JLR has reported a recovery in sales over the past quarter, following the restart of production after a major cyber attack. The UK's largest car manufacturer sold 95,300 vehicles to dealers in the three months to March 31, a 61.1% surge compared with the previous quarter.
Retail sales also rose by 16.2% to 92,700 vehicles over the same period. JLR, owned by India's Tata, was forced to halt production across its UK factories for five weeks from September 1 last year due to a cyber attack, which weighed on sales in late 2025.
All of the group's manufacturing sites, including factories in Solihull, West Midlands, and Halewood, Merseyside, stopped production but restarted in October. The company said production is now at normal levels following the incident.
Despite the quarterly rebound, sales to dealers were still 14.5% lower than the same quarter a year earlier, with a 23.1% drop in the UK. JLR attributed the decline to disruption from the cyber incident, the impact of US tariffs, market challenges in China, and the planned wind-down of legacy Jaguar models.
Chinese sales tumbled by 29.8% amid continued struggles in the Chinese car market.
