Sales volume of Maruti Suzuki cars in India April 2024, by model
In April 2024, more than 17 thousand units of Maruti Suzuki's Wagon R were sold across India. The four-door hatchback was the bestselling car among all passenger vehicles. It was followed by Dzire with sales exceeding 15 thousand units in the same month. In financial year 2023, more than 3.6 million passenger vehicles were sold in India.
Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki is an automobile manufacturer based in New Delhi, India. It is a joint venture between the state established Maruti Udyog Limited and Japanese auto manufacturer Suzuki Motors. Thanks to its early entry into the Indian passenger vehicle market in 1982 and suitable portfolio, Maruti has been the dominant player in the passenger vehicle market for many years. It became the only car manufacturer in India to sell over 20 million passenger vehicles cumulatively at the end of 2019.
Body type of passenger vehicles
In the passenger vehicles segment in India, cars are categorized into four body types, namely SUV/crossover, hatchback, MUV and sedan. For many years, hatchback was the most popular type of passenger vehicles sold in India. But in recent years, SUV/crossover has caught up and surpassed hatchback. The most popular SUV/crossover in 2023 was Maruti Brezza.