[volkman10]

Maruti Suzuki breaks records in FY25.

- Maruti Suzuki accelerated to historic milestones, reporting its strongest-ever sales figures across domestic and international markets.

-Maruti Suzuki has announced its highest total sales in its history with 22,34,266 units.

- - Maruti Suzuki stepped on the accelerator and posted its best domestic and export market numbers, 17,95,259 and 332,585 units respectively.

- Maruti Suzuki is that the WagonR retained its title for the best-selling vehicle for the fourth consecutive time since 2022.

- The popular hatchback displaced Tata Punch from the top spot, despite the compact SUV’s dominance as the calendar year’s best-seller.




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[yedukrishnan199]

The Wagon-R is a unique mix of affordability, space, fuel efficiency and reliability in the market with two engines as well (a 1.0L 3-Cylinder and 1.2 4-cylinder). It provides most of what an average customer would want out of their car at a relatively affordable price point, and that has led to it being the best seller in the market for such a long time.

[volkman10]

Both Tata Punch and Maruti Suzuki Wagon R demonstrated strong performances in FY25, but Wagon R ultimately emerged as the winner in total annual sales. While Punch dominated the early months, Wagon R’s late-year momentum, particularly in January and February 2025, solidified its lead.



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[volkman10]

Sheer dominance by Maruti Suzuki, bagging 7 of the top 10 cars sold in FY25.

- Maruti had seven models among the 10 largest-selling cars in India in FY25, while Hyundai, Tata and Mahindra had one each.




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[Jagann13]

Originally Posted by volkman10

Sheer dominance by Maruti Suzuki, bagging 7 of the top 10 cars sold in FY25.

- Maruti had seven models among the 10 largest-selling cars in India in FY25, while Hyundai, Tata and Mahindra had one each.

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The achievement is commendable although I guess, a good chunk of that volume would have come from the Wagon-R taxis that I'm seeing a lot recently.

Indian car scene has come a long way as we can see a high margin cash cow, Scorpio(Classic and N combined) in the 10th place. Great for Hyundai as well to keep the Creta brand on a roll, even after a decade. Kudos to Tata as well to have sold almost as many Creta(s) and Wagon-R(s).

[mrnorcal]

Similar to the numbers assembled for each type of car sold in a given month, year - there should be base estimate of the on road taxes govt would have collected. This accumulated number should give hint as how much money govt is getting for laying roads and infrastructure. After collecting road tax during the sale of the vehicles, the roadway authorities are collecting road usage tax in the form of tolls. Based on these numbers, there should be strong reasoning to eliminate additional tolls for using the roads on which tax is already collected.

[CrAzY dRiVeR]

Originally Posted by volkman10

Sheer dominance by Maruti Suzuki, bagging 7 of the top 10 cars sold in FY25.

FY25 statistic is showcased primarily because Maruti WagonR lost out to the TATA Punch for calender year sales in 2024. I don't remember them tracking FY sales earlier, it used to be calender yearly and quarterly sales.

Maruti seems to have dispatched ~2000 units more than the TATA to claim back this statistic.

[Bismaya]

This was a highly competitive and engaging contest. While the Punch does not offer any distinct advantages in terms of pricing or reliability, it effectively delivers on the key attributes that appeal to the average Indian buyer, particularly in terms of safety features. It would be intriguing to see how a 5-star BNCAP/GNCAP-rated WagonR would perform in catapaulting the same, as this rating has undoubtedly enhanced the desirability of its Maruti sibling.

[It's Magic]

Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

I don't remember them tracking FY sales earlier, it used to be calender yearly and quarterly sales.

I agree, this is the first time I am hearing multiple news reports about the top selling car according to the financial year. What's next? Tracking sales according to the academic year?

Companies have always used the calendar year to track sales. Even Car of the Year (COTY) and other automotive awards consider the calendar year as the time period.

[Carma2017]

Originally Posted by It's Magic

I agree, this is the first time I am hearing multiple news reports about the top selling car according to the financial year. What's next? Tracking sales according to the academic year?

Companies have always used the calendar year to track sales. Even Car of the Year (COTY) and other automotive awards consider the calendar year as the time period.

