Automotive giant Jaguar Land Rover continues to count the cost of 2025’s devastating cyber attack with sales plummeting in the last three months of the year. Tony McDonough reports
Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is reporting a significant fall in sales for the last three months of 2025 following the devastating cyber attack.
At the end of August JLR was hit by a cyber attack which shut down production at factories in the UK, including Halewood in Merseyside where it employs around 3,500 people, and overseas.
This shutdown lasted through September and into early October. The company says production is now back to normal but it has had to spend another £196m on bringing in outside consultants and other support in response to the hacking attack.
In November JLR revealed that in the three months to the end of September, the second quarter of its fiscal year, revenues fell 24% to £5.9bn.
For the half year the figure was 16% lower year-on-year to £11.5bn. Pre-tax losses for the quarter came in at £485m and £134m for the half year.
Now the company has released wholesale and retail sales for the three months to December 31. Production returned to normal levels only by mid‑November post the cyber incident.
Due to this and also the time required to distribute vehicles globally once produced, wholesale and retail volumes reduced on a quarter‑on‑quarter and year‑on‑year basis.
In addition, the planned wind down of legacy Jaguar models ahead of the launch of new Jaguar, and incremental US tariffs impacting JLR’s US exports, continued to impact volumes.
Wholesale volumes for the third quarter were 59,200 units (excluding the Chery Jaguar Land Rover China JV), down 43.3% year‑on‑year and down 10.6% compared to the previous quarter.
Compared to the prior year, wholesale volumes for the third quarter were down in all markets comprising the UK which was down 0.9%, North America down 64.4%, Europe down 47.6%, China down 46.0%, MENA1 down 8.5% and Overseas down 50.4%.
Retail sales for the third quarter of 79,600 units (including CJLR ) were down 25.1% year‑on‑year and down 6.7% compared to Q2 FY26.
Compared to the prior year, retail volumes for the third quarter were down in all markets, comprising the UK which was down 13.3%, North America down 37.7%, Europe down 26.9%, China down 18.4%, MENA1 down 18.7% and Overseas down 14.1%.
Retail volumes for the financial year to date were 259,400, down 19.1% year-on-year.