The Indian automobile market witnessed a sharp rise in sales in the month of May 2024, with a number of models registering a notable year-on-year growth. In the top 10, the Maruti Suzuki models clearly stayed as Dominant lines. Surprisingly though, the Tata Nexon did not make it to the list for a second month in a row with just 11,457 units sold in May 2024. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the top 10 cars May 2024:
Top 10 Cars May 2024 – Year-on-Year Comparison
Leading the chart was the newly launched Maruti Swift with 19,393 units, registering a slight increase of 11.80% as against May 2023. The recently launched electric trim of Tata Punch was the second highest-selling car for December 2021 with a total sale of 18849 units Radical -70.34 % YoY. Maruti Dzire saw a growth of 41.94% as well.
Despite the slowdown, Hyundai Creta also could sell in the same fashion with 14,662 units registering a mere 1.47% growth. The other model is the Maruti WagonR, which at 14,492 units (-1.35% YoY) still sold more than the Segment-A best-seller in October 2020. Maruti Brezza grew by 5.88% whereas Maruti Ertiga’s sales surged by 31.96 %.
Next was the Mahindra Scorpio with a decent bump of 47.21 percent. Baleno on the other hand saw a decline of a notable 31.45% in sales. At the end of the day, the Maruti Fronx fared a 28.57% increase in sales. The sales across the top 10 cars in May 2024 amounted to 150,876 units, which is an increase of 14.01% over the same period last year.
Top 10 Cars May 2024 – Month-on-Month Comparison
The Swift selling 19,393 units in May 2024 against just 4,094 units in April 2024 as the old Swift was discontinued, is an exception. Tata Punch/EV retained the third spot but saw a marginal dip of 1.09% compared to April. Hyundai Creta on the other hand fell by 5.08% in sales while Dzire sales grew by 1.49% The sales dropped by 18.81% for Maruti WagonR, followed by the sales declined by 17.10% in case of Maruti Brezza.
Secondly, Maruti Ertiga observed a marginal 2.58 per cent growth and it must be mentioned that Mahindra Scorpio saw a drop in sales by 7.36 per cent. Maruti Baleno, Maruti Fronx both slid 8.59% and 11.23%, correspondingly. In total, 150,876 units for the top 10 cars sold in May 2024, +3.22% compared to April 2024’s sales!
