Passenger Vehicle Vahan retail registrations

Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales August 2024: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 3,31,441 Units Registered

Full Vahan registration report for passenger vehicles (cars, UVs and taxis) in August 2024 — every major manufacturer ranked, with month-on-month and year-on-year change, segment share, fuel mix and the state-wise picture.

3,31,441
PV registrations
August 2024
−1.2%
Year on year
vs Aug 2023
−3.4%
Month on month
vs Jul
27.67 L
2024 year to date
+6.6% YoY
Maruti Suzuki
Segment leader
1,31,900 units

How August went

India's passenger vehicle market registered 3,31,441 vehicles in August 2024. Volumes eased 1.2% against August 2023, and ticked lower 3.4% on July.

Passenger vehicles (PV, also called 4W) are privately registered cars and UVs plus taxis and cabs, which Vahan books as a class of their own. In August 2024 that was 3,03,141 cars and UVs and 28,300 taxis and cabs; taxis were 8.5% of the total. Against August 2023, cars and UVs were −1.7% and taxis +3.4%.

Year to date, 27,66,534 units have been registered across 8 months, +6.6% on the same stretch of 2023 (25,94,755). The segment accounted for 16.7% of every vehicle registered in India that month.

August runs into the start of the festive build-up, with dealers stocking ahead of Onam and Ganesh Chaturthi.

For longer windows, see PV sales for Q2 FY 2024-25, FY 2024-25 and calendar year 2024.

Monthly passenger vehicle 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 1,31,900 registrations, ahead of Hyundai on 45,185 — a gap of 86,715 units, narrower than the 91,625 it held in July.

Toyota Kirloskar grew fastest among the segment's biggest names at +28.9% year on year (24,089 units); Skoda had the hardest month of that group, down 21.1% to 6,651.

On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Mahindra has added 1.65pp of the segment in 2024, while Tata Motors (PV) has given up 0.88pp.

Top 10 manufacturers, August 2024

Registrations in the month

Top manufacturers — August 2024

Ranked by registrations in the month, with month-on-month and year-on-year change. Click a name for its full dashboard.

# Manufacturer Aug 2024 MoM YoY Share of passenger vehicles
1 Maruti Suzuki 1,31,900 −4.3% −7.1% 39.80%
2 Hyundai 45,185 −2.1% −10.3% 13.63%
3 Mahindra 41,821 +1.4% +25.0% 12.62%
4 Tata Motors (PV) 36,333 −9.1% +0.3% 10.96%
5 Toyota Kirloskar 24,089 +2.3% +28.9% 7.27%
6 Kia India 20,142 −1.2% +0.2% 6.08%
7 Skoda 6,651 −3.7% −21.1% 2.01%
8 Honda Cars 5,249 −0.3% +6.1% 1.58%
9 Tata Motors (EV) 4,494 −13.7% −4.2% 1.36%
10 MG Motor 4,339 −1.4% −6.3% 1.31%
11 Renault India 3,021 −2.9% −24.1% 0.91%
12 Nissan India 2,010 +7.3% −0.1% 0.61%
13 Mercedes-Benz 1,342 +4.5% +17.8% 0.40%
14 BMW India 1,070 −12.9% −7.8% 0.32%
15 Tata Motors 952 −27.3% +37.6% 0.29%

Registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each number is that manufacturer's passenger vehicle volume (its cars and UVs plus its taxis and cabs). 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 passenger vehicle volume counts on either side of the ratio. Volume is full-year 2024. The comparison is against the whole of 2023.

Passenger Vehicle market share — full-year 2024

Exact segment volume per manufacturer over full-year 2024, and the change in share against full-year 2023.

# Manufacturer 2024 units Share vs full-year 2023
1 Maruti Suzuki 17,04,857 40.30% −0.80pp
2 Hyundai 5,84,017 13.81% −0.53pp
3 Mahindra 5,07,812 12.01% +1.65pp
4 Tata Motors (PV) 4,90,619 11.60% −0.88pp
5 Toyota Kirloskar 2,67,900 6.33% +1.39pp
6 Kia India 2,50,453 5.92% −0.02pp
7 Skoda 84,681 2.00% −0.41pp
8 Honda Cars 72,724 1.72% −0.28pp
9 Tata Motors (EV) 63,851 1.51% +0.51pp
10 MG Motor 56,434 1.33% −0.01pp
11 Renault India 40,597 0.96% −0.35pp
12 Nissan India 26,202 0.62% −0.07pp
13 Mercedes-Benz 17,182 0.41% +0.02pp
14 BMW India 15,189 0.36% +0.03pp
15 Tata Motors 9,973 0.24% +0.06pp

Fuel mix

Petrol accounts for 52.7% of the segment's registrations in 2024. Electric is at 2.49%, a move of +0.27pp on 2023 on volume of 1,05,143 units.

