Tata Motors' sales up 46% higher

Tata-MotorsIndian auto major, Tata Motors saw a 46 per cent increase in sales during the period of April-July, 2010 as compared to last year.

The company which has through its Nano given challenge to Hyundai and is now looking for its No. 2 position, has seen jump both on domestic as well as export front.

In real terms, the sales of Tata Motors was 339,824, higher than last year. The company exports brands like Tata, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles. It has a well distributed network of passenger cars in Indian and is the official owner of Jaguar and Land Rover.

Even these two seemingly dying brands have been able to perform well.

On the commercial front, sales of commercial vehicles were 40,576 for July, 30 per cent higher than the same period last year. As for the cumulative sales of the whole fiscal, it stood at 188,094, 53 per cent higher.

Passenger figure stood at 50,070 which is 42 per cent higher.

Global sales of Jaguar Land Rover were 30 per cent higher than last year and stood at 19,386 vehicles. For jaguar alone the figure was 5,676 while the rest went for land Rover.