August 2022 Car Sales Witnesses Some Drastic Changes

Rank	OEM	Model	August ’22 Sales	August ’21 Sales	YoY Growth
1	Maruti Suzuki	Baleno	18,418	15,646	18%
2	Maruti Suzuki	Wagon R	18,398	9628	91%
3	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	15,193	12,906	18%
4	Tata	Nexon	15,085	10,006	51%
5	Maruti Suzuki	Alto	14,388	13,236	9%
6	Hyundai	Creta	12,577	12,597	0%
7	Tata	Punch	12,006	0	–
8	Maruti Suzuki	Eeco	11,999	10,666	12%
9	Maruti Suzuki	Dzire	11,868	5714	108%
10	Maruti Suzuki	Swift	11,275	12,483	-10%
11	Hyundai	Venue	11,240	8377	34%
12	Maruti Suzuki	Ertiga	9314	6251	49%
13	Hyundai	Grand i10 Nios	9274	8023	16%
14	Kia	Seltos	8652	8619	0%
15	Mahindra	Bolero	8246	3218	156%
16	Kia	Sonet	7838	7752	1%
17	Maruti Suzuki	S-Presso	7774	7225	8%
18	Hyundai	i20	7558	7340	3%
19	Tata	Tiago	7209	5658	27%
20	Mahindra	Scorpio	7056	2606	171%
21	Toyota	Innova Crysta	6036	5755	5%
22	Mahindra	XUV700	6010	–	–
23	Maruti Suzuki	Celerio	5852	53	10942%
24	Maruti Suzuki	Ignis	5746	2053	180%
25	Kia	Carens	5558	–	–

The list has got some changes compared to the previous month

In August 2022 car sales, there are some drastic changes compared to July

In August 2022 car sales, some cars held their position but there were some drastic changes in the top 25 list. Maruti had 11 cars in the list followed by Hyundai and Tata with 4 and 3 cars respectively. Kia and Mahindra also managed 3 cars in the top 25 while there was only one Toyota car in the list.

Maruti Baleno takes the lead in August from Maruti Wagon R with 18,418 units sold and a decent growth of 18 percent compared to the previous year. Maruti Brezza finally made it back in the top 3 with the new generation model overtaking the Tata Nexon at 15,193 units.

While all the cars in the list showed positive year-on-year growth, it was only the Maruti Swift that showed negative 10 percent growth this month compared to the previous year.

Toyota Urban Cruiser Colours — Toyota Urban Cruiser goes missing from top 25 in August

In July, Toyota had two cars in the top 25 list – Innova Crysta and Urban Cruiser. While the Innova Crysta remains intact, the Urban Cruiser is missing from the list. We can expect the Innova Crysta sales to go down in the coming months as they have stopped taking diesel bookings and are only offering petrol variants for now.

Even the Urban Cruiser sales is expected to go down further since Maruti is offering the Brezza in its new generation avatar while Toyota is still selling the first generation rebadged Vitara Brezza.

The Tata Altroz is also missing from the top 25 sales in August while the Tiago has made its comeback in this list.

Things are expected to get spicy in the coming months as Maruti and Toyota are all set to introduce the Grand Vitara and Urban Cruiser Hyryder that compete with Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos. What’ll be the impact? Only time will tell.