During the Detroit Auto Show, Mike O’Driscoll, Managing Director for Jaguar reported that they had sold 65,000 vehicles in 2008 alone. However, the bulk of sales in the United States plummeted to four percent, making only 15,500 in sales.

According to Gary Temple, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America, they are assuming that the demands of Jaguar will be low this year. The sales in the United States suffered a crushing 18.0 percent decrease in 2008. Industry forecasters predict further blows this 2009.

When Jaguar was still owned by Ford Motor Co. the car company reached 61,204 in sales. Six years later, the Jaguar sales in the United States dropped by almost seventy-five percent. The United States used to be Jaguar’s biggest market but due to the economic crunch, the United Kingdom has replaced the U.S. as Jaguar’s gold mine.

According to O’Driscoll, the $50,000 XF sedan helped give Jaguar a push for the rest of 2008 when it was launched earlier last year in different markets. This March, Jaguar will launch its high-performance XFR sedan and XKR coupe, two additional Jaguars in the car company line-up. Nothing has been announced or speculated about the new Jaguar 2010 models. We all have to wait and see.