India March 2026: Maruti Suzuki DZire #1, Nissan Gravite and Renault Duster launch

13 April 2026 at 14:14

The Nissan Gravite has landed in the Indian market.

Indian new car wholesales surge 16% year-on-year in March to 447,702 units, smashing the previous March record of 385,842 established just last year. It’s the 6th consecutive year the March record is broken. The Q1 volume is up 13.1% to 1,320,914, here too a new record. Maruti Suzuki (+10.3%) trails the market but still posts a tremendous 37.1% market share. Tata (+28.2%) and Mahindra (+25.4%) power ahead and close out the podium. Hyundai (+6.3%) follows ahead of Toyota (+23.9%) and Kia (+14.1%), the latter lodging its 2nd best ever monthly volume at 29,112. Below, Renault (+77.3%) and Nissan (+76.4%) impress albeit at low volumes.

Model-wise, the Maruti Suzuki DZire (+37.3%) reclaims the top spot for the first time since last July but stays #2 year-to-date below the Tata Nexon (+21%), down to #3 for the month. The Tata Punch (+18.4%) also beats the market in 2nd place. The Maruti Suzuki Baleno (+32.7%) is the only additional Top 10 model to outpace the general YoY growth rate. the Toyota Hyryder (+93.1%), Kia Seltos (+69.2%) and Sonet (+55.9%) also shine below. We have two new launches this month: the Nissan Gravite landing at #43 and the Renault Duster at #53.

Previous month: India February 2026: Record market (+10.5%), Tata up 34.2%, Nexon best-seller

One year ago: India March 2025: Hyundai Creta #1, new Kylaq pushes Skoda to record high

Full March 2026 Top 14 All brands and Top 88 All models below.

India March 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Maruti Suzuki	166,219	37.1%	+ 10.3%	1	501,748	38.0%	+ 3.4%	1	1
2	Tata	66,192	14.8%	+ 28.2%	2	198,743	15.0%	+ 36.0%	2	3
3	Mahindra	60,272	13.5%	+ 25.4%	3	183,800	13.9%	+ 23.3%	3	2
4	Hyundai	55,064	12.3%	+ 6.3%	4	166,578	12.6%	+ 8.5%	4	4
5	Toyota	35,168	7.9%	+ 23.9%	5	96,535	7.3%	+ 19.2%	5	5
6	Kia	29,112	6.5%	+ 14.1%	6	84,325	6.4%	+ 11.6%	6	6
7	Skoda	7,928	1.8%	+ 6.8%	7	20,028	1.5%	+ 16.9%	7	7
8	Honda	7,585	1.7%	+ 4.9%	8	19,407	1.5%	+ 2.4%	8	9
9	MG	6,528	1.5%	+ 18.7%	9	16,328	1.2%	+ 17.0%	9	8
10	Renault	5,046	1.1%	+ 77.3%	10	12,256	0.9%	+ 47.6%	10	11
11	Nissan	4,408	1.0%	+ 76.4%	12	9,140	0.7%	+ 26.4%	12	12
12	Volkswagen	3,082	0.7%	– 12.9%	11	8,431	0.6%	– 15.6%	11	10
13	Citroen	815	0.2%	+ 100.2%	13	2,833	0.2%	+ 147.4%	13	13
14	Jeep	283	0.1%	– 3.7%	14	762	0.1%	– 15.1%	14	14

