 38,998 units in May, compared with 31,210 units in the same month last year.

The sales of commercial vehicles declined 24.52 per cent in May to 29,161 units from 38,641 units a year ago.