Vehicle Vahan retail registrations

Vehicle Sales Q2 FY 2026-27: Honda 2W (HMSI) Leads, 76,67,276 Units, Up 26% YoY

Every vehicle registered in India over Q2 FY 2026-27 — July 2026 to September 2026. Q2 of the financial year, July to September. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, what India actually registered segment by segment, and the same window in every earlier year on record.

76,67,276
Vehicle registrations
Q2 FY 2026-27
+26.5%
Year on year
vs Q2 FY 2025-26 (3 mo)
25,55,759
Monthly average
3 months counted
26.35 L
Best month
July 2026
Honda 2W (HMSI)
Period leader
13,93,637 units

Vehicle sales month by month, Q2 FY 2026-27

The Indian vehicle market registered 76,67,276 vehicles in Q2 FY 2026-27. Volumes climbed sharply 26.5% against the 60,62,099 logged over the same 3 months of Q2 FY 2025-26.

July was the strongest month of the period at 26,34,840 vehicles and August the quietest at 24,65,170, an average of 25,55,759 a month. Every one 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 2026-27 ran from July 2026 to September 2026 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 2025-26.

Vehicle registrations by month — Q2 FY 2026-27 vs Q2 FY 2025-26

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

Vehicle sales, month by month — Q2 FY 2026-27

Every completed month of Q2 FY 2026-27, with the matching month of Q2 FY 2025-26 beside it.

Month Q2 FY 2026-27 units Q2 FY 2025-26 units YoY Share of period
July 2026 26,34,840 20,63,503 +27.7% 34.4%
August 2026 24,65,170 20,67,400 +19.2% 32.2%
September 2026 25,67,266 19,31,196 +32.9% 33.5%

Each month links through to its own full report.

Which manufacturer sold the most, Q2 FY 2026-27

Honda 2W (HMSI) led the period with 13,93,637 registrations, up 29.3% on Q2 FY 2025-26. Hero MotoCorp follows on 12,94,445, 99,192 behind — a gap of 1.08x.

The fastest riser in the top 15 was Ather Energy, up 59.2% to 90,641.

Top manufacturers by registrations — Q2 FY 2026-27

Total registrations across every vehicle type each manufacturer sells.

Manufacturer leaderboard — Q2 FY 2026-27

Exact registrations over July 2026 to September 2026, with the change against Q2 FY 2025-26.

# Manufacturer Q2 FY 2026-27 units Share vs Q2 FY 2025-26
1 Honda 2W (HMSI) 13,93,637 18.18% +29.3%
2 Hero MotoCorp 12,94,445 16.88% +25.9%
3 TVS Motor 11,22,238 14.64% +34.5%
4 Bajaj Auto 6,49,362 8.47% +16.8%
5 Maruti Suzuki 5,19,898 6.78% +26.6%
6 Suzuki 2W 3,11,298 4.06% +14.2%
7 Royal Enfield 2,98,788 3.90% +28.7%
8 Mahindra 2,25,022 2.93% +19.2%
9 Yamaha India 1,95,588 2.55% +24.4%
10 Hyundai 1,48,214 1.93% +15.5%
11 Tata Motors (PV) 1,30,268 1.70% +25.8%
12 Tata Motors 1,07,426 1.40% +36.2%
13 Ather Energy 90,641 1.18% +59.2%
14 Toyota Kirloskar 87,281 1.14% +10.5%
15 Kia India 78,275 1.02% +32.4%

What India registered in Q2 FY 2026-27

Two-wheelers dominate every Indian registration total, and Q2 FY 2026-27 is no exception: two-wheelers alone accounted for 69.9% of the 76,67,276 vehicles registered across the period.

Taxis & Cabs grew fastest at +34.7%, and buses slowest at +8.4%.

Market composition — Q2 FY 2026-27

Share of every vehicle registered in the period.

Registrations by segment — Q2 FY 2026-27

Exact segment volumes over July 2026 to September 2026.

