Tata Motors global sales down 8% in July

Tata Motors on Thursday reported an 8.46 per cent decline in global sales to 80,151 units in July.

The company had sold 87,566 units in the same month last year.

In the passenger vehicles category, the global sales last month were at 49,001 units, as against 46,684 units in July 2013, up 4.96 per cent, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Sales of luxury brand Jaguar Land Rover rose 12.24 per cent to 39,467 units in July, compared to 35,162 units in the same month last year.

Sales of commercial vehicles declined 23.8 per cent in July to 31,150 units from 40,882 units a year ago.