Suzuki India has always reported FY sales since I can remember. They may also be reporting CY sales figures as well. Considering that most businesses in India run on FY basis, it is but logical to declare figures on FY basis. Of course, one may agree or disagree but I see no harm if any OEM wants to show off sales or features or anything else for that matter. Reading much into the intentions is a fruitless exercise.

It is a fact that Wagon-R sells well even today in the era of SUVs and the likes. It doesn't matter if it is 1 or 2. The very fact that a demand exists in today's skewed market is remarkable.

[theAutomaniac]

Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

FY25 statistic is showcased primarily because Maruti WagonR lost out to the TATA Punch for calender year sales in 2024. I don't remember them tracking FY sales earlier, it used to be calender yearly and quarterly sales.

Maruti seems to have dispatched ~2000 units more than the TATA to claim back this statistic.

FY2023-24 , FY2022-23 , FY2021-22 , FY2020-21 , FY2019-20 & FY2018-19
Clearly, Financial Year sales were always being tracked by the industry's bigger names. I think Team-BHP is a big name in itself and we shouldn't let the forum be known to be not up-to-date with trends.

P.S.- Even Maruti has always released Financial Year sales data. Here's FY2023-24. If you go on this link, Maruti has not just released financial year sales numbers for almost past two decades, but also made a separate column where those can be viewed. Clearly, Maruti has been tracking FY sales. Also why do you believe Maruti will dispatch extra WagonRs just to outperform Tata's one car when 7 in the top-10 list are MS with 40%+ hold on whole market?

Originally Posted by Carma2017

Suzuki India has always reported FY sales since I can remember. They may also be reporting CY sales figures as well. Considering that most businesses in India run on FY basis, it is but logical to declare figures on FY basis. Of course, one may agree or disagree but I see no harm if any OEM wants to show off sales or features or anything else for that matter. Reading much into the intentions is a fruitless exercise.

Exactly! It is not right to call out basic activities by a manufacturer as PR moves. Not every brand needs to live on PR tactics!

It is a fact that Wagon-R sells well even today in the era of SUVs and the likes. It doesn't matter if it is 1 or 2. The very fact that a demand exists in today's skewed market is remarkable.

Exactly! In this competition we have a SUV-masquerade hatchback with multiple powertrains, trendy features like sunroofs, and a very hardworking marketing team losing out to a 8-year old tallboy hatchback that looks bland, feels bland, and has a sleeping marketing team! Guess we know who the real winner in ground-level market is.

[CrAzY dRiVeR]

Originally Posted by theAutomaniac

Exactly! It is not right to call out basic activities by a manufacturer as PR moves. Not every brand needs to live on PR tactics!

Every brand reports sales for FY of course. Unfortunately Maruti has only shown otherwise regarding it needing PR tactics.

The reference above was regarding this PR broadcast. This was a PR broadcast for the WagonR, not a sales report like you attached for the previous years. And you will not find this precedent last April, or earlier years.

You are free to cross check: https://www.marutisuzuki.com/corpora...press-releases

[vikas8890]

Originally Posted by theAutomaniac

FY2023-24 , FY2022-23 , FY2021-22 , FY2020-21 , FY2019-20 & FY2018-19
Clearly, Financial Year sales were always being tracked by the industry's bigger names. I think Team-BHP is a big name in itself and we shouldn't let the forum be known to be not up-to-date with trends.

P.S.- Even Maruti has always released Financial Year sales data. Here's FY2023-24. If you go on this link, Maruti has not just released financial year sales numbers for almost past two decades, but also made a separate column where those can be viewed. Clearly, Maruti has been tracking FY sales. Also why do you believe Maruti will dispatch extra WagonRs just to outperform Tata's one car when 7 in the top-10 list are MS with 40%+ hold on whole market?

To claim the top seller spot. Maruti Suzuki has dominated the Indian car market since inception. A Maruti product has been topped the sales chart every year(both FY and CY). Now the Tata Punch dethroned Maruti from the top spot in CY 2024. Is this not a reason enough for Maruti to take steps to reclaim the top spot?

Just have a look at the sales figures. Maruti shipped 24078 WagonR in Jan 2025 and 19879 in Feb 2025.https://www.autocarindia.com/industr...ve-year-435002 For the rest of the FY it was below 18000. Doesn't it look out of ordinary. It seems like Maruti took steps to reclaim the top seller spot. Their PR regarding the top seller as shared by Crazy Driver adds to that. IMHO.