FY 2025 Top 25 Best-Selling Cars & SUVs in India: WagonR Leads, SUVs Surge
The Indian passenger vehicle market in FY 2025 has exhibited frenzied demand momentum, especially in the SUV space. Industry sales statistics disclosed recently showed the top 25 best-selling cars and SUVs accounting for more than 33.18 lakh units, thereby registering 4.87% growth compared to FY 2024.
Once again, topping the chart was the Maruti Suzuki WagonR with 1,98,451 figures, although there was a marginal 0.86% Year-on-Year decline. Close at its heels was the Tata Punch, clocking 1,96,572 units, which further cemented its micro-SUV favorite status after a solid growth of 15.58%.
In the fiscal year, one of the most important winners has been the Hyundai Creta, which managed to achieve a remarkable growth of 19.72% with the sale of 1,94,871 units. The Maruti Ertiga came at number four with a sale of 1,90,972 cars, a gain of appreciable 27.52%, because of good demand for utility family MPVs.
The SUV portfolio of Maruti grew with Fronx, which posted a growth of 23.37% (1,66,216 units), alongside Grand Vitara with a modest growth of 2.29% (1,23,946). The Mahindra Scorpio (including Scorpio-N and Classic) took off well with a 16.53% growth that hit 1,64,842 units.
Major hatchbacks had a terrible year. The Maruti Swift was less than 8.03% at 179,641 and Baleno shrank about 14.54% at 167,161. Tata's Tiago also slid 19%, clearly highlighting the fact that it sold 69,234 units as compact cars became a thing of the past.
Kia Sonet rose to 99,805 units, while the XUV 3X0 (previously known as XUV300) of Mahindra recorded a whopping 81.78% rise, reaching 98,091 units. Thar too was happy news as it received a healthy addition of 30.02% and the new Exter by Hyundai made a stunning debut with 77,412 sales.
Despite a facelift, the Kia Seltos saw a significant 27.69% drop to 72,618 units, showing that not all updates guarantee momentum.
With the growing love for SUVs in India and the gradual shift to value-oriented, spacious vehicles, the sales figures for FY 2025 point to the changing dynamics in the Indian automotive landscape.
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