Car Sales Q2 FY 2026-27: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 11,65,836 Units, Up 26% YoY

India's passenger car market registered 11,65,836 cars in Q2 FY 2026-27. Volumes climbed sharply 25.9% against the 9,26,077 logged over the same 3 months of Q2 FY 2025-26.

September was the strongest month of the period at 4,01,022 cars and August the quietest at 3,76,422, an average of 3,88,612 a month. Every one of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

September is the quiet month before the festive peak — buyers routinely defer registrations into the auspicious October window.

Q2 FY 2026-27 ஜூலை 2026 முதல் செப்டம்பர் 2026 வரை நடந்தது; இது முடிந்துவிட்டது. கீழுள்ள அட்டவணையில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும் இறுதியானது; இந்தப் பக்கத்திலுள்ள ஒப்பீடுகள் அனைத்தும் Q2 FY 2025-26-இன் அதே மாதத்துடன் ஒப்பிடப்பட்டவை.

Cars accounted for 15.2% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 15.3% in Q2 FY 2025-26. The whole market ran to 76,78,870 vehicles over the same window, up 26.7% year on year.

These are privately registered cars and UVs. Vahan books taxis and cabs as a class of their own, another 1,17,992 in Q2 FY 2026-27, and passenger-vehicle figures published elsewhere usually include them. With taxis, the period comes to 12,83,828 passenger vehicles.

Maruti Suzuki led the period with 4,34,353 registrations, up 27.7% on Q2 FY 2025-26. Mahindra follows on 1,43,875, 2,90,478 behind — a gap of 3.02x.

The fastest riser in the top 8 was Tata Motors (EV), up 104.3% to 42,702.

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 Q2 FY 2026-27. 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 Q2 FY 2026-27: +25.9% against +26.7% for every vehicle registered in India.

இந்த அட்டவணை Vahan அறிக்கை அளிக்கும் ஒவ்வொரு பிரிவையும் ஒரே 3 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 Q2 FY 2026-27 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 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, car registrations went from 8,84,786 in Q2 FY 2024-25 to 11,65,836 in Q2 FY 2026-27, up 31.8% over the stretch.