LONDON — Jaguar Land Rover said wholesale volumes fell 43.3% to 59,200 vehicles in the three months ended Dec. 31 after a cyber incident forced production stoppages and slowed global deliveries, Jan. 10, 2026.
Retail sales dropped 25.1% to 79,600 units in the quarter, with the carmaker saying factories returned to normal output only by mid-November and it then needed additional time to distribute vehicles worldwide.
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack fallout ripples through sales
In a statement posted Monday, Jaguar Land Rover said its Q3 volumes were “initially impacted by production stoppages” and then further constrained by the lag between restarted output and vehicles reaching markets.
Reuters reported the decline through parent Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, describing the disruption as tied to one of Britain’s most high-profile cyberattacks. Jaguar Land Rover’s wholesale volumes were down across regions, with North America hit hardest as inventories tightened and exports slowed.
Jaguar Land Rover also pointed to pressure beyond the cyber incident, including a planned wind-down of legacy Jaguar models ahead of a relaunch and the impact of U.S. tariffs on exports. The company said its most profitable lines — Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender — still accounted for nearly three-quarters of wholesale volumes, but that mix could not offset the sheer loss of production days.
Broader coverage underscored the financial sting. The Guardian reported the disruption contributed to a steep quarterly setback and noted that production interruptions stretched across multiple plants, compounding delays for global distribution networks.
Jaguar Land Rover’s disruption has been building for months
The sales slump is the latest marker in a story that began when Jaguar Land Rover’s systems were hit in late summer. WIRED detailed how the shutdown left production lines idle and reverberated across suppliers, quoting cyber researcher Jamie MacColl: “It seems unprecedented in the UK to have that level of disruption because of a cyberattack.”
Labor groups also warned early about job impacts in the wider network. Unite, one of Britain’s largest unions, urged government-backed support for affected supply-chain workers as parts makers and logistics firms faced sudden stop-start demand.
Even macroeconomic watchers took note. In its November 2025 update, the Bank of England cited “disruption linked to the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack” as one factor weighing on U.K. output, illustrating how a single manufacturer’s outage can spill into national statistics.
Jaguar Land Rover said it will report full third-quarter financial results in February. Investors will be watching whether production stability holds, how quickly inventories rebuild in key markets, and whether the company’s cybersecurity response reduces the risk of another production-stopping incident.
