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India Full Year 2011: Maruti Alto leads for 7th consecutive year December 2011: Toyota has its best month ever

January 6th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Maruti Alto K10

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2,309,874 new cars were registered in India in calendar year 2011, a new record, however the Indian industry records sales in fiscal years, and the 2011-2012 fiscal is due to end in March with a 0% growth over the last fiscal. The Maruti Alto is the best-selling model in India for the 7th consecutive year, up 3% on 2010 and beating its own record at 311,367 sales. The 5 next models all see their sales slip down vs. 2010: the Maruti Wagon R at 147,299 units (-6%), the Hyundai i10 at 138,470 (-13%), the Maruti Swift at 127,916 (-10%), the Tata Indica/Vista at 99,900 (-5%) and the Maruti DZire at 99,515 (-4%).

Mahindra Bolero

The Mahindra Bolero at #7 with 96,340 sales (+22%) and Hyundai i20 at #9 and 80,571 units (+9%) are the two newcomers in the 2011 Top 10. There will be more in 2012: the Toyota Etios/Liva ranks directly 15th with 63,573 sales and the Hyundai Eon is already #26 at 27,144 units in just 4 months…

VW Vento

Volkswagen has had a record year, up 140% to 78,408 sales, with the Polo up 99% to #21 and the Vento up 317% to #23. Notice also the Hyundai Verna up 95% to #20, the Nissan Micra up 192% to #33, the Skoda Fabia up 97% to #34 and the Mahindra Verito (aka Dacia Logan) up 98% to #36.

Toyota Etios

In December, Toyota lodged its best-ever month in India at 15,948 registrations, thanks to more meaningful sales of the Etios family, breaking its ranking and volume record at #4 and 9,845 sales, including 4,399 Liva hatchbacks. Other December highlights include the Tata Nano reappearing in the Top 10 for the first time since May at #9, the Tata Sumo at its highest in at least 2 years with 3,243 units, the Mahindra XUV500 continuing to progress month after month, now #25 and the Skoda Rapid up 8 spots to #31 and 1,296 sales for its 2nd month.

Previous month: India November 2011: New gen Maruti Swift breaks records

Previous year: India Full Year 2010: Maruti Alto breaks 300,000 sales mark for the first time

Full Year Top 60 and December 2011 Top 50 Ranking Tables below.

You can check every Monthly Top 30 since January 2010 here: India December 2011 and every month since January 2010

India Full Year 2011:

Pos Model 2011 /10 2010 2010
1 Maruti Alto 311,367 3% 300,950 1
2 Maruti Wagon R 147,299 -6% 156,509 3
3 Hyundai i10 138,470 -13% 159,158 2
4 Maruti Swift 127,916 -10% 142,549 4
5 Tata Indica/Vista 99,900 -5% 104,841 5
6 Maruti DZire 99,515 -4% 103,306 6
7 Mahindra Bolero 96,340 22% 78,895 10
8 Maruti Omni 85,620 -7% 92,539 7
9 Hyundai i20 80,571 12% 71,849 11
10 Tata Indigo/Manza 75,790 -11% 85,201 9
11 Hyundai Santro 74,604 -15% 87,800 8
12 Ford Figo 74,350 24% 59,967 13
13 Tata Nano 70,784 19% 59,576 14
14 Maruti Ritz 65,369 -4% 68,359 12
15 Toyota Etios/Liva 63,573 new 407  -
16 Maruti Eeco 62,158 6% 58,656 15
17 Toyota Innova 51,930 1% 51,284 17
18 Mahindra Scorpio 50,531 25% 40,573 20
19 Chevrolet Beat 45,571 26% 36,264 21
20 Hyundai Verna 40,196 95% 20,647 27
21 VW Polo 38,634 99% 19,395 28
22 Honda City 35,931 -27% 49,030 18
23 VW Vento 35,671 317% 8,552 41
24 Chevrolet Spark 28,356 -19% 35,058 23
25 Mahindra Xylo 27,672 -13% 31,934 24
26 Hyundai Eon 27,144 new 0  -
27 Maruti Estilo 25,815 -53% 55,108 16
28 Tata Sumo 24,397 -1% 24,729 26
29 Maruti 800 24,163 -12% 27,416 25
30 Maruti SX4 21,830 16% 18,800 29
31 Chevrolet Tavera 20,933 13% 18,449 30
32 Maruti A-Star 20,212 -43% 35,731 22
33 Nissan Micra 18,786 192% 6,441 44
34 Skoda Fabia 16,966 97% 8,634 40
35 Tata Safari 16,773 19% 14,114 33
36 Mahindra Verito 16,203 98% 8,164 42
37 Ford Fiesta Classic 15,160 1% 15,067 32
38 Fiat Grande Punto 11,188 -8% 12,155 34
39 Hyundai Accent 11,105 -27% 15,113 31
40 Toyota Fortuner 10,946 -8% 11,892 35
41 Toyota Corolla Altis 9,283 -11% 10,401 37
42 Chevrolet Cruze 8,540 -3% 8,767 39
43 Mahindra Jeeps 6,839 -35% 10,473 36
44 Skoda Laura 5,880 n/a n/a n/a
45 Mahindra XUV500 5,608 new 0  -
46 Fiat Linea 5,477 -43% 9,589 38
47 Tata Venture 5,469 n/a n/a n/a
48 Maruti Gypsy 5,462 -4% 5,697 42
49 Honda Jazz 4,386 n/a n/a n/a
50 Ford Fiesta 3,841 new 0  -
51 Nissan Sunny 3,663 new 0  -
52 Skoda Superb 3,470 n/a n/a n/a
53 Honda Civic 3,207 n/a n/a n/a
54 Tata Aria 3,185 284% 829 n/a
55 Chevrolet Optra 3,044 n/a n/a n/a
56 Ford Endeavour 3,003 n/a n/a n/a
57 Hindustan Ambassador 2,991 -60% 7,481 41
58 VW Jetta 2,324 n/a n/a n/a
59 Skoda Rapid 2,253 new 0  -
60 Honda Brio 2,088 new 0  -

