LONDON: One year after a major cyberattack halted production and hit its finances, British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover on Wednesday opened orders for a new fully electric Range Rover.
The timing of the launch was a “coincidence”, JLR chief operating officer Nigel Blenkinsop told AFP, adding that the company had “recovered really, really strongly”.
He said the luxury carmaker had “brought production back up to normal levels really, really quickly post the incident”.
JLR, owned by India’s Tata Motors, revealed at the start of September 2025 that it had been targeted by hackers, forcing it to halt production for more than one month and costing the company £196 million ($264 million).
Hit also by US tariffs, the carmaker posted a loss of £244 million in its fiscal year ending in March, compared with a net profit of £1.8 billion in 2024/5.