India May 2026: Maruti Suzuki breaks volume record again in market up 26%
The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga breaks its monthly volume record in May.
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 349,713 of May 2025, 349,057 of May 2024 and 334,499 of May 2023. As a result, for the first time the year-to-date tally crosses the 2 million sales milestone after just 5 months, up 17.8% to 2,203,443.
Maruti Suzuki (+40%) vastly outpaces its “home” market to reach a record 190,337 units, its second straight record month. Tata (+42.2%) is also in outstanding shape at #2, distancing Mahindra (+10.7%), Hyundai (+9.1%) and Toyota (+4.4%). Kia (+23.6%) is more dynamic but stays at #6. Nissan (+117.7%), Renault (+64.4%) and Citroen (+57.7%) also shine below.
Model-wise, the Maruti Suzuki DZire (+35.7%) confirms it is Indian car buyers’ favourite, threepeating at #1 and cementing its YTD lead. The Maruti Suzuki Fronx (+52.3%) jumps to 2nd place vs. #9 so far this year, while the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga (+26.1%) stays at #3 but breaks its volume record at 20,350. The Tata Punch (+53.9%) and Nexon (+45.8%) complete the Top 5.
This post will be updated with the All models ranking when made available to us.
Previous month: India April 2026: Maruti Suzuki hits all time high volume, DZire now #1 year-to-date
One year ago: India May 2025: Maruti Suzuki DZire scores first win in over 5 years
Full May 2026 Top 14 All brands and Top 25 models below.
India May 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-26 | % | /25 | Apr | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 190,337 | 43.2% | + 40.0% | 1 | 879,789 | 39.9% | + 15.8% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tata | 59,090 | 13.4% | + 42.2% | 2 | 316,833 | 14.4% | + 36.0% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Mahindra | 58,021 | 13.2% | + 10.7% | 3 | 298,152 | 13.5% | + 17.4% | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Hyundai | 47,837 | 10.9% | + 9.1% | 4 | 266,317 | 12.1% | + 10.1% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Toyota | 30,574 | 6.9% | + 4.4% | 5 | 157,268 | 7.1% | + 16.4% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Kia | 27,586 | 6.3% | + 23.6% | 6 | 139,197 | 6.3% | + 14.6% | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | MG | 6,048 | 1.4% | – 4.1% | 8 | 28,394 | 1.3% | + 8.8% | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | Skoda | 5,760 | 1.3% | – 14.5% | 7 | 32,674 | 1.5% | + 4.8% | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Honda | 5,111 | 1.2% | + 29.4% | 10 | 28,587 | 1.3% | + 8.9% | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Renault | 4,113 | 0.9% | + 64.4% | 9 | 21,782 | 1.0% | + 62.5% | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Nissan | 2,948 | 0.7% | + 117.7% | 11 | 15,291 | 0.7% | + 46.9% | 11 | 12 |
| 12 | Volkswagen | 2,619 | 0.6% | – 8.0% | 12 | 13,878 | 0.6% | – 11.6% | 12 | 10 |
| 13 | Citroen | 525 | 0.1% | + 57.7% | 13 | 4,041 | 0.2% | + 122.4% | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Jeep | 239 | 0.1% | – 13.4% | 14 | 1,240 | 0.1% | – 14.5% | 14 | 14 |
India May 2026 – models:
