Passenger Vehicle (PV) Sales Q1 FY 2026-27: Maruti Suzuki Leads, 12,67,436 Units, Up 24.7% YoY

India's passenger vehicle market registered 12,67,436 passenger vehicles in Q1 FY 2026-27. Volumes rose sharply 24.7% against the 10,16,701 logged over the same 3 months of Q1 FY 2025-26.

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 Q1 FY 2026-27 that was 11,59,330 cars and UVs and 1,08,106 taxis and cabs; taxis were 8.5% of the total. Against Q1 FY 2025-26, cars and UVs were +24.2% and taxis +30.1%.

April was the strongest month of the period at 4,28,851 passenger vehicles and May the quietest at 4,14,938, an average of 4,22,479 a month. Every one of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

ஏப்ரல் புதிய நிதியாண்டைத் தொடங்குகிறது; பொதுவாக விலை மாற்றங்களும் டீலர் இருப்பில் மறுசீரமைப்பும் நடக்கும்.

Q1 FY 2026-27 ஏப்ரல் 2026 முதல் ஜூன் 2026 வரை நடந்தது; இது முடிந்துவிட்டது. கீழுள்ள அட்டவணையில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும் இறுதியானது; இந்தப் பக்கத்திலுள்ள ஒப்பீடுகள் அனைத்தும் Q1 FY 2025-26-இன் அதே மாதத்துடன் ஒப்பிடப்பட்டவை.

Passenger vehicles accounted for 16.0% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 14.9% in Q1 FY 2025-26. The whole market ran to 79,09,719 vehicles over the same window, up 16.0% year on year.

Maruti Suzuki led the period with 5,04,648 registrations, up 28.8% on Q1 FY 2025-26. Mahindra follows on 1,50,668, 3,53,980 behind — a gap of 3.35x.

The fastest riser in the top 8 was Tata Motors (EV), up 112.0% to 33,282, while Skoda was down 5.4% at 26,902.

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 Q1 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, passenger vehicles outgrew the national picture over Q1 FY 2026-27: +24.7% against +16.0% 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 Q1 FY 2026-27 alone — it is exact for that window.

Petrol accounts for 43.3% of passenger vehicle registrations over 2026 year to date, with battery-electric at 6.6%.

Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, passenger vehicle registrations went from 9,80,386 in Q1 FY 2024-25 to 12,67,436 in Q1 FY 2026-27, up 29.3% over the stretch.