Jaguar Land Rover sales surge 80% in first 3 qtrs

British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said on Monday that it sold 53,616 vehicles in the first nine months of this year, an increase of 80 percent year-on-year.

The figure exceeds the company's total sales in 2011.

From January to September, the company's Jaguar brand delivered 5,641 vehicles to Chinese consumers, 48 percent more than last year.

Its Land Rover brand sold 47,975 vehicles during the first nine months in China, up 85 percent from a year earlier.

The company's China President Bob Grace said that Jaguar Land Rover will continue to invest heavily in its distribution network and reinforce partnerships with local dealers.

So far, the British company has authorized 141 dealerships in China, with 96 of them already operational.