China now number one for Jaguar Land Rover

Despite a slowdown in the overall auto sales last year, China became Jaguar Land Rover's biggest market globally, according to the company's top executive in the country.

JLR delivered 73,347 imported vehicles in China in 2012, an increase of 74 percent over the previous year.

In December alone, the automaker registered a single month sales record of more than 8,200 vehicles.