March 2025 Car Sales – Snapshot

Around 3.85 Lakh passenger cars were sold in the Indian market in March 2025. Sales increased by 4.5% over March last year and by 1.4% compared to February 2025.

March is usually a good month for automobile sales as purchases happen for depreciation purposes by corporates. Also, preponement is evident to avoid the price hikes that is generally scheduled in April. This year's March also had the festivities of Gudi Padwa in the Western part of the country and Ugadi in South India. The sales uptick was visible in Vahan registrations, where the Industry was up by 4.6% vs Mar'24 and 14.1% vs Feb'25.

The OEM rankings also varied heavily in March, and Hyundai regained the second spot from Mahindra! The fight for No.2 remains interesting, and Mahindra, Hyundai & Tata are on each other's toes every month for the same. While Hyundai ranked second in terms of Wholesales, it was fourth in terms of Vahan registrations. It was Tata Motors that ranked second in terms of Vahan. Currently, apart from Telangana, all other states are enrolled in Vahan, and the data is publicly accessible. Vahan divulges the vehicle registration data and gives a perspective of actual end customer purchases.

Škoda India registered dispatches of 7,422 units in March 2025, achieving the highest-ever monthly sales by the brand in India. Notably, Škoda crossed the 7k dispatch figure after 25 years of operations in the Indian market! With a target of 75k–1 Lakh units annually, the Kylaq is poised to triple Škoda’s India volumes, potentially restoring India as its second-largest market after Germany.

• Maruti Suzuki sales registered a flat YoY growth, reaching 1,50,743 units in Mar'25 compared to 1,52,728 units in Mar'24. The OEM also lost 2.3% Market Share.

• Hyundai has been heavily relying on Creta volumes, and was evident in Mar'25 dispatches as well. Hyundai's Creta was the best-selling car of Mar'25 and 35% of Hyundai's volumes last month was contributed by Creta alone!

• Tata Motors sold 51,616 units in the domestic market during the month, registering an increase of 3 percent over Mar '24.

• Mahindra continues its stellar performance and grew 18.3% YoY. It also gained the highest Market Share in Mar'25 vs Mar'24.

• Kia reported over 19% YoY increase in dispatches owing to added Syros numbers.