Tata can take a break from its Jaguar financing problems and relax since its latest XF model is doing some sound sales in UK. At the end of July it sold 5653 units, which is 600 units more than the sales of A6. Jaguar despite not offering an estate version (unlike A6) of the XF managed this number.
“We’ve been working on residuals and keen pricing and equipment levels and that’s continuing to work for us,” says Jaguar. Since Jaguar doesn’t offer an estate or 4-cylinder diesel model, it recons it operates only in about 30% of the executive market.
BMW 5-series is the most favorite executive car in the UK with sales of 7,900, followed by E-class which sold 5,700 units. The XF stands third, but the introduction of a 4-cylinder diesel and an estate variant, it will over throw the Germans in no time.
The XF is sold in India for 63Lakh since it’s a CBU. The price of the 5-series in India is 37 Lakh since it’s not a CBU, so yet another great car spoiled for us by our Government’s CBU taxing.
September 13, 2009
I found your blog on MSN Search. Nice writing. I will check back to read more.
Eric Hundin
September 13, 2009
thanks Eric, we won’t disappoint you.