Jaguar Land Rover shuts plant for two weeks due to slow sales

Jaguar Land Rover will close its Solihull factory for two weeks from October 22 with demand in the Chinese market has falling dramatically. The British car maker saw sales in China fall 46.2 per cent in September. The company blamed tariffs changes and the on-going trade war with the US as the main factors in the decline. Jaguar Land Rover's global sales in September were down 12.3 per cent, although year-to-date sales are down just 4.0 per cent.