The Top 10 cars sold in 2020 (Jan to Sep) contributed to over 52% of the cars sold in the Indian market! It had 7 models from Maruti+Nexa, 2 from Hyundai & 1 from Kia.
List of Top 10 cars sold in 2020 –RankOEMModelCY2020CY2019YoY1MarutiAlto1,02,7651,59,609-35.6%2MarutiSwift99,5471,38,437-28.1%3MarutiBaleno96,1131,31,114-26.7%4MarutiWagon R95,6551,16,177-17.7%5MarutiDzire79,8901,46,390-45.4%6KiaSeltos73,21913,990423.4%7MarutiErtiga+XL668,78877,893-11.7%8MarutiEeco63,77386,298-26.1%9HyundaiCreta60,35779,070-23.7%10HyundaiGrand i1056,72875,036-24.4%
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Alto continues to be India’s best selling car. However; Swift is just 3,218 units behind Alto and is closely following Alto’s lead.
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Baleno too has jumped rankings impressively and sold almost equivalent units to that of Swift! If you include Glanza’s volumes – It would have been India’s No.1 Selling car! (Baleno-96,113 units + Glanza-13,168 units = 1,09,281 units)
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Kia’s Seltos was the only Non-Maruti in the Top 6.
Top 30 Products in 2020 (January-September)
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Those who migrated to shared mobility service (read – Ola/Uber/Meru), earlier, in Metros, have found themselves largely stranded in absence personal mobility during lockdown
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Many of them, who can afford to buy car, seems to be buying new or used cars post lockdown
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High volume of Swift, Baleno and Wagon R, which is quite close to Alto’s volume, seems to reflect trend of pent up demand
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Thus entry level hatchback have lesser volume compared to slightly premium ones
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Incidentally sub-4m SUV don’t have volume advantage over KIA Seltos and Hyundai Creta
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In absence of diesel engine Maruti Dzire (41% mix in 2019) and Vitara Brezza has suffered tremendous volume losses
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Maruti S Presso seems to be not so quite well accepted in the market, even 7 year old Hyundai i20 is doing better
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Hyundai Santro’s second innings is not so successful anymore
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Tata’s updated Tiago, Nexon and all new Altroz are doing quite well
Market Share of Top 30
Body Style of Top 30
