Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales Q4 FY 2025-26: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 14,27,697 Units, Up 20.5% YoY
Every passenger vehicle (cars, UVs and taxis) registered in India over Q4 FY 2025-26 — January 2026 to March 2026. 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.
Passenger Vehicle sales month by month, Q4 FY 2025-26
India's passenger vehicle market registered 14,27,697 passenger vehicles in Q4 FY 2025-26. Volumes grew strongly 20.5% against the 11,85,166 logged over the same 3 months of Q4 FY 2024-25.
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 2025-26 that was 13,17,668 cars and UVs and 1,10,029 taxis and cabs; taxis were 7.7% of the total. Against Q4 FY 2024-25, cars and UVs were +20.4% and taxis +20.6%.
January was the strongest month of the period at 5,43,310 passenger vehicles and February the quietest at 4,15,392, an average of 4,75,899 a month. Every one 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 2025-26 ran from January 2026 to March 2026 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 2024-25.
Passenger vehicles accounted for 17.4% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 17.8% in Q4 FY 2024-25. The whole market ran to 81,93,706 vehicles over the same window, up 23.4% year on year.
Passenger Vehicle registrations by month — Q4 FY 2025-26 vs Q4 FY 2024-25
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of Q4 FY 2025-26, with the matching month of Q4 FY 2024-25 beside it.
| Month | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Q4 FY 2024-25 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 5,43,310 | 4,96,262 | +9.5% | 38.1% |
| February 2026 | 4,15,392 | 3,21,394 | +29.2% | 29.1% |
| March 2026 | 4,68,995 | 3,67,510 | +27.6% | 32.8% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Which manufacturer sold the most, Q4 FY 2025-26
Maruti Suzuki led the period with 5,68,398 registrations, up 17.4% on Q4 FY 2024-25. Mahindra follows on 1,79,497, 3,88,901 behind — a gap of 3.17x.
The fastest riser in the top 8 was Tata Motors (EV), up 57.8% to 24,684.
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 2025-26. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.
Top manufacturers by registrations — Q4 FY 2025-26
Registrations inside the segment (passenger vehicles only).
Exact registrations over January 2026 to March 2026, with the change against Q4 FY 2024-25.
| # | Manufacturer | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Share of passenger vehicles | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 5,68,398 | 39.81% | +17.4% |
| 2 | Mahindra | 1,79,497 | 12.57% | +21.0% |
| 3 | Tata Motors (PV) | 1,71,501 | 12.01% | +28.7% |
| 4 | Hyundai | 1,69,716 | 11.89% | +12.9% |
| 5 | Toyota Kirloskar | 97,040 | 6.80% | +19.4% |
| 6 | Kia India | 89,903 | 6.30% | +31.7% |
| 7 | Skoda | 28,928 | 2.03% | +6.3% |
| 8 | Tata Motors (EV) | 24,684 | 1.73% | +57.8% |
| 9 | MG Motor | 19,367 | 1.36% | +4.4% |
| 10 | Honda Cars | 17,472 | 1.22% | −9.5% |
| 11 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 12,811 | 0.90% | +570.0% |
| 12 | Renault India | 11,872 | 0.83% | +29.8% |
| 13 | Nissan India | 6,965 | 0.49% | +13.3% |
| 14 | BMW India | 5,335 | 0.37% | +15.7% |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz | 4,832 | 0.34% | +2.0% |
Passenger Vehicle sales against the rest of the market
Set against the rest of the market, passenger vehicles lagged the national picture over Q4 FY 2025-26: +20.5% against +23.4% 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.
Exact segment volumes over January 2026 to March 2026.
| Segment | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Share | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 57,18,502 | 69.79% | +25.0% |
| Cars & UVs | 13,17,668 | 16.08% | +20.4% |
| Three-Wheelers | 3,63,644 | 4.44% | +17.4% |
| Goods Carriers | 2,95,588 | 3.61% | +22.9% |
| Tractors | 2,91,418 | 3.56% | +23.5% |
| Taxis & Cabs | 1,10,029 | 1.34% | +20.6% |
| Other classes | 69,475 | 0.85% | +0.6% |
| Buses | 27,382 | 0.33% | −4.8% |
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 Q4 FY 2025-26 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 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.
| 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.
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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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