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Jaguar Cars Reports May Sales

2 June 2000

Jaguar Cars Reports Continued Record Sales
    MAHWAH, N.J., June 1 Jaguar Cars announced today record
sales results for May.  United States retails totaled 4,012 cars, up
25 percent compared with May 1999.  Year-to-date sales increased 97.5 percent
compared with the same period last year.
    Jaguar S-TYPE retails in May totaled 2,384, up nearly 66 percent compared
with the same month last year when the model was introduced.  Jaguar XJ Series
sales totaled 1,001 cars.  XK Series sports car sales totaled 627, up nearly
16 percent compared to May 1999.
    Jaguar Canada sold 217 cars during the month, up nearly 20 percent
compared with the same month last year.  Canadian year-to-date sales increased
more than 141 percent compared with the same period last year.

    Current Month U.S. New Vehicle Retail Sales
                           XJ Sedans                       S-TYPE
                XJ8   XJ8L   VDP   VDP   XJR   Large    V6    V8   Medium
                                  (S/C)        Sedans              Sedans
    MAY 00      473    114   291    11   112    1,001  1,507  877   2,384
    MAY 99      558    157   357    19   138    1,229    794  645   1,439
    % Change                                    -18.6%               65.7%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change                 -21.7%               59.3%

                              XK8             XKR
                        Coupe     Conv   Coupe    Conv    Sports    Total
    MAY 00                62      408      24     133       627     4,012
    MAY 99                39      502       0       0       541     3,209
    % Change                                               15.9%     25.0%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change                            11.4%     20.2%

    YTD U.S. New Vehicle Retail Sales:
                         XJ Sedans                          S-TYPE
               XJ8   XJ8L   VDP    VDP   XJR   Large    V6     V8     Medium
                           (S/C)               Sedans                 Sedans
    00 YTD    2,117  529   1,466    73   545   4,730   6,780  4,237   11,017
    99 YTD    2,481  791   1,432    70   688   5,462   1,015    775    1,790
    % Change                                   -13.4%                  515.5%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change                -14.1%                  510.7%

                             XK8              XKR
                        Coupe    Conv    Coupe    Conv    Sports    Total
    00 YTD               294    2,022     111      488     2,915    18,662
    99 YTD               220    1,978       0        0     2,198     9,450
    % Change                                                32.6%     97.5%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change                             31.6%     95.9%

    Current Month CANADIAN  New Vehicle Retail Sales:
                           XJ Sedans                       S-TYPE
                XJ8    VDP    VDP    XJR     Large    V6     V8    Medium
                             (S/C)           Sedans                Sedans
    MAY 00       25     28     1      10       64     73     37     110
    MAY 99       22     22     0      11       55     48     56     104
    % Change                                 16.4%                  5.8%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change              11.9%                  1.7%

                                 XK8             XKR
                             Coupe   Conv   Coupe   Conv   Sports   Total
    MAY 00                     4      30      1       8      43      217
    MAY 99                     2      20      0       0      22      181
    % Change                                               95.5%    19.9%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change                            87.9%    15.3%

    YTD CANADIAN New Vehicle Retail Sales:
                           XJ Sedans                      S-TYPE
                XJ8    VDP    VDP     XJR     Large   V6     V8    Medium
                             (S/C)            Sedans               Sedans
    00 YTD      116    122     6       55      299    305   223      528
    99 YTD       79     88     0       49      216     48    56      104
    % Change                                  38.4%                407.7%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change               37.3%                403.7%

                                  XK8            XKR
                             Coupe   Conv   Coupe   Conv   Sports   Total
    00 YTD                     15     84      13     65      177    1,004
    99 YTD                     19     77       0      0       96      416
    % Change                                                84.4%   141.3%
    Daily Selling Rate % Change                             82.9%   139.5%

    Notes:  VDP = Vanden Plas