India March 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Mar-26	/25	Feb	2026	/24	Pos	FY25
1	Maruti Suzuki DZire	21,224	+ 37.3%	2	60,179	+ 32.2%	2	1
2	Tata Punch	20,977	+ 18.4%	3	58,982	+ 21.6%	3	10
3	Tata Nexon	19,810	+ 21.0%	1	62,605	+ 32.9%	1	3
4	Hyundai Creta	17,838	– 1.2%	4	53,697	+ 1.5%	4	2
5	Maruti Suzuki Ertiga	17,072	+ 1.6%	6	52,771	+ 14.9%	5	5
6	Maruti Suzuki Wagon R	17,025	– 0.9%	7	47,028	– 23.1%	9	4
7	Maruti Suzuki Baleno	16,392	+ 32.7%	10	47,806	+ 0.0%	7	11
8	Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza	16,130	– 2.5%	5	51,479	+ 10.3%	6	9
9	Maruti Suzuki Fronx	15,540	+ 13.7%	11	42,791	– 15.0%	11	7
10	Mahindra Scorpio	14,578	+ 4.8%	9	44,785	+ 4.2%	10	8
11	Maruti Suzuki Swift	14,545	– 18.0%	8	47,184	– 7.7%	8	6
12	Kia Sonet	12,012	+ 55.9%	19	32,760	+ 45.6%	17	18
13	Maruti Suzuki Alto	11,515	+ 16.7%	18	33,616	+ 13.0%	16	20
14	Maruti Suzuki Eeco	11,333	+ 8.9%	13	34,867	+ 5.2%	14	12
15	Hyundai Venue	11,147	+ 6.8%	15	34,054	+ 7.5%	15	14
16	Maruti Suzuki Victoris	11,062	new	12	39,323	new	12	34
17	Kia Seltos	11,041	+ 69.2%	16	31,988	+ 64.5%	18	25
18	Mahindra Thar	10,872	+ 21.7%	14	35,337	+ 37.3%	13	13
19	Toyota Hyryder	10,206	+ 93.1%	20	28,721	+ 97.5%	20	21
20	Toyota Innova + Hycross	10,156	+ 3.0%	22	28,314	+ 0.8%	22	15
21	Mahindra Bolero	9,788	+ 21.9%	17	31,492	+ 24.0%	19	17
22	Mahindra XUV 7X0	9,210	new	21	28,455	new	21	80
23	Mahindra XUV 3X0	9,199	+ 30.4%	23	26,681	+ 14.2%	23	19
24	Tata Sierra	9,003	new	24	23,106	new	24	88
25	Tata Tiago	7,119	– 10.4%	25	22,508	+ 3.7%	25	22
26	Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara	6,746	– 35.2%	28	19,635	– 46.7%	27	16
27	Hyundai Aura (Xcent)	6,663	+ 31.3%	27	21,374	+ 40.1%	26	27
28	Hyundai Exter	6,478	+ 9.8%	32	16,299	– 5.9%	31	26
29	Kia Carens	5,933	+ 7.6%	26	18,381	+ 12.4%	28	24
30	Hyundai Elite i20	5,614	+ 26.1%	29	17,143	+ 33.7%	30	32
31	Hyundai Grand i10	5,032	+ 0.8%	30	18,331	+ 20.3%	29	29
32	Skoda Kylaq	4,670	– 12.3%	31	12,422	+ 21.7%	32	30
33	MG Windsor	4,530	+ 24.4%	41	9,696	+ 3.7%	36	31
34	Honda Amaze	4,313	+ 20.4%	35	11,275	+ 8.0%	34	38
35	Maruti Suzuki XL6	3,959	+ 27.5%	33	11,412	+ 21.6%	33	36
36	Toyota Rumion	3,892	+ 117.1%	40	9,538	+ 63.4%	39	50
37	Toyota Fortuner	3,795	+ 11.9%	38	9,917	+ 5.3%	35	37
38	Toyota Glanza	3,470	– 0.9%	36	9,660	– 16.4%	37	28
39	Mahindra 9S	3,254	new	34	7,405	new	42	–
40	Tata Harrier	2,826	+ 123.4%	37	9,633	+ 133.3%	38	41
41	Toyota Taisor	2,815	– 18.8%	39	8,190	– 14.2%	40	33