India December 2011:

Pos Model Dec-11 Nov 2011 Pos
1 Maruti Alto 24,113 1 311,367 1
2 Maruti Swift 16,375 2 127,916 4
3 Maruti Wagon R 12,071 3 147,299 2
4 Toyota Etios/Liva 9,845 7 63,573 15
5 Tata Indica/Vista 9,307 4 99,900 5
6 Maruti DZire 9,189 5 99,515 6
7 Mahindra Bolero 9,165 8 96,340 7
8 Hyundai i10 8,006 6 138,470 3
9 Tata Nano 7,466 11 70,784 13
10 Tata Indigo/Manza 6,888 13 75,790 10
11 Hyundai Eon 6,223 9 27,144 26
12 Hyundai i20 5,717 10 80,571 9
13 Maruti Omni 5,200 12 85,620 8
14 Toyota Innova 5,020 19 51,930 17
15 Hyundai Santro 4,915 15 74,604 11
16 Chevrolet Beat 4,787 17 45,571 19
17 Mahindra Scorpio 4,387 16 50,531 18
18 Ford Figo 4,114 14 74,350 12
19 Hyundai Verna 4,002 18 40,196 20
20 Maruti Ritz 3,272 20 65,369 14
21 Tata Sumo 3,243 24 24,397 28
22 VW Polo 2,835 22 38,634 21
23 Maruti Eeco 2,708 21 62,158 16
24 VW Vento 2,437 23 35,671 23
25 Mahindra XUV500 2,253 27 5,608 45
26 Chevrolet Tavera 1,917 25 20,933 31
27 Maruti 800 1,621 31 24,163 29
28 Skoda Fabia 1,471 33 16,966 34
29 Mahindra Xylo 1,460 26 27,672 25
30 Chevrolet Spark 1,365 37 28,356 24
31 Skoda Rapid 1,296 38 2,253 59
32 Mahindra Verito 1,263 35 16,203 36
33 Tata Safari 1,160 32 16,773 35
34 Nissan Micra 1,036 28 18,786 33
35 Maruti Estilo 1,006 41 25,815 27
36 Ford Fiesta Classic 968 30 15,160 37
37 Maruti SX4 843 29 21,830 30
38 Toyota Fortuner 813 39 10,946 40
39 Maruti A-Star 788 36 20,212 32
40 Ford Fiesta 780 45 3,841 50
41 Tata Venture 608 46 5,469 47
42 Honda City 600 44 35,931 22
43 Hyundai Accent 575 42 11,105 39
44 Nissan Sunny 533 34 3,663 51
45 Chevrolet Cruze 485 48 8,540 42
46 Skoda Superb 470 n/a 3,470 52
47 Skoda Laura 375 51 5,880 44
48 Skoda Yeti 326 n/a n/a n/a
49 Honda Jazz 296 49 4,386 49
50 Fiat Grande Punto 269 40 11,188 38

Source: Team BHP

Categories: India
  1. Sojan
    January 19th, 2012 at 00:09 | #1
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    Luxury cars Swift and DZire are selling more than the entry level cars. These two cars had a total of 25,564 but Alto had only sold 24,113 in December.

  2. Monujesh
    January 13th, 2012 at 06:10 | #2
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    Hello, Matt!

    I thank you for publicising such comprehensive information: it is truly impressive. May you go from strength to strength!

    Cheers!

    Monujesh

    • matgasnier
      January 13th, 2012 at 07:41 | #3
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      Thank you very much for your praise Monujesh, glad you like the blog!
      cheers
      Matt

  3. GP
    January 10th, 2012 at 19:21 | #4
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    Hi Matt, good information, one point etios and liva comes under different catagory. This is like polo,vento indica, indigo, swift and maruthi dezire. So seperate listing for liva and Etios is require.

    • matgasnier
      January 10th, 2012 at 19:44 | #5
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      Hi GP,
      Conscious of this. They will be separate come January 2012 on BSCB. I kept them together for 2011 to be consistent month after month but this will change this year.
      Thanks for picking this up! :-)
      cheers
      Matt

  4. Vavon
    January 8th, 2012 at 04:29 | #6
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    Thanks Matt! @matgasnier

  5. Sandeep
    January 7th, 2012 at 06:05 | #7
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    This rank doesn’t include BMW &Mercedes sales , i heard that BMW sold 3500 X1′s in 2011 and 3000 5 Series , but still a rumor , but nothing is official yet. Cheers

  6. Vavon
    January 6th, 2012 at 22:58 | #8
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    Hi Matt, do you have any information on how manny Brio’s Honda sells in India?

    • matgasnier
      January 6th, 2012 at 23:06 | #9
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      Hi Vavon,
      Sure – the Brio only sold 31 units in December… very strange. If you click on “India December 2011 and every month since January 2010″ below the jump you will see Brio’s sales for every month.
      Hope this helps
      cheers
      Matt

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