Segment Q2 FY 2026-27 units Share vs Q2 FY 2025-26
Two-Wheelers 53,57,383 69.87% +27.7%
Cars & UVs 11,59,782 15.13% +25.2%
Three-Wheelers 3,99,595 5.21% +19.0%
Tractors 2,84,878 3.72% +17.5%
Goods Carriers 2,62,711 3.43% +32.8%
Taxis & Cabs 1,17,865 1.54% +34.7%
Other classes 47,499 0.62% +11.9%
Buses 37,563 0.49% +8.4%

Fuel mix, Q2 FY 2026-27

Battery-electric vehicles were 12.7% of every registration in Q2 FY 2026-27, against 9.6% in Q2 FY 2025-26. That is 9,72,812 electric vehicles across all segments.

Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over July 2026 to September 2026 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.

Registrations by fuel — Q2 FY 2026-27

Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.

Registrations by fuel — Q2 FY 2026-27

Exact fuel volumes over July 2026 to September 2026.

Fuel Q2 FY 2026-27 units Share vs Q2 FY 2025-26 Share move
Petrol 52,87,770 68.97% +21.6% −2.76pp
Electric 9,72,812 12.69% +66.5% +3.05pp
Diesel 8,33,502 10.87% +23.9% −0.23pp
CNG / LPG 4,42,057 5.77% +22.4% −0.19pp
Hybrid 1,13,626 1.48% +43.7% +0.18pp
Other 17,509 0.23% +3.8% −0.05pp

Every Q2 on record

Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, vehicle registrations went from 59,56,495 in Q2 FY 2024-25 to 76,67,276 in Q2 FY 2026-27, up 28.7% over the stretch.

Vehicle registrations by quarter

* window still in progress.

Vehicle sales by quarter
Period Months Units YoY
Q2 FY 2026-27 3 76,67,276 +26.5%
Q2 FY 2025-26 3 60,62,099 +1.8%
Q2 FY 2024-25 3 59,56,495 +3.1%

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

Where the demand was, Q2 FY 2026-27

Uttar Pradesh registered the most vehicles of any state in Q2 FY 2026-27 — 8,74,403, 11.4% of the national total.

The top five states together account for 46.7% of every vehicle registered in the period.

Top states by registrations — Q2 FY 2026-27

All vehicle types, exact for the period.

Top states — Q2 FY 2026-27
# State Units Share vs Q2 FY 2025-26
1 Uttar Pradesh 8,74,403 11.4% +27.1%
2 Maharashtra 8,47,029 11.0% +24.1%
3 Tamil Nadu 6,99,694 9.1% +39.2%
4 Gujarat 6,02,278 7.9% +18.5%
5 Karnataka 5,58,204 7.3% +26.9%
6 Rajasthan 4,17,176 5.4% +25.3%
7 Madhya Pradesh 3,71,196 4.8% +18.7%
8 Bihar 3,30,120 4.3% +41.4%
9 West Bengal 3,27,126 4.3% +26.4%
10 Kerala 3,19,468 4.2% +38.0%
11 Haryana 2,93,486 3.8% +28.4%
12 Telangana 2,89,647 3.8% +22.6%
13 Andhra Pradesh 2,75,053 3.6% +46.8%
14 Delhi 2,32,439 3.0% +22.6%
15 Punjab 2,25,178 2.9% +34.9%

Frequently asked questions

How many vehicles were sold in India in Q2 FY 2026-27?
76,67,276 vehicles were registered in India in Q2 FY 2026-27, according to Vahan registration data covering July 2026 to September 2026. That is +26.5% against the 60,62,099 registered over the same months of Q2 FY 2025-26.
What period does Q2 FY 2026-27 cover?
Q2 FY 2026-27 runs July to September — July 2026 to September 2026, 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 vehicles in Q2 FY 2026-27?
Honda 2W (HMSI) led with 13,93,637 registrations across the period, ahead of Hero MotoCorp on 12,94,445. These are each manufacturer's total across every vehicle type it sells, so they are whole-company registrations.
Which was the strongest month for vehicle sales in Q2 FY 2026-27?
July 2026 at 26,34,840 registrations. The quietest was August 2026 at 24,65,170, and the period averaged 25,55,759 vehicles a month.
Which quarter had the highest vehicle sales?
Of the 3 comparable windows in our record, Q2 FY 2026-27 is the largest at 76,67,276 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.

Vehicle sales, other periods

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Source. Every figure is a vehicle registration, taken daily 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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