Car Sales October 2026: Live Tracker, 256 Units So Far
Car registrations for October 2026, month to date and updated every day as Vahan publishes them — the running total, who is leading so far, and how it stands against September and October 2025.
Live. October 2026 is still in progress — this page updates every day as new registrations are published.
October so far
India's passenger car market has registered 256 vehicles in October 2026 so far. This page updates every day as the numbers land.
For scale, September finished at 3,86,546 and October 2025 at 5,50,071. The running total is 0.0% of last October's final figure.
Across the 9 completed months of 2026, 36,25,689 cars have been registered, +22.8% on the same stretch of 2025.
Registrations reach Vahan a few days after the sale, so the running total climbs through the month and for a few days after it closes. 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.
Monthly car registrations, 2024–2026
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 is ahead so far on 143 registrations, with Mahindra on 50. That is the order it finished September in.
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Tata Motors (EV) has added 1.01pp of the segment in 2026 so far, while Hyundai has given up 1.12pp.
Leading manufacturers, October 2026 so far
Registrations logged so far this month
Ranked by registrations logged so far this month. Click a name for its full dashboard.
| # | Manufacturer | Oct so far | Share of month | % in cars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 143 | 55.9% | 84% |
| 2 | Mahindra | 50 | 19.5% | 64% |
| 3 | Toyota Kirloskar | 28 | 10.9% | 90% |
| 4 | Tata Motors (PV) | 28 | 10.9% | 99% |
| 5 | Hyundai | 17 | 6.6% | 92% |
| 6 | Tata Motors (EV) | 15 | 5.9% | 97% |
| 7 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 11 | 4.3% | 100% |
| 8 | Kia India | 8 | 3.1% | 98% |
| 9 | MG Motor | 5 | 2.0% | 98% |
| 10 | Skoda | 4 | 1.6% | 100% |
| 11 | BMW India | 4 | 1.6% | 79% |
| 12 | Honda Cars | 3 | 1.2% | 96% |
| 13 | Nissan India | 2 | 0.8% | 100% |
| 14 | Tesla India Motors and Energy | 2 | 0.8% | 100% |
| 15 | Jaguar Land Rover India | 2 | 0.8% | 100% |
Registrations are each manufacturer's total across every vehicle type it sells. The final column shows how much of each maker's 2026 volume sits in this segment. Exact segment share is in the next table. Early in a month the order can move around a lot — a few hundred registrations separate places until the volume builds.
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 | 13,57,644 | 37.44% | −0.13pp |
| 2 | Mahindra | 4,58,302 | 12.64% | −0.34pp |
| 3 | Tata Motors (PV) | 4,38,248 | 12.09% | +0.13pp |
| 4 | Hyundai | 4,24,132 | 11.70% | −1.12pp |
| 5 | Toyota Kirloskar | 2,44,920 | 6.75% | −0.38pp |
| 6 | Kia India | 2,39,863 | 6.62% | +0.35pp |
| 7 | Tata Motors (EV) | 97,543 | 2.69% | +1.01pp |
| 8 | Skoda | 80,422 | 2.22% | −0.47pp |
| 9 | MG Motor | 58,732 | 1.62% | −0.04pp |
| 10 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 53,989 | 1.49% | +0.78pp |
| 11 | Honda Cars | 47,340 | 1.31% | −0.17pp |
| 12 | Renault India | 33,969 | 0.94% | +0.10pp |
| 13 | Nissan India | 24,491 | 0.68% | +0.16pp |
| 14 | BMW India | 15,346 | 0.42% | +0.01pp |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz | 12,766 | 0.35% | −0.07pp |
Fuel mix
Petrol accounts for 46.6% of the segment's registrations in 2026 so far. Electric is at 6.72%, a move of +2.32pp on 2025 on volume of 2,43,563 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 | 16,88,001 | 46.55% | −4.86pp |
| CNG / LPG | 7,05,413 | 19.45% | +2.04pp |
| Diesel | 6,62,367 | 18.27% | −0.13pp |
| Hybrid | 3,25,730 | 8.98% | +0.63pp |
| Electric | 2,43,563 | 6.72% | +2.32pp |
| Other | 871 | 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 4,30,582 registrations, 11.9% of the segment's national total. Uttar Pradesh (3,91,365) and Gujarat (3,02,420) followed. Tamil Nadu has gained the most ground, adding 0.81pp of the national total.
Segment registrations over 2026 year to date, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharashtra | 4,30,582 | 11.9% | +0.03pp |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 3,91,365 | 10.8% | −0.34pp |
| 3 | Gujarat | 3,02,420 | 8.3% | −0.27pp |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 2,65,865 | 7.3% | +0.81pp |
| 5 | Karnataka | 2,57,078 | 7.1% | +0.12pp |
| 6 | Haryana | 2,28,002 | 6.3% | −0.38pp |
| 7 | Kerala | 2,05,257 | 5.7% | +0.13pp |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 1,99,332 | 5.5% | −0.22pp |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,68,626 | 4.7% | −0.01pp |
| 10 | Delhi | 1,60,307 | 4.4% | −0.06pp |
| 11 | Punjab | 1,47,084 | 4.1% | +0.08pp |
| 12 | Telangana | 1,35,182 | 3.7% | +0.07pp |
Frequently asked questions
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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.
