JLR car sales recover after production restart following cyber attack

Car giant JLR has revealed a recovery in sales over the past quarter after restarting production following the impact of a major cyber attack.

The UK’s largest car manufacturer said it sold 95,300 vehicles to dealers in the three months to March 31, surging 61.1% compared with the previous quarter.

JLR, which is 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, weighing 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.

It said production is now at “normal levels” following the incident.

Nevertheless, quarterly sales to dealers were still 14.5% lower than the same quarter a year earlier, with a 23.1% drop in the UK.

It linked the fall 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.

Retail sales were down 14.3% for the quarter year-on-year.