Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales H1 FY 2026-27: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 25,48,505 Units, Up 26% YoY
Every passenger vehicle (cars, UVs and taxis) registered in India over H1 FY 2026-27 — April 2026 to September 2026. The first half of the financial year, April to September. 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.
Passenger Vehicle sales month by month, H1 FY 2026-27
India's passenger vehicle market registered 25,48,505 passenger vehicles in H1 FY 2026-27. Volumes jumped 25.5% against the 20,30,218 logged over the same 6 months of H1 FY 2025-26.
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 H1 FY 2026-27 that was 23,22,471 cars and UVs and 2,26,034 taxis and cabs; taxis were 8.9% of the total. Against H1 FY 2025-26, cars and UVs were +24.9% and taxis +32.5%.
September was the strongest month of the period at 4,38,399 passenger vehicles and May the quietest at 4,14,918, an average of 4,24,751 a month. Every one of those 6 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
September is the quiet month before the festive peak — buyers routinely defer registrations into the auspicious October window.
H1 FY 2026-27 ran from April 2026 to September 2026 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of H1 FY 2025-26.
Passenger vehicles accounted for 16.4% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 15.8% in H1 FY 2025-26. The whole market ran to 1,55,83,743 vehicles over the same window, up 21.0% year on year.
Passenger Vehicle registrations by month — H1 FY 2026-27 vs H1 FY 2025-26
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of H1 FY 2026-27, with the matching month of H1 FY 2025-26 beside it.
| Month | H1 FY 2026-27 units | H1 FY 2025-26 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 4,28,819 | 3,75,106 | +14.3% | 16.8% |
| May 2026 | 4,14,918 | 3,24,005 | +28.1% | 16.3% |
| June 2026 | 4,23,609 | 3,17,587 | +33.4% | 16.6% |
| July 2026 | 4,27,761 | 3,47,509 | +23.1% | 16.8% |
| August 2026 | 4,14,999 | 3,44,624 | +20.4% | 16.3% |
| September 2026 | 4,38,399 | 3,21,387 | +36.4% | 17.2% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Which manufacturer sold the most, H1 FY 2026-27
Maruti Suzuki led the period with 10,11,702 registrations, up 27.9% on H1 FY 2025-26. Mahindra follows on 2,99,654, 7,12,048 behind — a gap of 3.38x.
The fastest riser in the top 15 was Vinfast Auto India, up 186216.7% to 11,179, while Skoda was down 2.9% at 52,009.
Volumes here are registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each is the manufacturer's passenger vehicle volume over H1 FY 2026-27. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.
Top manufacturers by registrations — H1 FY 2026-27
Registrations inside the segment (passenger vehicles only).
Exact registrations over April 2026 to September 2026, with the change against H1 FY 2025-26.
| # | Manufacturer | H1 FY 2026-27 units | Share of passenger vehicles | vs H1 FY 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 10,11,702 | 39.70% | +27.9% |
| 2 | Mahindra | 2,99,654 | 11.76% | +15.7% |
| 3 | Hyundai | 2,90,606 | 11.40% | +13.2% |
| 4 | Tata Motors (PV) | 2,69,359 | 10.57% | +28.7% |
| 5 | Toyota Kirloskar | 1,73,433 | 6.81% | +13.5% |
| 6 | Kia India | 1,55,377 | 6.10% | +28.9% |
| 7 | Tata Motors (EV) | 77,147 | 3.03% | +104.4% |
| 8 | Skoda | 52,009 | 2.04% | −2.9% |
| 9 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 41,667 | 1.63% | +127.0% |
| 10 | MG Motor | 40,747 | 1.60% | +10.8% |
| 11 | Honda Cars | 31,970 | 1.25% | +18.4% |
| 12 | Renault India | 22,763 | 0.89% | +47.9% |
| 13 | Nissan India | 17,715 | 0.70% | +89.9% |
| 14 | Vinfast Auto India | 11,179 | 0.44% | +186216.7% |
| 15 | BMW India | 10,147 | 0.40% | +24.7% |
Passenger Vehicle sales against the rest of the market
Set against the rest of the market, passenger vehicles outgrew the national picture over H1 FY 2026-27: +25.5% against +21.0% 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.
Passenger Vehicle share of the Indian market, month by month
Passenger vehicles as a percentage of every vehicle registered that month.
Exact segment volumes over April 2026 to September 2026.
| Segment | H1 FY 2026-27 units | Share | vs H1 FY 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 1,10,56,596 | 70.95% | +20.6% |
| Cars & UVs | 23,22,471 | 14.90% | +24.9% |
| Three-Wheelers | 7,49,591 | 4.81% | +15.4% |
| Tractors | 5,49,994 | 3.53% | +20.4% |
| Goods Carriers | 5,05,705 | 3.25% | +25.9% |
| Taxis & Cabs | 2,26,034 | 1.45% | +32.5% |
| Other classes | 97,088 | 0.62% | −1.0% |
| Buses | 76,264 | 0.49% | +3.9% |
What passenger vehicles run on
Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers 2026 year to date rather than H1 FY 2026-27 alone — it is exact for that window.
Petrol accounts for 43.4% of passenger vehicle registrations over 2026 year to date, with battery-electric at 6.6%.
Passenger Vehicle registrations by fuel — 2026 year to date
The 2026 year to date mix.
| Fuel | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 18,84,333 | 43.35% | −5.07pp |
| CNG / LPG | 10,35,607 | 23.83% | +2.46pp |
| Diesel | 7,67,849 | 17.67% | −0.36pp |
| Hybrid | 3,72,063 | 8.56% | +0.62pp |
| Electric | 2,85,816 | 6.58% | +2.35pp |
| Other | 874 | 0.02% | +0.01pp |
Every H1 on record
Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, passenger vehicle registrations went from 19,48,576 in H1 FY 2024-25 to 25,48,505 in H1 FY 2026-27, up 30.8% over the stretch.
Passenger Vehicle registrations by half year
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 FY 2026-27 | 6 | 25,48,505 | +25.5% |
| H1 FY 2025-26 | 6 | 20,30,218 | +4.2% |
| H1 FY 2024-25 | 6 | 19,48,576 | +1.4% |
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 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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