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.

15/06 update: Now with Top 88 All models ranking.

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 88 All 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
26	Hyundai Exter	6,595	+ 11.8%	23	30,990	+ 8.2%	28	26
27	Maruti Suzuki S-Presso	6,388	+ 253.7%	30	14,229	+ 59.9%	40	48
28	Kia Carens	6,208	+ 37.2%	29	30,054	+ 15.0%	29	24
29	Hyundai Aura	5,077	– 2.8%	31	31,038	+ 25.6%	27	27
30	Hyundai Elite i20	4,749	+ 16.1%	27	27,516	+ 34.7%	30	32
31	Tata Tiago	4,178	– 34.8%	28	32,174	– 11.6%	26	22
32	Maruti Suzuki XL6	3,770	+ 7.5%	34	18,709	+ 9.8%	33	36
33	Mahindra 9S	3,502	new	37	14,149	new	41	–
34	Skoda Kylaq	3,443	– 30.4%	33	19,954	– 2.7%	32	30
35	Toyota Glanza	3,198	– 32.7%	35	16,218	– 20.6%	35	28
36	Maruti Suzuki Celerio	3,018	+ 62.2%	44	9,030	– 23.4%	47	46
37	Hyundai Grand i10	2,920	– 32.8%	32	25,400	+ 7.1%	31	29
38	Tata Altroz	2,915	+ 4.9%	39	13,043	+ 27.3%	43	35
39	Toyota Fortuner	2,905	+ 13.0%	45	15,075	+ 1.2%	36	37
40	Tata Harrier	2,815	+ 214.9%	42	14,993	+ 148.4%	38	41
41	Honda Amaze	2,660	+ 33.1%	38	16,791	+ 16.2%	34	38
42	Toyota Taisor	2,496	– 17.8%	41	13,236	– 11.7%	42	33
43	Toyota Rumion	2,119	+ 10.5%	40	14,242	+ 39.4%	39	50
44	MG Windsor	2,032	– 48.4%	36	15,024	– 11.4%	37	31
45	Mahindra XEV 9e	1,939	– 31.1%	49	9,143	– 14.4%	46	42
46	Renault Triber	1,890	+ 33.9%	46	10,746	+ 45.9%	44	45
47	Tata Curvv	1,680	– 45.2%	53	8,106	– 51.1%	49	40
48	Nissan Magnite	1,665	+ 24.8%	48	10,205	– 0.9%	45	47
49	MG ZS EV	1,562	+ 333.9%	63	4,127	+ 50.4%	63	64
50	Skoda Kushaq	1,310	+ 103.4%	47	5,911	+ 25.0%	53	58
51	Nissan Gravite	1,283	new	52	5,086	new	57	–
52	VW Taigun	1,281	+ 13.8%	50	5,220	– 22.0%	56	52
53	Renault Duster	1,267	new	43	5,028	new	58	–
54	VW Virtus	1,238	– 27.5%	56	8,094	– 9.0%	50	44
55	Honda City	1,227	+ 149.9%	72	3,235	– 12.4%	66	61
56	Honda Elevate	1,224	– 16.2%	57	8,561	+ 5.6%	48	49
57	MG Hector	1,102	+ 0.4%	54	4,787	+ 33.5%	60	62
58	Tata Safari	1,057	– 4.7%	51	8,079	+ 15.8%	51	51
59	Kia Syros	961	– 73.4%	66	2,511	– 89.4%	69	39
60	Mahindra BE 6	902	– 25.2%	55	5,699	+ 30.1%	54	53
61	MG Comet	869	+ 5.6%	65	3,617	+ 119.1%	65	59
62	Skoda Slavia	861	– 8.1%	61	6,198	+ 11.1%	52	55
63	Hyundai Alcazar	814	– 11.7%	60	4,426	– 25.5%	62	54
64	Hyundai Verna	723	– 22.3%	59	4,504	– 24.7%	61	57
65	Renault Kiger	656	+ 19.1%	62	3,971	+ 27.8%	64	60
66	Tata Tigor	531	– 50.7%	58	5,282	– 23.1%	55	56
67	Maruti Suzuki Jimny	516	– 24.3%	64	2,988	+ 55.5%	68	65
68	MG Majestor	424	new	–	424	new	81	–
69	Toyota Hilux	414	+ 28.6%	69	1,664	– 1.1%	71	69
70	Citroen C3	392	+ 256.4%	67	3,155	+ 355.9%	67	66
71	Maruti Suzuki Invicto	301	+ 35.0%	70	1,069	– 35.4%	72	68
72	Renault Kwid	300	– 44.4%	68	2,037	– 30.6%	70	63
73	Toyota Camry	192	– 3.0%	71	997	– 1.8%	73	71
74	Toyota Vellfire	164	+ 465.5%	75	774	+ 85.6%	74	77
75	Skoda Kodiaq	146	– 29.8%	76	611	+ 75.6%	76	74
76	Mahindra XUV 400	129	– 55.1%	81	620	– 57.9%	75	70
77	Jeep Compass	118	– 11.3%	74	601	– 14.8%	77	72
78	Kia Carnival	113	+ 156.8%	73	477	– 50.7%	78	75
79	Toyota Land Cruiser 300	97	n/a	83	293	n/a	85	90
80	Jeep Meridian	88	– 17.0%	79	472	– 20.4%	79	78
81	MG Astor	59	– 29.8%	77	415	– 51.5%	82	73
82	Citroen C3 Aircross	58	– 12.1%	80	441	+ 54.7%	80	79
83	VW Tayron	51	new	78	376	new	83	–
84	VW Tiguan	49	+ 226.7%	85	182	+ 65.5%	86	86
85	Citroen Basalt	43	– 54.7%	82	301	– 16.2%	84	76
86	Jeep Wrangler	33	+ 13.8%	84	151	+ 28.0%	87	87
87	Citroen E C3	32	– 46.7%	87	130	– 69.3%	88	81
88	Hyundai Ioniq 5	10	– 9.1%	86	32	– 59.0%	89	91

Source: Manufacturers

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