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Fourth quarter Land Rover sales up 93 per cent year-on-year

Land Rover sales were up 93 per cent year-on-year in the final quarter of 2009, with its Discovery 4 and Range Rover Sport models performing particularly strongly.

Land Rover launched new Discovery, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models in September, which have provided a big boost to its end of year sales. Sales of the Discovery and Range Rover Sport were up 115 per cent and 116 per cent respectively between October and December.

Land Rover UK managing director, John Edwards, said: "2009 has been a very hard year for the motor industry – particularly in the premium segment. However, Land Rover made some tough decisions and restructured our business model to ensure that we were in a strong position to weather the storm.

“We are looking forward to building on our outstanding sales success in the last quarter, and to a brighter 2010.”

Overall, Land Rover’s 2009 sales were down 10.8 per cent on 2008’s levels as the firm sold 28,185 units. The sales in 2008 were boosted by a record first quarter, but Land Rover suffered in the final quarter that year when the global credit crisis first hit.

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Overdrive 9 January 2010

Re: Land Rover sales rise sharply

Someone call Del boy; where's uncle Albert when you need him?

jackjflash 8 January 2010

Re: Land Rover sales rise sharply

BigEd wrote:

Volkswagen outsells Vauxhall in UK(first time ever?), becoming second only to market-leader Ford - VW 9.90% market share, Vauxhall 9.88%, Dec 09.

GM looks to have cooked Vauxhall's goose with its botched hokey-cokey sale, even with the promising new Astra.

Calm down Cart, you remember what happened the last two times Germany tried to rule the world.

The Apprentice 8 January 2010

Re: Land Rover sales rise sharply

a truly self perpetuating business!

Everyone knows Range Rover Sports are the cause of global warming, looking out the window paradoxically global warming appears to cause an ice-age, more 4 wheel drive sales, more CO2 and round we go. Where do I buy LR shares?