India May 2026: Maruti Suzuki breaks volume record again in market up 26%

12 June 2026 at 09:34

The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga breaks its monthly volume record in May.

New locally produced light vehicles in India shoot up by a splendid +26% year-on-year in May to an all-time high 440,808 units. This is the fourth consecutive May record, above the 349,713 of May 2025, 349,057 of May 2024 and 334,499 of May 2023. As a result, for the first time the year-to-date tally crosses the 2 million sales milestone after just 5 months, up 17.8% to 2,203,443.

Maruti Suzuki (+40%) vastly outpaces its “home” market to reach a record 190,337 units, its second straight record month. Tata (+42.2%) is also in outstanding shape at #2, distancing Mahindra (+10.7%), Hyundai (+9.1%) and Toyota (+4.4%). Kia (+23.6%) is more dynamic but stays at #6. Nissan (+117.7%), Renault (+64.4%) and Citroen (+57.7%) also shine below.

Model-wise, the Maruti Suzuki DZire (+35.7%) confirms it is Indian car buyers’ favourite, threepeating at #1 and cementing its YTD lead. The Maruti Suzuki Fronx (+52.3%) jumps to 2nd place vs. #9 so far this year, while the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga (+26.1%) stays at #3 but breaks its volume record at 20,350. The Tata Punch (+53.9%) and Nexon (+45.8%) complete the Top 5.

This post will be updated with the All models ranking when made available to us.

Previous month: India April 2026: Maruti Suzuki hits all time high volume, DZire now #1 year-to-date

One year ago: India May 2025: Maruti Suzuki DZire scores first win in over 5 years

Full May 2026 Top 14 All brands and Top 25 models below.

India May 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	May-26	%	/25	Apr	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Maruti Suzuki	190,337	43.2%	+ 40.0%	1	879,789	39.9%	+ 15.8%	1	1
2	Tata	59,090	13.4%	+ 42.2%	2	316,833	14.4%	+ 36.0%	2	3
3	Mahindra	58,021	13.2%	+ 10.7%	3	298,152	13.5%	+ 17.4%	3	2
4	Hyundai	47,837	10.9%	+ 9.1%	4	266,317	12.1%	+ 10.1%	4	4
5	Toyota	30,574	6.9%	+ 4.4%	5	157,268	7.1%	+ 16.4%	5	5
6	Kia	27,586	6.3%	+ 23.6%	6	139,197	6.3%	+ 14.6%	6	6
7	MG	6,048	1.4%	– 4.1%	8	28,394	1.3%	+ 8.8%	9	8
8	Skoda	5,760	1.3%	– 14.5%	7	32,674	1.5%	+ 4.8%	7	7
9	Honda	5,111	1.2%	+ 29.4%	10	28,587	1.3%	+ 8.9%	8	9
10	Renault	4,113	0.9%	+ 64.4%	9	21,782	1.0%	+ 62.5%	10	11
11	Nissan	2,948	0.7%	+ 117.7%	11	15,291	0.7%	+ 46.9%	11	12
12	Volkswagen	2,619	0.6%	– 8.0%	12	13,878	0.6%	– 11.6%	12	10
13	Citroen	525	0.1%	+ 57.7%	13	4,041	0.2%	+ 122.4%	13	13
14	Jeep	239	0.1%	– 13.4%	14	1,240	0.1%	– 14.5%	14	14

India May 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	May-26	/25	Apr	2026	/24	Pos	FY25
1	Maruti Suzuki DZire	24,546	+ 35.7%	1	108,305	+ 34.3%	1	1
2	Maruti Suzuki Fronx	20,686	+ 52.3%	4	82,306	+ 5.2%	9	7
3	Maruti Suzuki Ertiga	20,350	+ 26.1%	3	92,184	+ 18.4%	4	5
4	Tata Punch	20,208	+ 53.9%	2	98,297	+ 32.6%	3	10
5	Tata Nexon	19,100	+ 45.8%	7	99,831	+ 31.9%	2	3
6	Maruti Suzuki Baleno	18,396	+ 58.3%	6	84,508	+ 16.4%	5	11
7	Maruti Suzuki Wagon R	18,076	+ 29.6%	5	83,752	– 5.4%	7	4
8	Maruti Suzuki Swift	17,519	+ 23.9%	8	82,532	+ 3.4%	8	6
9	Mahindra Scorpio	15,774	+ 9.5%	10	75,278	+ 3.3%	11	8
10	Hyundai Creta	15,253	+ 2.6%	9	84,241	– 0.6%	6	2
11	Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza	13,425	– 13.8%	11	79,028	– 0.2%	10	9
12	Maruti Suzuki Eeco	13,240	+ 7.4%	13	61,194	+ 7.5%	13	12
13	Hyundai Venue	11,714	+ 55.8%	14	58,188	+ 23.4%	14	14
14	Maruti Suzuki Victoris	10,853	new	12	63,877	new	12	34
15	Mahindra Thar	10,787	+ 3.8%	18	56,583	+ 20.8%	15	13
16	Kia Seltos	10,597	+ 74.2%	16	53,151	+ 67.9%	17	25
17	Toyota Innova + Hycross	10,325	+ 16.2%	19	48,269	+ 8.1%	20	15
18	Kia Sonet	9,707	+ 20.5%	17	53,004	+ 37.2%	18	18
19	Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara	9,366	+ 80.2%	24	36,719	– 25.4%	25	16
20	Mahindra XUV 7X0	9,338	new	22	46,423	new	22	80
21	Mahindra Bolero	8,933	– 0.1%	21	49,342	+ 15.5%	19	17
22	Maruti Suzuki Alto	8,887	+ 78.8%	15	53,359	+ 32.3%	16	20
23	Toyota Hyryder	8,664	+ 14.4%	20	46,500	+ 73.8%	21	21
24	Mahindra XUV 3X0	6,717	– 15.5%	25	40,915	+ 5.0%	23	19
25	Tata Sierra	6,606	new	26	37,028	new	24	88

Source: Manufacturers

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