Passenger Vehicle Vahan retail registrations

Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales Q4 FY 2024-25: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 11,85,166 Units, Up 6.6% YoY

Every passenger vehicle (cars, UVs and taxis) registered in India over Q4 FY 2024-25 — January 2025 to March 2025. Q4 of the financial year, January to March. 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.

11,85,166
PV registrations
Q4 FY 2024-25
+6.6%
Year on year
vs Q4 FY 2023-24 (3 mo)
3,95,055
Monthly average
3 months counted
4.96 L
Best month
January 2025
17.8%
Share of all registrations
+1.06pp vs Q4 FY 2023-24

Passenger Vehicle sales month by month, Q4 FY 2024-25

India's passenger vehicle market registered 11,85,166 passenger vehicles in Q4 FY 2024-25. Volumes grew 6.6% against the 11,11,734 logged over the same 3 months of Q4 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 Q4 FY 2024-25 that was 10,93,963 cars and UVs and 91,203 taxis and cabs; taxis were 7.7% of the total. Against Q4 FY 2023-24, cars and UVs were +6.9% and taxis +2.7%.

January was the strongest month of the period at 4,96,262 passenger vehicles and February the quietest at 3,21,394, an average of 3,95,055 a month. 2 of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

January carries the new-year registration rush — buyers who took delivery in late December often register in the first week.

Q4 FY 2024-25 ran from January 2025 to March 2025 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q4 FY 2023-24.

Passenger vehicles accounted for 17.8% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 16.8% in Q4 FY 2023-24. The whole market ran to 66,42,439 vehicles over the same window, broadly flat (+0.2%) year on year.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by month — Q4 FY 2024-25 vs Q4 FY 2023-24

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

Passenger Vehicle sales, month by month — Q4 FY 2024-25

Every completed month of Q4 FY 2024-25, with the matching month of Q4 FY 2023-24 beside it.

Month Q4 FY 2024-25 units Q4 FY 2023-24 units YoY Share of period
January 2025 4,96,262 4,21,367 +17.8% 41.9%
February 2025 3,21,394 3,49,677 −8.1% 27.1%
March 2025 3,67,510 3,40,690 +7.9% 31.0%

Each month links through to its own full report.

Which manufacturer sold the most, Q4 FY 2024-25

Maruti Suzuki led the period with 4,84,064 registrations, up 6.0% on Q4 FY 2023-24. Hyundai follows on 1,50,311, 3,33,753 behind — a gap of 3.22x.

The fastest riser in the top 8 was Toyota Kirloskar, up 27.4% to 81,259, while Honda Cars was down 19.0% at 19,297.

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 Q4 FY 2024-25. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.

Top manufacturers by registrations — Q4 FY 2024-25

Registrations inside the segment (passenger vehicles only).

Manufacturer leaderboard — Q4 FY 2024-25

Exact registrations over January 2025 to March 2025, with the change against Q4 FY 2023-24.

# Manufacturer Q4 FY 2024-25 units Share of passenger vehicles vs Q4 FY 2023-24
1 Maruti Suzuki 4,84,064 40.84% +6.0%
2 Hyundai 1,50,311 12.68% −0.8%
3 Mahindra 1,48,378 12.52% +17.4%
4 Tata Motors (PV) 1,33,300 11.25% +0.6%
5 Toyota Kirloskar 81,259 6.86% +27.4%
6 Kia India 68,256 5.76% +6.9%
7 Skoda 27,219 2.30% +21.8%
8 Honda Cars 19,297 1.63% −19.0%
9 MG Motor 18,559 1.57% +40.9%
10 Tata Motors (EV) 15,645 1.32% −16.0%
11 Renault India 9,146 0.77% −18.0%
12 Nissan India 6,145 0.52% −17.1%
13 Mercedes-Benz 4,735 0.40% +7.2%
14 BMW India 4,610 0.39% +18.4%
15 Tata Motors 2,324 0.20% +9.0%

Passenger Vehicle sales against the rest of the market

Set against the rest of the market, passenger vehicles outgrew the national picture over Q4 FY 2024-25: +6.6% against +0.2% 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 — Q4 FY 2024-25

Exact segment volumes over January 2025 to March 2025.

Segment Q4 FY 2024-25 units Share vs Q4 FY 2023-24
Two-Wheelers 45,73,246 68.85% −1.2%
Cars & UVs 10,93,963 16.47% +6.9%
Three-Wheelers 3,09,752 4.66% −0.2%
Goods Carriers 2,40,546 3.62% +0.3%
Tractors 2,35,878 3.55% −4.9%
Taxis & Cabs 91,203 1.37% +2.7%
Other classes 69,087 1.04% +12.6%
Buses 28,764 0.43% +13.5%

What passenger vehicles run on

Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers full-year 2025 rather than Q4 FY 2024-25 alone — it is exact for that window.

Petrol accounts for 48.4% of passenger vehicle registrations over full-year 2025, with battery-electric at 4.2%.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by fuel — full-year 2025

The full-year 2025 mix.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by fuel — full-year 2025
Fuel 2025 units Share vs full-year 2024
Petrol 22,41,848 48.43% −4.23pp
CNG / LPG 9,89,224 21.37% +3.18pp
Diesel 8,34,247 18.02% −0.21pp
Hybrid 3,67,463 7.94% −0.48pp
Electric 1,95,852 4.23% +1.74pp
Other 683 0.01% +0.01pp

Every Q4 on record

Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, passenger vehicle registrations went from 11,11,734 in Q4 FY 2023-24 to 14,27,697 in Q4 FY 2025-26, up 28.4% over the stretch.

Passenger Vehicle registrations by quarter

* window still in progress.

Passenger Vehicle sales by quarter
Period Months Units YoY
Q4 FY 2025-26 3 14,27,697 +20.5%
Q4 FY 2024-25 3 11,85,166 +6.6%
Q4 FY 2023-24 3 11,11,734 +8.5%

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 Q4 FY 2024-25?
11,85,166 passenger vehicles were registered in India in Q4 FY 2024-25, according to Vahan registration data covering January 2025 to March 2025. That is +6.6% against the 11,11,734 registered over the same months of Q4 FY 2023-24. The total is 10,93,963 privately registered cars and UVs plus 91,203 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 Q4 FY 2024-25 cover?
Q4 FY 2024-25 runs January to March — January 2025 to March 2025, 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 Q4 FY 2024-25?
Maruti Suzuki led with 4,84,064 registrations across the period, ahead of Hyundai on 1,50,311. 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 Q4 FY 2024-25?
January 2025 at 4,96,262 registrations. The quietest was February 2025 at 3,21,394, and the period averaged 3,95,055 passenger vehicles a month.
What share of the Indian market were passenger vehicles in Q4 FY 2024-25?
17.8%. India registered 66,42,439 vehicles of all kinds over the same months, of which 11,85,166 were passenger vehicles.
Which quarter had the highest passenger vehicle sales?
Of the 3 comparable windows in our record, Q4 FY 2025-26 is the largest at 14,27,697 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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