Indian passenger vehicle market
Car sales in India
Compare monthly model sales, follow volume trends and see where a car sits in the sales rankings. These are domestic wholesale dispatches from manufacturers to dealers, rather than retail registrations or customer deliveries.
The market, month by month
Total passenger-vehicle dispatches from the 14 reported manufacturers.
Manufacturers
4,57,604 units in September 2026
- 1Maruti Suzuki · 39.7% share1,81,838
- 2Tata Motors · 15.0% share68,810
- 3Mahindra · 14.0% share64,092
- 4Hyundai · 12.5% share57,166
- 5Kia · 7.0% share32,017
- 6Toyota · 5.5% share25,027
- 7MG · 1.8% share8,018
- 8Škoda · 1.3% share6,102
- 9Honda · 1.0% share4,465
- 10Renault · 0.7% share3,399
- 11Nissan · 0.7% share3,300
- 12Volkswagen · 0.5% share2,218
- 13Citroën · 0.2% share900
- 14Jeep · 0.1% share252
Best-selling models
Select a model to see its full history below.
106 models with sales · totals add only reported months
Compare models
Up to four models on one scale. Gaps are months without a reported figure.
Table view
| Month | Dzire | Nexon | Punch |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 20,791 | 22,083 | 16,810 |
| November 2025 | 21,082 | 22,434 | 18,753 |
| December 2025 | 19,072 | 19,375 | 15,980 |
| January 2026 | 19,629 | 23,365 | 19,257 |
| February 2026 | 19,326 | 19,430 | 18,748 |
| March 2026 | 21,224 | 19,810 | 20,977 |
| April 2026 | 23,580 | 18,126 | 19,107 |
| May 2026 | 24,546 | 19,100 | 20,208 |
| June 2026 | 17,899 | 18,335 | 21,006 |
| July 2026 | 23,791 | 17,471 | 21,313 |
| August 2026 | 18,418 | 18,431 | 21,320 |
| September 2026 | 17,754 | 20,456 | 20,333 |
A model’s sales and rank history
Reported nameplate: Baleno. Related variants and derivatives share a family total where the source groups them. Guides: Baleno
September 2026
25,392
▲ 61% vs Aug
Last 12 months
2,09,140
12 of 12 months reported
Monthly average
17,428
Months with sales
Best month
25,392
September 2026
September 2026: #1 in the separately published top 10 (complete model tables are not yet published).
Monthly figures and sources
How to read the figuresRanking scopes, model families and source links.
Manufacturers and publications sometimes group cars that have separate buying guides: Scorpio-N and Scorpio Classic, for example, or a nameplate’s petrol and electric derivatives. We retain the reported family, avoid adding overlapping totals and do not infer variant or powertrain sales. A family’s historical sales may include earlier generations.
Monthly ranks from October 2025 to August 2026 use competition ranking within the 14 reported manufacturers’ model tables: equal volumes share a rank and the next position skips accordingly. These ranks do not claim complete national coverage. Supplementary VinFast volumes are displayed without inserting them into that cohort’s ranks. September 2026 uses the published national top-ten order, a separate ranking scope, so it is not plotted on the rank line.
October 2025 to July 2026 figures were transcribed from the source’s manufacturer charts. Every manufacturer block was checked against the chart’s printed total, and each month against the next month’s previous-month column. Where the source later revised a split (MG Hector and ZS EV in January; Grand Vitara and e Vitara in June), the table notes which figure we use. “Last 12 months” adds only reported months. Model coverage changes, new launches, dealer inventory and dispatch timing all affect comparisons. Popularity alone does not establish safety, reliability or suitability.
Sources
- The Automotive India · August 2026 manufacturer tables, including July comparison
- Auto Punditz · August 2026 electric car dispatches
- Auto Punditz: September 2026 top 10
- Auto Punditz · October 2025 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · November 2025 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · December 2025 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · January 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · February 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · March 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · April 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · May 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · June 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · July 2026 manufacturer-wise model dispatches
- Auto Punditz · September 2026 sub-4-metre SUV dispatches
- Auto Punditz · September 2026 mid-size SUV dispatches
- Auto Punditz · September 2026 sedan dispatches
- Auto Punditz · September 2026 six- and seven-seater dispatches
- Auto Punditz · September 2026 manufacturer-wise dispatches
- Auto Punditz · September 2026 Renault dispatches
- AutoPunditz · Toyota August2026 wholesale table, independently checked14Oct2026
Car rankings by budget · September top ten · August SUV rankings · Research methodology