Car Sales H2 FY 2025-26: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 26,33,991 Units, Up 20.4% YoY
Every car registered in India over H2 FY 2025-26 — October 2025 to March 2026. The second half of the financial year, October to March. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, how the segment moved against the rest of the market, and the same window in every earlier year on record.
Car sales month by month, H2 FY 2025-26
India's passenger car market registered 26,33,991 cars in H2 FY 2025-26. Volumes rose sharply 20.4% against the 21,88,075 logged over the same 6 months of H2 FY 2024-25.
October was the strongest month of the period at 5,50,165 cars and December the quietest at 3,72,658, an average of 4,38,998 a month. Every one of those 6 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
October is the festive peak. Navratri and Diwali make it the single biggest registration month of most years, so year-on-year comparisons swing on where the festivals fall.
H2 FY 2025-26 ran from October 2025 to March 2026 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of H2 FY 2024-25.
Cars accounted for 14.7% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 14.8% in H2 FY 2024-25. The whole market ran to 1,79,62,970 vehicles over the same window, up 21.3% year on year.
Car registrations by month — H2 FY 2025-26 vs H2 FY 2024-25
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of H2 FY 2025-26, with the matching month of H2 FY 2024-25 beside it.
| Month | H2 FY 2025-26 units | H2 FY 2024-25 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 5,50,165 | 4,81,054 | +14.4% | 20.9% |
| November 2025 | 3,93,507 | 3,23,074 | +21.8% | 14.9% |
| December 2025 | 3,72,658 | 2,89,984 | +28.5% | 14.1% |
| January 2026 | 5,09,341 | 4,58,945 | +11.0% | 19.3% |
| February 2026 | 3,78,204 | 2,95,504 | +28.0% | 14.4% |
| March 2026 | 4,30,116 | 3,39,514 | +26.7% | 16.3% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Which manufacturer sold the most, H2 FY 2025-26
Maruti Suzuki led the period with 9,95,959 registrations, up 18.6% on H2 FY 2024-25. Mahindra follows on 3,40,269, 6,55,690 behind — a gap of 2.93x.
The fastest riser in the top 15 was Mahindra Electric Automobile, up 1100.9% to 22,961.
Volumes here are registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each is the manufacturer's car volume over H2 FY 2025-26. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.
Top manufacturers by registrations — H2 FY 2025-26
Registrations inside the segment (cars only).
Exact registrations over October 2025 to March 2026, with the change against H2 FY 2024-25.
| # | Manufacturer | H2 FY 2025-26 units | Share of cars | vs H2 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 9,95,959 | 37.81% | +18.6% |
| 2 | Mahindra | 3,40,269 | 12.92% | +20.3% |
| 3 | Tata Motors (PV) | 3,39,416 | 12.89% | +25.4% |
| 4 | Hyundai | 3,22,017 | 12.23% | +7.9% |
| 5 | Toyota Kirloskar | 1,80,262 | 6.84% | +27.2% |
| 6 | Kia India | 1,70,902 | 6.49% | +25.8% |
| 7 | Skoda | 62,731 | 2.38% | +25.4% |
| 8 | Tata Motors (EV) | 45,828 | 1.74% | +57.1% |
| 9 | MG Motor | 35,892 | 1.36% | +1.1% |
| 10 | Honda Cars | 35,770 | 1.36% | +0.6% |
| 11 | Renault India | 23,371 | 0.89% | +25.3% |
| 12 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 22,961 | 0.87% | +1100.9% |
| 13 | Nissan India | 13,393 | 0.51% | +3.6% |
| 14 | BMW India | 10,231 | 0.39% | +15.0% |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz | 9,811 | 0.37% | +3.3% |
Car sales against the rest of the market
Set against the rest of the market, cars lagged the national picture over H2 FY 2025-26: +20.4% against +21.3% for every vehicle registered in India.
The table covers every segment Vahan reports over the same 6-month window, so the comparison is like for like — the same months, the same source, on both sides.
Car share of the Indian market, month by month
Cars as a percentage of every vehicle registered that month.
Exact segment volumes over October 2025 to March 2026.
| Segment | H2 FY 2025-26 units | Share | vs H2 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 1,29,95,074 | 72.34% | +21.7% |
| Cars & UVs | 26,33,991 | 14.66% | +20.4% |
| Three-Wheelers | 7,67,136 | 4.27% | +18.6% |
| Tractors | 6,10,525 | 3.40% | +26.1% |
| Goods Carriers | 5,66,200 | 3.15% | +22.3% |
| Taxis & Cabs | 2,07,623 | 1.16% | +24.6% |
| Other classes | 1,30,295 | 0.73% | +4.7% |
| Buses | 52,126 | 0.29% | +0.3% |
What cars run on
Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers 2026 year to date rather than H2 FY 2025-26 alone — it is exact for that window.
Petrol accounts for 46.4% of car registrations over 2026 year to date, with battery-electric at 6.8%.
Car registrations by fuel — 2026 year to date
The 2026 year to date mix.
| Fuel | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 17,66,793 | 46.41% | −4.95pp |
| CNG / LPG | 7,41,208 | 19.47% | +1.99pp |
| Diesel | 6,95,432 | 18.27% | −0.14pp |
| Hybrid | 3,44,265 | 9.04% | +0.69pp |
| Electric | 2,58,719 | 6.80% | +2.40pp |
| Other | 872 | 0.02% | +0.01pp |
Every H2 on record
Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, car registrations went from 21,88,075 in H2 FY 2024-25 to 26,33,991 in H2 FY 2025-26, up 20.4% over the stretch.
Car registrations by half year
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 FY 2025-26 | 6 | 26,33,991 | +20.4% |
| H2 FY 2024-25 | 6 | 21,88,075 | +7.8% |
Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.
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Source. Every figure is a vehicle registration, taken daily from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard (vahan.parivahan.gov.in) — the same source FADA and the industry use for retail data. Registrations are not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. "EV" means battery electric (Vahan fuels PURE EV and ELECTRIC(BOV)); hybrids are counted separately. Information only, not investment advice.
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