India September 2026: Record market (+20.9%), Kia, Maruti Suzuki Baleno at record high

The Maruti Suzuki Baleno is the best-selling vehicle in India in September.

The Indian wholesales market continues on its fantastic run so far this year, with September volumes up a whopping 20.9% year-on-year to 457,604 units, a new record for the month keeping in mind September 2025 was already a record at the time. The year-to-date tally is now up 22% or over 716,000 units to a new record 3,957,840 (last year was already a record also). Brand leader Maruti Suzuki (+36.9%) manages to vastly outpace the market to 39.7% share, in line with the 40% it commands year-to-date. Tata (+15.3%), Mahindra (+14%) and Hyundai (+10.9%) both trail the overall growth rate but still manage near-all time high volumes. Kia (+41%) is the best performer near the top and breaks its all time volume record at 32,017, the carmaker’s first time above 30,000 units. Nissan (+99.8%), MG (+19.2%) and Citroen (+22.6%) also shine below whereas Renault (-20.3%), Volkswagen (-20.2%), Jeep (-16%) and Honda (-15.8%) all struggle.

In the models charts, the Maruti Suzuki Baleno (+92.8%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year thanks to its facelift and snaps the pole position for the first time since last December, reaching a new highest volume of 25,392 which eclipses its previous best of 22,108 also reached last December. The Tata Nexon (-9.4%), although down YoY, rallies back up four spots on August to #2, distancing last month’s leader the Tata Punch (+28%). The Maruti Suzuki Fronx (+40.1%) and Wagon R (+22.4%) are also in excellent shape below, whereas the YTD leader, the Maruti Suzuki DZire (-11.4%) is in trouble at #6. Its YTD advantage over #2 Tata Punch is now less than 4,000 units. The Maruti Suzuki Victoris (+207.7%) celebrates one year in market at #12. Notice also the Mahindra Bolero (+253.5%), Kia Seltos (+116.5%) and Maruti Suzuki Alto (+84.5%) all scoring stellar results.

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Previous month: India August 2026: Tata Punch back on top in record market (+34.7%)

One year ago: India September 2025: Tata and Mahindra at all time high in record market (+5.5%)

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