Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales October 2026: Live Tracker, 3,70,340 Units So Far
Passenger Vehicle (PV) registrations for October 2026, month to date, growing 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 grows as new registrations are published.
October so far
India's passenger vehicle market has registered 3,70,340 vehicles in October 2026 so far. This page grows as the numbers land.
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 October 2026 so far that is 3,43,814 cars and UVs and 26,526 taxis and cabs; taxis are 7.2% of the total.
For scale, September finished at 4,38,399 and October 2025 at 5,89,739. The running total is 62.8% of last October's final figure.
Across the 9 completed months of 2026, 39,76,202 passenger vehicles have been registered, +23.7% 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 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 is ahead so far on 1,52,781 registrations, with Hyundai on 43,230. Maruti Suzuki also led September.
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Tata Motors (EV) has added 0.94pp of the segment in 2026 so far, while Hyundai has given up 0.95pp.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,52,781 | 41.3% |
| 2 | Hyundai | 43,230 | 11.7% |
| 3 | Mahindra | 42,923 | 11.6% |
| 4 | Tata Motors (PV) | 40,197 | 10.9% |
| 5 | Kia India | 23,282 | 6.3% |
| 6 | Toyota Kirloskar | 20,947 | 5.7% |
| 7 | Tata Motors (EV) | 10,584 | 2.9% |
| 8 | Skoda | 6,951 | 1.9% |
| 9 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 6,144 | 1.7% |
| 10 | MG Motor | 5,441 | 1.5% |
| 11 | Honda Cars | 4,077 | 1.1% |
| 12 | Renault India | 2,721 | 0.7% |
| 13 | Nissan India | 2,587 | 0.7% |
| 14 | Vinfast Auto India | 1,876 | 0.5% |
| 15 | BMW India | 1,338 | 0.4% |
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. 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 passenger vehicle 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 | 17,32,881 | 39.87% | −0.01pp |
| 2 | Mahindra | 5,22,074 | 12.01% | −0.53pp |
| 3 | Hyundai | 5,03,552 | 11.59% | −0.95pp |
| 4 | Tata Motors (PV) | 4,81,057 | 11.07% | +0.03pp |
| 5 | Toyota Kirloskar | 2,91,420 | 6.70% | −0.43pp |
| 6 | Kia India | 2,68,562 | 6.18% | +0.30pp |
| 7 | Tata Motors (EV) | 1,12,415 | 2.59% | +0.94pp |
| 8 | Skoda | 87,888 | 2.02% | −0.45pp |
| 9 | MG Motor | 65,555 | 1.51% | −0.05pp |
| 10 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 60,622 | 1.39% | +0.74pp |
| 11 | Honda Cars | 53,519 | 1.23% | −0.19pp |
| 12 | Renault India | 37,356 | 0.86% | +0.07pp |
| 13 | Nissan India | 27,267 | 0.63% | +0.15pp |
| 14 | BMW India | 16,820 | 0.39% | +0.01pp |
| 15 | Vinfast Auto India | 14,766 | 0.34% | +0.32pp |
Fuel mix
Petrol accounts for 43.4% of the segment's registrations in 2026 so far. Electric is at 6.58%, a move of +2.35pp on 2025 on volume of 2,85,816 units.
Passenger Vehicle 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 | 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 |
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 5,24,760 registrations, 12.1% of the segment's national total. Uttar Pradesh (4,60,169) and Gujarat (3,62,151) followed. Tamil Nadu has gained the most ground, adding 0.72pp of the national total.
Segment registrations over 2026 year to date, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharashtra | 5,24,760 | 12.1% | −0.09pp |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 4,60,169 | 10.6% | −0.42pp |
| 3 | Gujarat | 3,62,151 | 8.3% | −0.03pp |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 3,23,471 | 7.4% | +0.72pp |
| 5 | Karnataka | 3,21,667 | 7.4% | +0.16pp |
| 6 | Haryana | 2,86,566 | 6.6% | −0.39pp |
| 7 | Kerala | 2,40,417 | 5.5% | +0.17pp |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 2,36,730 | 5.4% | −0.14pp |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,94,136 | 4.5% | −0.06pp |
| 10 | Delhi | 1,85,027 | 4.3% | +0.06pp |
| 11 | Punjab | 1,68,548 | 3.9% | −0.01pp |
| 12 | Telangana | 1,68,172 | 3.9% | +0.07pp |
Frequently asked questions
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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.
Using these numbers? Cite "Flash Finance (Vahan data)" with a link to this page. This report's chart card is free to republish with the same credit.
