Tata Motors global sales down 9.7% in August

New Delhi: Tata Motors Monday reported an 9.7 percent decline in global sales to 73,524 units in August.

The company had sold 81,457 units in the same month last year.

In the passenger vehicles category, the global sales last month were at 42,988 units, as against 43,474 units in August 2013, down 1.11 percent, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Sales of luxury brand Jaguar Land Rover rose 2.44 percent to 31,650 units in August, compared to 30,895 units in the same month last year.

Sales of commercial vehicles declined 19.6 percent in August to 30,536 units from 37,983 units a year ago.