Jaguar and Land Rover sales rose 26 percent to 21,653 units, driven by a 33-percent rise in Land Rover sales.

Tata bought the British luxury brand unit JLR from Ford Motor Co for $2.3 billion in 2008.

Tata Motors, part of India's salt-to-software conglomerate Tata group, manufactures commercial and utility vehicles, cars and the Nano, touted as the world's cheapest car.