42	Honda Elevate	2,467	– 0.3%	51	6,301	+ 10.3%	45	49
43	Nissan Gravite	2,375	new	–	2,375	new	62	–
44	Tata Altroz	2,344	+ 41.4%	44	7,542	+ 42.4%	41	35
45	Skoda Kushaq	2,307	+ 157.2%	85	2,750	– 16.7%	57	58
46	Nissan Magnite	2,033	– 18.2%	43	6,765	– 6.3%	44	47
47	Renault Triber	2,011	+ 29.6%	42	6,939	+ 52.4%	43	45
48	VW Virtus	2,009	+ 3.2%	47	5,694	+ 2.1%	46	44
49	Mahindra XEV 9e	1,759	– 15.4%	45	5,593	+ 3.2%	47	42
50	Tata Curvv	1,602	– 57.7%	48	5,023	– 51.5%	49	40
51	Tata Safari	1,530	+ 8.1%	50	5,555	+ 22.8%	48	51
52	Mahindra BE 6	1,495	+ 60.1%	54	3,627	+ 38.2%	54	53
53	Renault Duster	1,402	new	–	1,402	new	68	–
54	Hyundai Verna	1,399	+ 2.6%	61	2,916	– 28.0%	55	57
55	Maruti Suzuki Celerio	1,353	– 40.3%	56	3,716	– 56.0%	53	46
56	Maruti Suzuki Ignis	1,250	– 34.2%	46	5,000	– 38.1%	50	43
57	Renault Kiger	1,184	+ 55.4%	58	2,588	+ 32.7%	59	60
58	Tata Tigor	981	– 33.1%	52	3,789	– 15.8%	52	56
59	VW Taigun	908	– 42.9%	60	2,396	– 45.7%	60	52
60	Hyundai Alcazar	893	– 37.6%	55	2,762	– 31.0%	56	54
61	Skoda Slavia	887	– 25.1%	49	4,507	+ 25.3%	51	55
62	MG Hector	850	+ 55.4%	53	2,388	+ 58.0%	61	62
63	Honda City	805	– 31.2%	64	1,831	– 34.6%	66	61
64	MG Comet	682	+ 294.2%	59	2,147	+ 237.0%	64	59
65	Maruti Suzuki Jimny	656	+ 151.3%	63	1,779	+ 119.9%	67	65
66	Citroen C3	648	+ 440.0%	57	2,232	+ 372.9%	63	66
67	Renault Kwid	449	– 15.6%	66	1,327	– 26.2%	69	63
68	MG ZS EV	411	– 52.0%	67	1,848	+ 21.6%	65	64
69	Toyota Hilux	308	– 41.7%	68	946	– 6.8%	71	69
70	Maruti Suzuki S-Presso	226	– 87.4%	65	2,631	– 58.7%	58	48
71	Toyota Vellfire	224	– 35.3%	72	492	+ 33.7%	74	77
72	Toyota Camry	219	+ 7.9%	69	606	– 0.5%	72	71
73	Maruti Suzuki Invicto	191	– 35.0%	73	531	– 56.8%	73	68
74	Jeep Compass	159	+ 12.0%	78	361	– 17.0%	76	72
75	VW Tayron	120	new	75	238	new	81	–
76	Mahindra XUV 400	117	– 50.8%	70	425	– 49.9%	75	70
77	Jeep Meridian	98	– 12.5%	74	303	– 20.7%	79	78
78	Toyota Land Cruiser 300	83	– 38.0%	81	151	n/a	84	90
79	Citroen C3 Aircross	76	+ 10.1%	77	306	+ 39.7%	78	79
80	Kia Carnival	67	– 70.9%	79	200	– 73.8%	82	75
81	Skoda Kodiaq	64	+ 392.3%	71	349	+ 957.6%	77	74
82	Kia Syros	59	– 98.8%	62	996	– 93.8%	70	39
83	MG Astor	55	– 70.1%	76	249	– 61.0%	80	73
84	Citroen Basalt	53	– 47.0%	80	196	– 1.0%	83	76
85	VW Tiguan	42	+ 4100.0%	83	99	+ 2375.0%	85	86
86	Citroen E C3	38	– 67.8%	84	85	– 66.7%	86	81
87	Jeep Wrangler	26	– 18.8%	82	82	+ 36.7%	87	87
88	VW Golf	3	new	88	4	new	90	89

Source: Manufacturers

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