Passenger Vehicle Vahan retail registrations

Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales Q2 FY 2024-25: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 9,68,193 Units, Down 2.0% YoY

Every passenger vehicle (cars, UVs and taxis) registered in India over Q2 FY 2024-25 — July 2024 to September 2024. Q2 of the financial year, July 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.

9,68,193
PV registrations
Q2 FY 2024-25
−2.0%
Year on year
vs Q2 FY 2023-24 (3 mo)
3,22,731
Monthly average
3 months counted
3.43 L
Best month
July 2024
16.3%
Share of all registrations
−0.85pp vs Q2 FY 2023-24

Passenger Vehicle sales month by month, Q2 FY 2024-25

India's passenger vehicle market registered 9,68,193 passenger vehicles in Q2 FY 2024-25. Volumes edged down 2.0% against the 9,88,151 logged over the same 3 months of Q2 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 Q2 FY 2024-25 that was 8,84,713 cars and UVs and 83,480 taxis and cabs; taxis were 8.6% of the total. Against Q2 FY 2023-24, cars and UVs were −3.1% and taxis +10.6%.

July was the strongest month of the period at 3,42,976 passenger vehicles and September the quietest at 2,93,776, an average of 3,22,731 a month. 1 of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

July sits inside the monsoon, historically a soft month for urban showroom footfall and a strong one for farm equipment.

Q2 FY 2024-25 ran from July 2024 to September 2024 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q2 FY 2023-24.

Passenger vehicles accounted for 16.3% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 17.1% in Q2 FY 2023-24. The whole market ran to 59,56,495 vehicles over the same window, up 3.1% year on year.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by month — Q2 FY 2024-25 vs Q2 FY 2023-24

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

Passenger Vehicle sales, month by month — Q2 FY 2024-25

Every completed month of Q2 FY 2024-25, with the matching month of Q2 FY 2023-24 beside it.

Month Q2 FY 2024-25 units Q2 FY 2023-24 units YoY Share of period
July 2024 3,42,976 3,01,739 +13.7% 35.4%
August 2024 3,31,441 3,35,634 −1.2% 34.2%
September 2024 2,93,776 3,50,778 −16.3% 30.3%

Each month links through to its own full report.

Which manufacturer sold the most, Q2 FY 2024-25

Maruti Suzuki led the period with 3,89,648 registrations, down 5.8% on Q2 FY 2023-24. Hyundai follows on 1,31,814, 2,57,834 behind — a gap of 2.96x.

The fastest riser in the top 8 was Toyota Kirloskar, up 26.1% to 68,935, while Skoda was down 22.0% at 19,332.

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 Q2 FY 2024-25. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.

Top manufacturers by registrations — Q2 FY 2024-25

Registrations inside the segment (passenger vehicles only).

Manufacturer leaderboard — Q2 FY 2024-25

Exact registrations over July 2024 to September 2024, with the change against Q2 FY 2023-24.

# Manufacturer Q2 FY 2024-25 units Share of passenger vehicles vs Q2 FY 2023-24
1 Maruti Suzuki 3,89,648 40.25% −5.8%
2 Hyundai 1,31,814 13.61% −10.3%
3 Mahindra 1,20,067 12.40% +20.3%
4 Tata Motors (PV) 1,06,082 10.96% −1.7%
5 Toyota Kirloskar 68,935 7.12% +26.1%
6 Kia India 57,469 5.94% −2.0%
7 Skoda 19,332 2.00% −22.0%
8 Honda Cars 14,743 1.52% −12.6%
9 Tata Motors (EV) 13,705 1.42% −4.4%
10 MG Motor 12,023 1.24% −12.3%
11 Renault India 8,873 0.92% −22.6%
12 Nissan India 6,054 0.63% −2.1%
13 Mercedes-Benz 3,952 0.41% +8.8%
14 BMW India 3,439 0.36% −4.6%
15 Tata Motors 2,908 0.30% +38.5%

Passenger Vehicle sales against the rest of the market

Set against the rest of the market, passenger vehicles lagged the national picture over Q2 FY 2024-25: −2.0% against +3.1% 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 — Q2 FY 2024-25

Exact segment volumes over July 2024 to September 2024.

Segment Q2 FY 2024-25 units Share vs Q2 FY 2023-24
Two-Wheelers 41,74,440 70.08% +5.3%
Cars & UVs 8,84,713 14.85% −3.1%
Three-Wheelers 3,34,585 5.62% +4.6%
Tractors 2,12,043 3.56% −6.1%
Goods Carriers 1,94,717 3.27% −5.6%
Taxis & Cabs 83,480 1.40% +10.6%
Other classes 42,066 0.71% −13.7%
Buses 30,451 0.51% +18.9%

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 Q2 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 Q2 on record

Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, passenger vehicle registrations went from 9,68,193 in Q2 FY 2024-25 to 12,81,159 in Q2 FY 2026-27, up 32.3% over the stretch.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by quarter

* window still in progress.

Passenger Vehicle sales by quarter
Period Months Units YoY
Q2 FY 2026-27 3 12,81,159 +26.4%
Q2 FY 2025-26 3 10,13,520 +4.7%
Q2 FY 2024-25 3 9,68,193 −2.0%

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 Q2 FY 2024-25?
9,68,193 passenger vehicles were registered in India in Q2 FY 2024-25, according to Vahan registration data covering July 2024 to September 2024. That is −2.0% against the 9,88,151 registered over the same months of Q2 FY 2023-24. The total is 8,84,713 privately registered cars and UVs plus 83,480 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 Q2 FY 2024-25 cover?
Q2 FY 2024-25 runs July to September — July 2024 to September 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 Q2 FY 2024-25?
Maruti Suzuki led with 3,89,648 registrations across the period, ahead of Hyundai on 1,31,814. 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 Q2 FY 2024-25?
July 2024 at 3,42,976 registrations. The quietest was September 2024 at 2,93,776, and the period averaged 3,22,731 passenger vehicles a month.
What share of the Indian market were passenger vehicles in Q2 FY 2024-25?
16.3%. India registered 59,56,495 vehicles of all kinds over the same months, of which 9,68,193 were passenger vehicles.
Which quarter had the highest passenger vehicle sales?
Of the 3 comparable windows in our record, Q2 FY 2026-27 is the largest at 12,81,159 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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