Passenger Vehicle Vahan retail registrations

Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales Q1 FY 2024-25: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 9,80,383 Units, Up 5.1% YoY

Every passenger vehicle (cars, UVs and taxis) registered in India over Q1 FY 2024-25 — April 2024 to June 2024. Q1 of the financial year, April to June. 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.

9,80,383
PV registrations
Q1 FY 2024-25
+5.1%
Year on year
vs Q1 FY 2023-24 (3 mo)
3,26,794
Monthly average
3 months counted
3.56 L
Best month
April 2024
15.1%
Share of all registrations
−0.70pp vs Q1 FY 2023-24

Passenger Vehicle sales month by month, Q1 FY 2024-25

India's passenger vehicle market registered 9,80,383 passenger vehicles in Q1 FY 2024-25. Volumes grew 5.1% against the 9,32,593 logged over the same 3 months of Q1 FY 2023-24.

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 Q1 FY 2024-25 that was 8,98,609 cars and UVs and 81,774 taxis and cabs; taxis were 8.3% of the total. Against Q1 FY 2023-24, cars and UVs were +2.8% and taxis +40.8%.

April was the strongest month of the period at 3,55,619 passenger vehicles and June the quietest at 3,01,537, an average of 3,26,794 a month. 2 of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

April opens the new fiscal year, usually with price revisions and a reset in dealer inventory.

Q1 FY 2024-25 ran from April 2024 to June 2024 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q1 FY 2023-24.

Passenger vehicles accounted for 15.1% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 15.8% in Q1 FY 2023-24. The whole market ran to 64,91,184 vehicles over the same window, up 10.0% year on year.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by month — Q1 FY 2024-25 vs Q1 FY 2023-24

Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.

Passenger Vehicle sales, month by month — Q1 FY 2024-25

Every completed month of Q1 FY 2024-25, with the matching month of Q1 FY 2023-24 beside it.

Month Q1 FY 2024-25 units Q1 FY 2023-24 units YoY Share of period
April 2024 3,55,619 3,01,186 +18.1% 36.3%
May 2024 3,23,227 3,17,568 +1.8% 33.0%
June 2024 3,01,537 3,13,839 −3.9% 30.8%

Each month links through to its own full report.

Which manufacturer sold the most, Q1 FY 2024-25

Maruti Suzuki led the period with 3,93,073 registrations, up 6.2% on Q1 FY 2023-24. Hyundai follows on 1,39,125, 2,53,948 behind — a gap of 2.83x.

The fastest riser in the top 8 was Toyota Kirloskar, up 27.5% to 60,641, while Skoda was down 7.8% at 20,175.

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 Q1 FY 2024-25. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.

Top manufacturers by registrations — Q1 FY 2024-25

Registrations inside the segment (passenger vehicles only).

Manufacturer leaderboard — Q1 FY 2024-25

Exact registrations over April 2024 to June 2024, with the change against Q1 FY 2023-24.

# Manufacturer Q1 FY 2024-25 units Share of passenger vehicles vs Q1 FY 2023-24
1 Maruti Suzuki 3,93,073 40.09% +6.2%
2 Hyundai 1,39,125 14.19% −0.3%
3 Tata Motors (PV) 1,14,454 11.67% −4.2%
4 Mahindra 1,12,834 11.51% +14.0%
5 Toyota Kirloskar 60,641 6.19% +27.5%
6 Kia India 58,980 6.02% +9.1%
7 Skoda 20,175 2.06% −7.8%
8 Honda Cars 16,364 1.67% +0.3%
9 Tata Motors (EV) 15,479 1.58% +55.2%
10 MG Motor 13,401 1.37% −5.8%
11 Renault India 10,691 1.09% −17.0%
12 Nissan India 5,929 0.60% −13.1%
13 Mercedes-Benz 3,992 0.41% +10.2%
14 BMW India 3,552 0.36% +13.6%
15 Tata Motors 2,929 0.30% +78.1%

Passenger Vehicle sales against the rest of the market

Set against the rest of the market, passenger vehicles lagged the national picture over Q1 FY 2024-25: +5.1% against +10.0% 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.

Passenger Vehicle share of the Indian market, month by month

Passenger vehicles as a percentage of every vehicle registered that month.

Registrations by segment — Q1 FY 2024-25

Exact segment volumes over April 2024 to June 2024.

Segment Q1 FY 2024-25 units Share vs Q1 FY 2023-24
Two-Wheelers 47,36,574 72.97% +13.0%
Cars & UVs 8,98,609 13.84% +2.8%
Three-Wheelers 2,82,291 4.35% +10.6%
Goods Carriers 2,07,231 3.19% −1.9%
Tractors 2,02,671 3.12% −11.7%
Taxis & Cabs 81,774 1.26% +40.8%
Other classes 47,591 0.73% −14.4%
Buses 34,443 0.53% +26.5%

What passenger vehicles run on

Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers full-year 2024 rather than Q1 FY 2024-25 alone — it is exact for that window.

Petrol accounts for 52.7% of passenger vehicle registrations over full-year 2024, with battery-electric at 2.5%.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by fuel — full-year 2024

The full-year 2024 mix.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by fuel — full-year 2024
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

Every Q1 on record

Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, passenger vehicle registrations went from 9,80,383 in Q1 FY 2024-25 to 12,67,346 in Q1 FY 2026-27, up 29.3% over the stretch.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by quarter

* window still in progress.

Passenger Vehicle sales by quarter
Period Months Units YoY
Q1 FY 2026-27 3 12,67,346 +24.7%
Q1 FY 2025-26 3 10,16,698 +3.7%
Q1 FY 2024-25 3 9,80,383 +5.1%

Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.

Frequently asked questions

How many passenger vehicles were sold in India in Q1 FY 2024-25?
9,80,383 passenger vehicles were registered in India in Q1 FY 2024-25, according to Vahan registration data covering April 2024 to June 2024. That is +5.1% against the 9,32,593 registered over the same months of Q1 FY 2023-24. The total is 8,98,609 privately registered cars and UVs plus 81,774 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.
What period does Q1 FY 2024-25 cover?
Q1 FY 2024-25 runs April to June — April 2024 to June 2024, all 3 months complete. India's financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March, which is the year every listed automaker reports on.
Which manufacturer sold the most passenger vehicles in Q1 FY 2024-25?
Maruti Suzuki led with 3,93,073 registrations across the period, ahead of Hyundai on 1,39,125. These are registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter.
Which was the strongest month for passenger vehicle sales in Q1 FY 2024-25?
April 2024 at 3,55,619 registrations. The quietest was June 2024 at 3,01,537, and the period averaged 3,26,794 passenger vehicles a month.
What share of the Indian market were passenger vehicles in Q1 FY 2024-25?
15.1%. India registered 64,91,184 vehicles of all kinds over the same months, of which 9,80,383 were passenger vehicles.
Which quarter had the highest passenger vehicle sales?
Of the 3 comparable windows in our record, Q1 FY 2026-27 is the largest at 12,67,346 registrations.
Are these retail sales or factory dispatches?
Retail. Every figure is a vehicle registration recorded on the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard — the same source FADA uses — not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. Registrations reach Vahan a few days after the sale, so recent months keep rising slightly for a while after they close.

Passenger Vehicle sales, other periods

More from the reports desk

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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