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:

PosBrandMay-26%/25Apr2026%/25PosFY251Maruti Suzuki190,33743.2%+ 40.0%1879,78939.9%+ 15.8%112Tata59,09013.4%+ 42.2%2316,83314.4%+ 36.0%233Mahindra  58,02113.2%+ 10.7%3298,15213.5%+ 17.4%324Hyundai47,83710.9%+ 9.1%4266,31712.1%+ 10.1%445Toyota30,5746.9%+ 4.4%5157,2687.1%+ 16.4%556Kia27,5866.3%+ 23.6%6139,1976.3%+ 14.6%667MG6,0481.4%– 4.1%828,3941.3%+ 8.8%988Skoda5,7601.3%– 14.5%732,6741.5%+ 4.8%779Honda5,1111.2%+ 29.4%1028,5871.3%+ 8.9%8910Renault4,1130.9%+ 64.4%921,7821.0%+ 62.5%101111Nissan2,9480.7%+ 117.7%1115,2910.7%+ 46.9%111212Volkswagen2,6190.6%– 8.0%1213,8780.6%– 11.6%121013Citroen5250.1%+ 57.7%134,0410.2%+ 122.4%131314Jeep2390.1%– 13.4%141,2400.1%– 14.5%1414

India May 2026 – models:

PosModelMay-26/25Apr2026/24PosFY251Maruti Suzuki DZire24,546+ 35.7%1108,305+ 34.3%112Maruti Suzuki Fronx20,686+ 52.3%482,306+ 5.2%973Maruti Suzuki Ertiga20,350+ 26.1%392,184+ 18.4%454Tata Punch20,208+ 53.9%298,297+ 32.6%3105Tata Nexon19,100+ 45.8%799,831+ 31.9%236Maruti Suzuki Baleno18,396+ 58.3%684,508+ 16.4%5117Maruti Suzuki Wagon R18,076+ 29.6%583,752– 5.4%748Maruti Suzuki Swift17,519+ 23.9%882,532+ 3.4%869Mahindra Scorpio15,774+ 9.5%1075,278+ 3.3%11810Hyundai Creta15,253+ 2.6%984,241– 0.6%6211Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza13,425– 13.8%1179,028– 0.2%10912Maruti Suzuki Eeco13,240+ 7.4%1361,194+ 7.5%131213Hyundai Venue11,714+ 55.8%1458,188+ 23.4%141414Maruti Suzuki Victoris10,853new1263,877new123415Mahindra Thar10,787+ 3.8%1856,583+ 20.8%151316Kia Seltos10,597+ 74.2%1653,151+ 67.9%172517Toyota Innova + Hycross10,325+ 16.2%1948,269+ 8.1%201518Kia Sonet9,707+ 20.5%1753,004+ 37.2%181819Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara9,366+ 80.2%2436,719– 25.4%251620Mahindra XUV 7X09,338new2246,423new228021Mahindra Bolero8,933– 0.1%2149,342+ 15.5%191722Maruti Suzuki Alto8,887+ 78.8%1553,359+ 32.3%162023Toyota Hyryder8,664+ 14.4%2046,500+ 73.8%212124Mahindra XUV 3X06,717– 15.5%2540,915+ 5.0%231925Tata Sierra6,606new2637,028new2488

Source: Manufacturers