Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 11) - Jaguar Land Rover has recently announced its Chinese performance report for 2011, where it was revealed that the manufacturer sold 42,063 vehicles in the country, National Business Daily reported today. The sales figure represents 61 percent growth for the manufacturer.

JLR's strong Chinese sales performance last year is in no small part due to the manufacturer's increased efforts to improve product localization. Bob Grace, director of the manufacturer's China Operations, said that the manufacturer was committed on making even further strides in 2012. He added that JLR will expand its Chinese product line in the new year.

JLR set new sales records for every quarter of last year, and its total sales amount for the first three quarters of the year was already more than the amount sold in all of 2010. Among its two brands, Jaguar sales grew 123 percent from 2010, with 945 Jaguars sold in December alone. Meanwhile, sales of Land Rovers, boasted by the introduction of the new Range Rover Evoque (pictured), continued to grow steadily with a total of 36,087 units sold in 2011.