Car Sales Q3 FY 2024-25: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 10,94,112 Units, Up 8.6% YoY
Every car registered in India over Q3 FY 2024-25 — October 2024 to December 2024. Q3 of the financial year, October to December. 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, Q3 FY 2024-25
India's passenger car market registered 10,94,112 cars in Q3 FY 2024-25. Volumes grew 8.6% against the 10,07,178 logged over the same 3 months of Q3 FY 2023-24.
October was the strongest month of the period at 4,81,054 cars and December the quietest at 2,89,984, an average of 3,64,704 a month. 1 of those 3 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.
Q3 FY 2024-25 ran from October 2024 to December 2024 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q3 FY 2023-24.
Cars accounted for 13.4% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 13.8% in Q3 FY 2023-24. The whole market ran to 81,63,589 vehicles over the same window, up 11.6% year on year.
Car registrations by month — Q3 FY 2024-25 vs Q3 FY 2023-24
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of Q3 FY 2024-25, with the matching month of Q3 FY 2023-24 beside it.
| Month | Q3 FY 2024-25 units | Q3 FY 2023-24 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 4,81,054 | 3,49,437 | +37.7% | 44.0% |
| November 2024 | 3,23,074 | 3,66,054 | −11.7% | 29.5% |
| December 2024 | 2,89,984 | 2,91,687 | −0.6% | 26.5% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Which manufacturer sold the most, Q3 FY 2024-25
Maruti Suzuki led the period with 4,14,330 registrations, up 6.0% on Q3 FY 2023-24. Hyundai follows on 1,56,147, 2,58,183 behind — a gap of 2.65x.
The fastest riser in the top 15 was Toyota Kirloskar, up 39.3% to 69,015, while Stellantis Automobiles India was down 38.3% at 1,411.
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 Q3 FY 2024-25. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.
Top manufacturers by registrations — Q3 FY 2024-25
Registrations inside the segment (cars only).
Exact registrations over October 2024 to December 2024, with the change against Q3 FY 2023-24.
| # | Manufacturer | Q3 FY 2024-25 units | Share of cars | vs Q3 FY 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 4,14,330 | 37.87% | +6.0% |
| 2 | Hyundai | 1,56,147 | 14.27% | +6.5% |
| 3 | Mahindra | 1,41,960 | 12.98% | +30.3% |
| 4 | Tata Motors (PV) | 1,37,433 | 12.56% | +0.1% |
| 5 | Kia India | 69,060 | 6.31% | +12.4% |
| 6 | Toyota Kirloskar | 69,015 | 6.31% | +39.3% |
| 7 | Skoda | 22,830 | 2.09% | −7.9% |
| 8 | MG Motor | 17,339 | 1.58% | +33.9% |
| 9 | Honda Cars | 17,131 | 1.57% | −33.9% |
| 10 | Tata Motors (EV) | 15,159 | 1.39% | +8.0% |
| 11 | Renault India | 9,722 | 0.89% | −11.1% |
| 12 | Nissan India | 6,791 | 0.62% | −2.1% |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz | 4,784 | 0.44% | +18.1% |
| 14 | BMW India | 4,297 | 0.39% | +12.9% |
| 15 | Stellantis Automobiles India | 1,411 | 0.13% | −38.3% |
Car sales against the rest of the market
Set against the rest of the market, cars lagged the national picture over Q3 FY 2024-25: +8.6% against +11.6% for every vehicle registered in India.
The table covers every segment Vahan reports over the same 3-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 2024 to December 2024.
| Segment | Q3 FY 2024-25 units | Share | vs Q3 FY 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 61,07,949 | 74.82% | +12.9% |
| Cars & UVs | 10,94,112 | 13.40% | +8.6% |
| Three-Wheelers | 3,36,803 | 4.13% | +4.4% |
| Tractors | 2,48,321 | 3.04% | +19.2% |
| Goods Carriers | 2,22,345 | 2.72% | −1.9% |
| Taxis & Cabs | 75,474 | 0.92% | +10.0% |
| Other classes | 55,367 | 0.68% | +2.5% |
| Buses | 23,218 | 0.28% | +22.5% |
What cars run on
Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers full-year 2024 rather than Q3 FY 2024-25 alone — it is exact for that window.
Petrol accounts for 55.4% of car registrations over full-year 2024, with battery-electric at 2.4%.
Car registrations by fuel — full-year 2024
The full-year 2024 mix.
| Fuel | 2024 units | Share | vs full-year 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 21,60,998 | 55.40% | −4.47pp |
| Diesel | 7,23,947 | 18.56% | +0.77pp |
| CNG / LPG | 5,77,011 | 14.79% | +3.16pp |
| Hybrid | 3,42,966 | 8.79% | +0.20pp |
| Electric | 95,183 | 2.44% | +0.34pp |
| Other | 281 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
Every Q3 on record
Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, car registrations went from 10,94,112 in Q3 FY 2024-25 to 13,16,330 in Q3 FY 2025-26, up 20.3% over the stretch.
Car registrations by quarter
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY 2025-26 | 3 | 13,16,330 | +20.3% |
| Q3 FY 2024-25 | 3 | 10,94,112 | +8.6% |
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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