| Pos | Model | May-26 | /25 | Apr | 2026 | /24 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki DZire | 24,546 | + 35.7% | 1 | 108,305 | + 34.3% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Maruti Suzuki Fronx | 20,686 | + 52.3% | 4 | 82,306 | + 5.2% | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Maruti Suzuki Ertiga | 20,350 | + 26.1% | 3 | 92,184 | + 18.4% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Tata Punch | 20,208 | + 53.9% | 2 | 98,297 | + 32.6% | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Tata Nexon | 19,100 | + 45.8% | 7 | 99,831 | + 31.9% | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Maruti Suzuki Baleno | 18,396 | + 58.3% | 6 | 84,508 | + 16.4% | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Maruti Suzuki Wagon R | 18,076 | + 29.6% | 5 | 83,752 | – 5.4% | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Maruti Suzuki Swift | 17,519 | + 23.9% | 8 | 82,532 | + 3.4% | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | Mahindra Scorpio | 15,774 | + 9.5% | 10 | 75,278 | + 3.3% | 11 | 8 |
| 10 | Hyundai Creta | 15,253 | + 2.6% | 9 | 84,241 | – 0.6% | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza | 13,425 | – 13.8% | 11 | 79,028 | – 0.2% | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | Maruti Suzuki Eeco | 13,240 | + 7.4% | 13 | 61,194 | + 7.5% | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | Hyundai Venue | 11,714 | + 55.8% | 14 | 58,188 | + 23.4% | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Maruti Suzuki Victoris | 10,853 | new | 12 | 63,877 | new | 12 | 34 |
| 15 | Mahindra Thar | 10,787 | + 3.8% | 18 | 56,583 | + 20.8% | 15 | 13 |
| 16 | Kia Seltos | 10,597 | + 74.2% | 16 | 53,151 | + 67.9% | 17 | 25 |
| 17 | Toyota Innova + Hycross | 10,325 | + 16.2% | 19 | 48,269 | + 8.1% | 20 | 15 |
| 18 | Kia Sonet | 9,707 | + 20.5% | 17 | 53,004 | + 37.2% | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara | 9,366 | + 80.2% | 24 | 36,719 | – 25.4% | 25 | 16 |
| 20 | Mahindra XUV 7X0 | 9,338 | new | 22 | 46,423 | new | 22 | 80 |
| 21 | Mahindra Bolero | 8,933 | – 0.1% | 21 | 49,342 | + 15.5% | 19 | 17 |
| 22 | Maruti Suzuki Alto | 8,887 | + 78.8% | 15 | 53,359 | + 32.3% | 16 | 20 |
| 23 | Toyota Hyryder | 8,664 | + 14.4% | 20 | 46,500 | + 73.8% | 21 | 21 |
| 24 | Mahindra XUV 3X0 | 6,717 | – 15.5% | 25 | 40,915 | + 5.0% | 23 | 19 |
| 25 | Tata Sierra | 6,606 | new | 26 | 37,028 | new | 24 | 88 |
Source: Manufacturers
This Post Has 5 Comments
I totally agree, it would be fantastic to drive and buy Tatas, Mahindras, even Protons, Peroduas, Daihatsus, Luxgens just like the Russian cars(Lada, UAZ) again. I am a fan of diversity in the car industry, I would like to see, try, drive as many brands in Europe as possible.
India only survives because of India. It’s their only big and main market. Their cars are reliable and very economical but in Japan they have to many competition and many cars as reliable as them, in Europe people buy european, in the USA people buy large cars, so India is their sweet spot.
Europe need the small Tata EVs, they are reliable, small and very cheap, it’s perfect for a poorer and poorer Europe.
*Suzuki only survives because of India
Suzuki are great cars.
The problem is closed Indian market. Then productivity and quality usually suffers. After this market opens up, Suzuki’s position may not be as strong because Suzuki wonť be able to invest in modernization as much as other global players.
In Europe and other old markets safety standards are strict. That is why Swift and Jimny are imported directly from Japan. SX4 and Vitara localy prodused in Hungary.
Maybe Matt has more information about the problems of the Indian Jimny 5 door when it was introduced in Australia.
As a Suzuki owner, I wonder – may India make Suzuki a key global sales volume player? India has huge potential to sell tens of millions of cars next few decades and as long as Chinese and Indian political relationships are not the strongest ones, Japanese car industry and Suzuki in particular can benefit from it. Honda is considered more luxurious, Toyota is more expensive, but Suzuki is right there, on that sweet spot where cheap cars and reliable cars meet!