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India October 2012: Renault Duster up to #15

November 2nd, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Renault Duster

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Extremely robust month for new car sales in India, up a massive 32% year-on-year in October to 231,543 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,224,610 units, up 11% on 2011. After a couple of eventful months, the entire Top 5 most popular models are back to normal in October and identical to the 2012 year-to-date ranking.  The Maruti Alto is #1 with 26,600 sales, its highest volume since last March, followed by the Maruti Swift at 15,433 units (best since last June), the Maruti Dzire at 14,389 (best since last May), the Maruti Wagon R at 13,608 and the Mahindra Bolero at 11,071 units – its highest ever monthly volume.

Mahindra Thar. Picture by cartalk.in

It’s below that the ranking gets more animated. The Hyundai i20 is up 2 spots on September to a shiny 6th place, the Maruti Ertiga gains one further rank to #9 with 7,289 sales and 3.1% which are ranking and volume records for the model. The Renault Duster continues its seemingly unstoppable progression, up 5 spots on last month to a best-ever 15th place at a record 5,406 units and 2.3% share. That’s 80% of Renault sales in India in October…

Chevrolet Sail

The Mahindra XUV500 catches its breath this month, down 2 ranks to a still very respectable #19 while the Tata Nano is down to #21 and 4,004 sales, its lowest ranking since September 2011. The Mahindra Quanto is up 5 spots to #28 at 2,497 units for its 2nd month of sales in the country, the Renault Scala is up one to #43 and we welcome the Mahindra Thar in the ranking #45 with 686 sales, even though it is not a new model. The other newcomers are the Chevrolet Sail at #51 and 423 units and the Nissan Evalia at 195 sales.

Previous month: India September 2012: Renault Duster up, Mahindra Quanto lands

One year ago: India October 2011: Hyundai Eon up to 8th place

Full October 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

India October 2012:

Pos Model Oct-12 % Sep 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Maruti Alto 26,600 11.5% 1 237,049 10.7% 1 1
2 Maruti Swift 15,433 6.7% 5 152,026 6.8% 2 4
3 Maruti DZire 14,389 6.2% 3 127,695 5.7% 3 6
4 Maruti Wagon R 13,608 5.9% 2 119,432 5.4% 4 2
5 Mahindra Bolero 11,071 4.8% 4 94,161 4.2% 5 7
6 Hyundai i20 9,058 3.9% 8 72,419 3.3% 9 9
7 Hyundai i10 8,988 3.9% 6 81,733 3.7% 7 3
8 Hyundai Eon 7,872 3.4% 13 77,280 3.5% 8 26
9 Maruti Ertiga 7,289 3.1% 10 46,922 2.1% 17  -
10 Tata Indica/Vista 6,692 2.9% 7 82,161 3.7% 6 5
11 Toyota Innova 5,889 2.5% 15 64,771 2.9% 12 16
12 Maruti Ritz 5,809 2.5% 9 53,874 2.4% 15 14
13 Tata Indigo/Manza 5,748 2.5% 22 55,785 2.5% 14 10
14 Ford Figo 5,610 2.4% 12 59,372 2.7% 13 12
15 Renault Duster 5,406 2.3% 20 13,995 0.6% 36  -
16 Hyundai Verna 5,050 2.2% 19 50,056 2.3% 16 20
17 Mahindra Scorpio 4,681 2.0% 21 42,232 1.9% 19 17
18 Maruti Omni 4,559 2.0% 11 66,456 3.0% 11 8
19 Mahindra XUV500 4,320 1.9% 17 35,446 1.6% 23 46
20 Maruti Eeco 4,232 1.8% 14 39,681 1.8% 21 15
21 Tata Nano 4,004 1.7% 16 71,042 3.2% 10 13
22 Honda City 3,976 1.7% 26 29,740 1.3% 26 22
23 Hyundai Santro 3,826 1.7% 23 41,699 1.9% 20 11
24 Honda Brio 3,700 1.6% 29 26,926 1.2% 27 62
25 VW Polo 3,399 1.5% 25 31,194 1.4% 24 21
26 Tata Sumo 3,318 1.4% 24 31,135 1.4% 25 28
27 Chevrolet Beat 2,904 1.3% 18 44,645 2.0% 18 18
28 Mahindra Quanto 2,497 1.1% 33 4,279 0.2% 52  -
29 Toyota Etios Liva 2,491 1.1% 32 26,886 1.2% 28 32
30 Chevrolet Tavera 2,131 0.9% 28 17,506 0.8% 33 31
31 Toyota Etios 2,105 0.9% 27 38,547 1.7% 22 19
32 Mahindra Xylo 2,044 0.9% 34 22,936 1.0% 30 25
33 VW Vento 1,894 0.8% 31 21,824 1.0% 31 23
34 Ford Fiesta Classic 1,660 0.7% 40 12,791 0.6% 39 38
35 Mahindra Verito 1,553 0.7% 36 14,264 0.6% 35 37
36 Maruti 800 1,438 0.6% 38 16,628 0.7% 34 29
37 Toyota Fortuner 1,378 0.6% 39 12,868 0.6% 38 41
38 Maruti Estilo 1,217 0.5% 41 10,744 0.5% 41 27
39 Skoda Rapid 1,131 0.5% 37 19,173 0.9% 32 60
40 Nissan Sunny 1,007 0.4% 30 26,378 1.2% 29 52
41 Tata Safari 1,005 0.4% 42 11,275 0.5% 40 36
42 Chevrolet Spark 829 0.4% 52 8,682 0.4% 43 24
43 Renault Scala 737 0.3% 44 1,545 0.1% 63  -
44 Maruti SX4 695 0.3% 51 9,048 0.4% 42 30
45 Mahindra Thar 686 0.3%  - 686 0.0% n/a  -
46 Hyundai Elantra 668 0.3% 43 2,111 0.1% 58  -
47 Nissan Micra 649 0.3% 35 13,203 0.6% 37 34
48 Maruti A-Star 587 0.3% n/a 8,113 0.4% 44 33
49 Fiat Grande Punto 531 0.2% 45 8,072 0.4% 45 39
50 Renault Pulse 483 0.2% 47 5,266 0.2% 48  -
51 Chevrolet Sail 423 0.2%  - 423 0.0% n/a  -

Source: Team-BHP

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  1. Philippe
    November 2nd, 2012 at 22:03 | #1
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    Very good prospects for the coming months. Now, is that Renault has the capacity to increase the production volume of its Duster … need to think about 1000 people who have already pre-ordering in England!

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