Tata Motors global sales rise 13 pc in August

Tata Motors today said its global sales increased 13 per cent in August to 97,225 units, over the same period last year.

Sales of luxury brands from Jaguar Land Rover were at 24,060 units in August, up 13 per cent from the same month last year, Tata Motors said in a statement.

While sales of luxury sedans of Jaguar brand stood at 2,960 units, Land Rover sales were at 18,798 units, it added.

The company said total passenger vehicles sales stood at 47,141 units in August, 2012, a jump of 23 per cent from the same month last year.

Commercial vehicle sales were up by 4 per cent to 50,084 units from the same month last year, it added.

The Tata Motors group's global sales comprise Tata, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles, Tata passenger vehicles, along with the distributed brands in India, Jaguar and Land Rover.