Jaguar Land Rover sold 17,997 vehicles in China in the first three months of 2012, year-on-year growth of 110 percent. Its quarterly sales surpassed carmaker's full-year figures for 2009.

The Land Rover brand sold a record-high 15,899 units in the period, up 105 percent from a year ago. Jaguar registered a 156 percent increase.

China has become the fastest-growing market for the automaker, and is likely to soon be its biggest.