Car Sales H2 FY 2025-26: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 26,34,120 Units, Up 20.4% YoY

India's passenger car market registered 26,34,120 cars in H2 FY 2025-26. Volumes rose sharply 20.4% against the 21,88,313 logged over the same 6 months of H2 FY 2024-25.

October was the strongest month of the period at 5,50,240 cars and December the quietest at 3,72,689, an average of 4,39,020 a month. Every one of those 6 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

அக்டோபர் பண்டிகைக் காலத்தின் உச்சம். நவராத்திரியும் தீபாவளியும் பெரும்பாலான ஆண்டுகளில் இதை மிகப் பெரிய பதிவு மாதமாக மாற்றுகின்றன; எனவே ஆண்டுக்கு ஆண்டு ஒப்பீடுகள் பண்டிகைகள் எந்தத் தேதியில் வருகின்றன என்பதைப் பொறுத்து மாறும்.

H2 FY 2025-26 ran from October 2025 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 H2 FY 2024-25.

Cars accounted for 14.7% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 14.8% in H2 FY 2024-25. The whole market ran to 1,79,62,584 vehicles over the same window, up 21.3% year on year.

These are privately registered cars and UVs. Vahan books taxis and cabs as a class of their own, another 2,07,557 in H2 FY 2025-26, and passenger-vehicle figures published elsewhere usually include them. With taxis, the period comes to 28,41,677 passenger vehicles.

Maruti Suzuki led the period with 9,96,036 registrations, up 18.6% on H2 FY 2024-25. Mahindra follows on 3,40,281, 6,55,755 behind — a gap of 2.93x.

The fastest riser in the top 8 was Tata Motors (EV), up 57.1% to 45,828.

Volumes here are registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each is the manufacturer's car volume over H2 FY 2025-26. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.

Set against the rest of the market, cars lagged the national picture over H2 FY 2025-26: +20.4% against +21.3% for every vehicle registered in India.

இந்த அட்டவணை Vahan அறிக்கை அளிக்கும் ஒவ்வொரு பிரிவையும் ஒரே 6 மாதக் காலத்தில் உள்ளடக்குகிறது; அதனால் ஒப்பீடு நேருக்கு நேர் — இரு பக்கமும் ஒரே மாதங்கள், ஒரே மூலம்.

Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers 2026 year to date rather than H2 FY 2025-26 alone — it is exact for that window.

Petrol accounts for 46.1% of car registrations over 2026 year to date, with battery-electric at 6.8%.

Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, car registrations went from 21,88,313 in H2 FY 2024-25 to 26,34,120 in H2 FY 2025-26, up 20.4% over the stretch.

H2 FY 2026-27 is still running — 1 of its 6 months are counted — so it is a part window and is never set against a full one. Its year-on-year figure compares only the months it actually holds.