India June 2011: Toyota Etios breaks into Top 10

Toyota Etios

High fuel prices, rising interest rates and a strike in Maruti’s Manesar factory all contributed to a slow month in India. Maruti saw its sales drop 4% year-on-year, the first decline in two years, and the Maruti Alto is at its lowest in 12 months at 23,240 sales. However with 178,293 units sold since the start of 2011, it is still up a massive 45% over 2010.

The Maruti Wagon R reclaims a 2nd place it las held in February with 12,215 sales, adding up to 80,382 year-to-date (+16%). The Hyundai i10 is #3 at 10,969 units but stays #2 year-to-date at 80,936 (-1%). Hit by the strike, the Maruti Swift is down 2 spots to #4 at 9,468 units.

Mahindra Bolero

Very good month for the Tata Indica, back to a solid 5th place at 8,188 units, the Mahindra Bolero, possibly at its highest ever in India at a shiny 6th position, and the Hyundai i20, up to best-ever #7 for the second time of its career after November 2010.

The best performer of the month is the Toyota Etios, for the first time in the Indian Top 10 with 5,739 sales. The Sedan version is no less than the best-selling sedan in India this month, passing the 5,000 sales mark for the very first time at 5,002 units. Added to this is the first month of sales of the Hatchback version, named Etios Liva, delivering 737 units. As a result, Toyota sales in India are up 94% in May at 12,034 units.

Mahindra Verito

The Tata Nano is back to square one after a few good months with only 5,452 sales in May (-29%), its weakest month since its Nov 2010 low point of 507 units. Tata is down 21% this month. The Hyundai ‘Fluidic’ Verna confirms its success at #17 and the Mahindra Verito (aka Dacia Logan) breaks into the Top 30 for the first time with a best-ever 1,510 sales. As a whole, Mahindra is up 29% this month.

See the previous month May 2011 India post here.

Full June 2011 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

You can check out every single Monthly Top 40 since January 2011 here: India June 2011 and every month since January 2010

India June 2011:

Pos	Model	Jun-11	May	2011	Pos	2010
1	Maruti Alto	23,240	1	178,293	1	1
2	Maruti Wagon R	12,215	3	80,382	3	3
3	Hyundai i10	10,969	4	80,936	2	2
4	Maruti Swift	9,468	2	67,235	4	4
5	Tata Indica	8,188	14	45,507	9	5
6	Mahindra Bolero	7,558	7	46,954	7	10
7	Hyundai i20	7,152	8	42,852	10	11
8	Hyundai Santro	7,114	9	42,666	12	8
9	Maruti Omni	6,683	6	47,216	6	7
10	Toyota Etios/Liva	5,739	19	21,502	18	–
11	Ford Figo	5,698	13	42,744	11	13
12	Maruti Eeco	5,499	11	35,430	14	15
13	Tata Nano	5,452	10	45,651	8	14
14	Maruti Ritz	5,239	12	34,560	15	12
15	Tata Indigo/Manza	4,882	16	39,051	13	9
16	Toyota Innova	4,665	21	25,307	16	17
17	Hyundai Verna	4,102	15	13,901	29	27
18	Mahindra Scorpio	3,645	17	24,118	17	20
19	Chevrolet Spark	3,318	20	19,776	20	23
20	Honda City	2,802	28	17,672	22	18
21	VW Polo	2,679	18	20,127	19	28
22	Mahindra Xylo	2,573	23	14,907	25	24
23	Maruti DZire	2,486	5	54,634	5	6
24	VW Vento	2,457	24	17,555	23	41
25	Maruti 800	1,823	26	14,116	28	25
26	Chevrolet Tavera	1,738	29	10,053	32	30
27	Chevrolet Beat	1,614	27	15,713	24	21
28	Nissan Micra	1,609	31	10,247	31	44
29	Maruti Estilo	1,532	25	18,770	21	16
30	Mahindra Verito	1,510	35	7,095	35	42
31	Tata Sumo	1,470	33	11,923	30	26
32	Skoda Fabia	1,461	32	9,257	33	40
33	Tata Safari	1,223	37	9,253	34	33
34	Fiat Grande Punto	1,150	34	7,054	36	34
35	Ford Fiesta Classic	1,077	36	6,796	38	32
36	Toyota Fortuner	990	42	5,475	39	35
37	Hyundai Accent	941	39	6,936	37	31
38	Maruti A-Star	905	30	14,879	26	22
39	Chevrolet Cruze	860	43	4,773	42	39
40	Mahindra Jeeps	767	41	5,096	40	36