Passenger Vehicle fuel mix, 2024

Share of segment registrations year to date

Passenger Vehicle registrations by fuel — full-year 2024

The full-year 2024 mix.

Fuel 2024 units Share vs full-year 2023
Petrol 22,27,473 52.66% −4.94pp
Diesel 7,71,265 18.23% +0.42pp
CNG / LPG 7,69,566 18.19% +4.06pp
Hybrid 3,56,085 8.42% +0.19pp
Electric 1,05,143 2.49% +0.27pp
Other 364 0.01% 0.00pp

Share is of this report's own scope over full-year 2024, compared with the whole of 2023.

Where the demand is

Maharashtra was the largest market in full-year 2024 with 5,00,653 registrations, 11.8% of the segment's national total. Uttar Pradesh (4,67,370) and Gujarat (3,56,782) followed. Haryana has gained the most ground, adding 0.71pp of the national total.

Top states — full-year 2024

Segment registrations over full-year 2024, by state.

# State Units Share vs full-year 2023
1 Maharashtra 5,00,653 11.8% +0.10pp
2 Uttar Pradesh 4,67,370 11.0% +0.64pp
3 Gujarat 3,56,782 8.4% −0.32pp
4 Karnataka 3,12,835 7.4% −0.19pp
5 Haryana 3,01,018 7.1% +0.71pp
6 Tamil Nadu 2,74,321 6.5% −0.03pp
7 Rajasthan 2,22,755 5.3% +0.25pp
8 Kerala 2,08,870 4.9% −0.09pp
9 Delhi 1,95,192 4.6% −0.35pp
10 Madhya Pradesh 1,89,529 4.5% +0.24pp
11 Telangana 1,77,851 4.2% −0.55pp
12 Punjab 1,58,622 3.8% +0.25pp

Frequently asked questions

How many passenger vehicles were sold in India in August 2024?
3,31,441 passenger vehicles were registered in India in August 2024, −1.2% against August 2023 and −3.4% against the previous month. Year to date the total is 27,66,534 units, +6.6% year on year. Figures are Vahan registrations — actual vehicles put on the road. The total is 3,03,141 privately registered cars and UVs plus 28,300 taxis and cabs.
What counts as a passenger vehicle (PV)?
Privately registered cars and utility vehicles (Vahan class Motor Car) plus taxis and cabs (Motor Cab and Maxi Cab), which Vahan books as a class of their own. Passenger-vehicle (PV, or 4W) sales figures published elsewhere usually count both; our car sales report counts the cars alone.
Which company sold the most passenger vehicles in August 2024?
Maruti Suzuki led with 1,31,900 registrations in August 2024, −7.1% year on year. It was followed by Hyundai (45,185), Mahindra (41,821), Tata Motors (PV) (36,333).
What is the passenger vehicle market share in India in 2024?
Maruti Suzuki holds 40.3% of the Indian passenger vehicle market in 2024 on 17,04,857 registrations, −0.80pp against its full-year 2023 share. Hyundai is second on 13.8%.
What share of passenger vehicles sold in India are electric?
Electric vehicles are 2.49% of passenger vehicle registrations in 2024 — 1,05,143 units, a change of +0.27pp on 2023. This counts battery EVs only; hybrids are reported separately.
Which state registers the most passenger vehicles in India?
Maharashtra is the largest passenger vehicle market with 5,00,653 registrations in 2024, 11.8% of the national total, ahead of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
Are these wholesale dispatches or retail sales?
These are retail registrations from the government Vahan portal — a vehicle counts when it is actually registered to a buyer at an RTO. The monthly numbers manufacturers announce in press releases are wholesale dispatches to dealers, which is why the two rarely match. Vahan is the same source FADA and the industry use for retail data.

Passenger Vehicle sales, earlier months

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Source. Every figure is a vehicle registration, taken 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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