The company sold over 400,000 Land Rovers in a year for the first time, reflecting growth of six per cent, while Jaguar sales were up three per cent to 83,986 cars.
Commenting on the full year performance Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover Group Sales Operations Director, said: “This has been a significant year for Jaguar Land Rover, with updated models being introduced across the range, as well as the addition to our portfolio of the completely new Jaguar XE and Land Rover Discovery Sport.
“Customer response has been extremely positive, resulting in record retails across UK, North America and Europe. The appeal of our Jaguars and Land Rovers has also been recognised through over 95 global awards in 2015, including 15 for the Land Rover Discovery Sport and 19 for the Jaguar XE alone. 2016 promises to be another exciting year, with the start of sales of the Range Rover Evoque Convertible and the Jaguar F-PACE, along with further all-new and refreshed vehicles.”
It was also a significant year for the expansion of the company’s manufacturing operations, with the announcement of a factory in Slovakia and progress on the construction of Jaguar Land Rover’s first manufacturing plant in Brazil for local production of the Land Rover Discovery Sport during 2016. The company announced the doubling of the size of its UK Engine Manufacturing Centre and confirmed that it had agreed a manufacturing partnership with Magna Steyr to build some future vehicles in Graz, Austria.
Investments to the value of £600 million were also announced for UK sites such as the Castle Bromwich plant and the design centre at Whitley.