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M&M Closes Gap With Tata in September Vehicle Sales
Car companies in India reported how many vehicles they sold in September.
Maruti Suzuki remained the biggest seller.
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles sold slightly more vehicles than Mahindra & Mahindra.
This means Tata kept the second-place position it gained during the first five months of FY27.
The article reports two different September figures for Maruti Suzuki: 181,838 wholesales and 169,433 registrations.
Tata’s Punch SUV helped its sales grow.
Tata also sold twice as many electric vehicles as M&M.
Electric vehicles made up more than one-quarter of Tata’s sales, but the company said demand was greater than its available supply.
Mahindra & Mahindra’s September wholesales rose 14% year-on-year to 64,092 units.
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles sold 68,810 vehicles wholesale, up 15%, helped by the Punch SUV.
Maruti Suzuki remained India’s largest carmaker, with the article reporting 181,838 wholesales and 169,433 registrations.
M&M lost its FY26 second-place position to Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles during the first five months of FY27.
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles sold 14,706 electric vehicles, compared with M&M’s 7,366 electric SUVs.
- Who
- Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Hyundai Motor India.
- What
- The companies reported September passenger-vehicle and electric-vehicle sales, with Tata remaining ahead of M&M for second place.
- Where
- India.
- When
- September; the ranking comparison also covers FY26 and the first five months of FY27.
- Why
- M&M is seeking to regain the second-largest passenger-vehicle position, while Tata’s EV sales and demand continue to grow.
Key facts
- Maruti Suzuki wholesales
- 181,838 units in September, up 37% year-on-year.
- Maruti Suzuki registrations
- 169,433 units, according to another figure reported in the article.
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles wholesales
- 68,810 units, up 15% year-on-year.
- Mahindra & Mahindra wholesales
- 64,092 units, up 14% year-on-year.
- Hyundai Motor India wholesales
- 57,166 domestic units, up 10.9% year-on-year.
- Tata electric-vehicle sales
- 14,706 EVs in September.
- M&M electric-vehicle sales
- 7,366 electric SUVs in September.
- Tata EV share and capacity
- EVs accounted for over one-fourth of sales; annual EV capacity rose from 8,000 to over 16,000 units.
Quotes
Shailesh Chandra
Managing director and CEO of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles
“We have very swiftly moved to a penetration level of 25% in electric vehicles”
businesstoday.in
Sources
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