The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga breaks its monthly volume record in May. 15/06 update: Now with Top 88 All models ranking. New locally produced light vehicles in India shoot up by a splendid +26% year-on-year in May to an all-time high 440,808 units. This is the fourth consecutive May record, above…
The Maruti Suzuki DZire hits its highest monthly volume in almost 8 years. Indian wholesales shoot up a surreal 25% year-on-year in April to 441,721. That's over 88,000 additional sales from one year to the next. Add to this the fact that April 2025 was already a record month and…
The Nissan Gravite has landed in the Indian market. Indian new car wholesales surge 16% year-on-year in March to 447,702 units, smashing the previous March record of 385,842 established just last year. It's the 6th consecutive year the March record is broken. The Q1 volume is up 13.1% to 1,320,914,…
The Tata Nexon is the best-selling vehicle in India for the 4th time in the past 5 months. The Indian new wholesales market is up by a sturdy 10.5% year-on-year in February to 420,613 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 11.6% to 873,102. These are both new records. This is…
The Tata Nexon is the best-selling vehicle in India for the third time in the past 4 months. Outstanding month for wholesales in India at 452,589 units, up 12.7% year-on-year on a January 2025 result that was at the time an all-time high volume and the first time above 400,000…
Second ever annual win for the Maruti Suzuki DZire. Explore over 65 years of Indian Historical data here. Indian new light vehicle sales break their record again in 2025 (for the 4th straight year), up 5.7% to 4,530,375, only 35,000 sales off Japan (4,575,777) in the battle for third car…
The Tata Nexon is the best-selling vehicle in India for the 3rd straight month. After smashing its monthly volume record in October, the Indian new wholesales market continues on its exceptional momentum in November with deliveries up another 18.7% year-on-year to 417,495. This the 2nd highest monthly volume in Indian…
The new Victoris helps Maruti Suzuki reach new heights. It's an exceptional month for new light vehicle wholesales in India. October volumes surge 17.3% year-on-year to 466,814 units, by very far the biggest monthly tally in history, eclipsing the previous best of 401,538 of last January. This is only the…
The Tata Nexon is the best-selling vehicle in India in September, with a new record volume Indian wholesales are up 5.5% year-on-year in September to 378,457 units, a new record for the month. The year-to-date tally is now up 0.8% to 3,241,835, also an all-time high at this stage of…
The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga is the most popular vehicle in India in August. New light vehicle wholesales in India fall for the 2nd time in the past 3 months at a harsh -7.5% YoY to 327,719 units. At 2,863,378 sales, the year-to-date volume after 8 months remains at record level…
The Maruti Suzuki DZire is the most popular vehicle in India in July. Wholesales in India edge up 1.1% year-on-year in July to 346,669, the second largest July volume in Indian history below 2023 (351,908). The year-to-date tally remains at record levels, up 1.3% to 2,535,659, beating the previous high…
The Thar (+60.1%) helps propel Mahindra to #2 in the brands charts. The Indian new wholesales market edges up 1.3% year-on-year over the First Half of 2025 to reach a record 2,188,990 units. Maruti Suzuki (-2.2%) can't capitalise on the market's growth and sees its share thaw from 41.6% to…
The Hyundai Creta is the best-selling vehicle in India in June. New vehicle wholesales in India drop -6.4% year-on-year in June to 317,757. There was no festivities this month as the monsoon and school seasons started. It was also the onset of ashada (inauspicious time) which impacted purchases in the…
The new model lifts the Maruti Suzuki DZire to its first win since January 2020. New locally produced light vehicles in India are stable in May at +0.2% to 349,713. This is a third consecutive May record, just above the 349,057 of May 2024 and the 334,499 of May 2023.…
The Mahindra Scorpio lodges its 2nd highest monthly volume in April. Indian wholesales are up 4.9% year-on-year in April to 353,449 units, a new record for the month, and this for the third consecutive year. The year-to-date tally is up 3.4% to 1,521,520, also a new record at this stage…