Car Sales May 2026: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 3,81,407 Units Registered
Full Vahan registration report for May 2026 — every major manufacturer ranked, with month-on-month and year-on-year change, segment share, fuel mix and the state-wise picture.
How May went
India's passenger car market registered 3,81,407 vehicles in May 2026. Volumes accelerated 28.3% against May 2025, and eased 2.8% on April. It was the strongest May in that record.
That is 15 consecutive months of year-on-year growth for the segment. Year to date, 20,91,415 units have been registered across 5 months, +20.4% on the same stretch of 2025 (17,36,448). The segment accounted for 14.8% of every vehicle registered in India that month.
May is the pre-monsoon window — rural demand is still waiting on the first rains.
These are privately registered cars and UVs. Vahan books taxis and cabs as a class of their own, another 33,498 in May 2026, and passenger-vehicle figures published elsewhere usually include them. With taxis, the month comes to 4,14,905.
Monthly car registrations, 2023–2026
One line per calendar year — the shape of the year, not just its total. The dashed end of the current year is the month so far.
Manufacturer scoreboard
Maruti Suzuki led the segment with 1,46,432 registrations, ahead of Mahindra on 45,769 — a gap of 1,00,663 units, wider than the 88,941 it held in April.
Tata Motors (EV) grew fastest among the segment's biggest names at +124.7% year on year (10,695 units); Skoda had the hardest month of that group, down 5.6% to 8,793.
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Tata Motors (EV) has added 1.04pp of the segment in 2026 so far, while Hyundai has given up 1.12pp.
Top 10 manufacturers, May 2026
Registrations in the month
Ranked by registrations in the month, with month-on-month and year-on-year change. Click a name for its full dashboard.
| # | Manufacturer | May 2026 | MoM | YoY | Share of cars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,46,432 | +4.2% | +38.6% | 38.39% |
| 2 | Mahindra | 45,769 | −11.3% | +7.1% | 12.00% |
| 3 | Tata Motors (PV) | 44,596 | −10.4% | +32.5% | 11.69% |
| 4 | Hyundai | 44,116 | −4.3% | +13.8% | 11.57% |
| 5 | Kia India | 25,304 | −4.7% | +40.1% | 6.63% |
| 6 | Toyota Kirloskar | 25,075 | −6.2% | +11.9% | 6.57% |
| 7 | Tata Motors (EV) | 10,695 | +17.3% | +124.7% | 2.80% |
| 8 | Skoda | 8,793 | −8.3% | −5.6% | 2.31% |
| 9 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 6,241 | +6.6% | +136.9% | 1.64% |
| 10 | MG Motor | 6,202 | −7.1% | +7.0% | 1.63% |
| 11 | Honda Cars | 4,465 | −17.8% | +3.2% | 1.17% |
| 12 | Renault India | 4,234 | +2.6% | +77.6% | 1.11% |
| 13 | Nissan India | 3,028 | −6.0% | +88.9% | 0.79% |
| 14 | BMW India | 1,440 | −9.9% | +22.6% | 0.38% |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz | 1,159 | −8.5% | −18.7% | 0.30% |
Registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each number is that manufacturer's car volume (taxis are a separate class and are not included). Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own (Tata, Mahindra) appear as separate rows.
Market share, year to date
Share is measured inside the segment itself — only car volume counts on either side of the ratio. Volume is 2026 year to date. The comparison is against the whole of 2025.
Exact segment volume per manufacturer over 2026 year to date, and the change in share against full-year 2025.
| # | Manufacturer | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 14,26,584 | 37.47% | −0.11pp |
| 2 | Mahindra | 4,81,535 | 12.65% | −0.33pp |
| 3 | Tata Motors (PV) | 4,57,826 | 12.02% | +0.07pp |
| 4 | Hyundai | 4,45,443 | 11.70% | −1.12pp |
| 5 | Toyota Kirloskar | 2,55,612 | 6.71% | −0.42pp |
| 6 | Kia India | 2,51,901 | 6.62% | +0.35pp |
| 7 | Tata Motors (EV) | 1,03,595 | 2.72% | +1.04pp |
| 8 | Skoda | 84,497 | 2.22% | −0.46pp |
| 9 | MG Motor | 61,964 | 1.63% | −0.04pp |
| 10 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 57,551 | 1.51% | +0.80pp |
| 11 | Honda Cars | 49,489 | 1.30% | −0.18pp |
| 12 | Renault India | 35,425 | 0.93% | +0.10pp |
| 13 | Nissan India | 25,969 | 0.68% | +0.17pp |
| 14 | BMW India | 16,194 | 0.43% | +0.01pp |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz | 13,508 | 0.35% | −0.07pp |
Fuel mix
Petrol accounts for 46.4% of the segment's registrations in 2026 so far. Electric is at 6.80%, a move of +2.40pp on 2025 on volume of 2,58,719 units.
Car fuel mix, 2026
Share of segment registrations 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 |
Share is of this report's own scope over 2026 year to date, compared with the whole of 2025.
Where the demand is
Maharashtra was the largest market in 2026 year to date with 4,49,627 registrations, 11.8% of the segment's national total. Uttar Pradesh (4,08,754) and Gujarat (3,22,063) followed. Tamil Nadu has gained the most ground, adding 0.80pp of the national total.
Segment registrations over 2026 year to date, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharashtra | 4,49,627 | 11.8% | −0.04pp |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 4,08,754 | 10.7% | −0.40pp |
| 3 | Gujarat | 3,22,063 | 8.5% | −0.15pp |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 2,78,491 | 7.3% | +0.80pp |
| 5 | Karnataka | 2,70,001 | 7.1% | +0.12pp |
| 6 | Haryana | 2,39,411 | 6.3% | −0.38pp |
| 7 | Kerala | 2,17,548 | 5.7% | +0.18pp |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 2,09,851 | 5.5% | −0.21pp |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,75,149 | 4.6% | −0.06pp |
| 10 | Delhi | 1,66,984 | 4.4% | −0.09pp |
| 11 | Punjab | 1,52,961 | 4.0% | +0.04pp |
| 12 | Telangana | 1,42,520 | 3.7% | +0.08pp |
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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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