New Delhi: With eight out of 10 vehicles, country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) dominates the top selling models list for July 2021.
The company’s WagonR maintained the numero uno position. It was at number three during the first three consecutive months of the calendar year 2021. In April and June, it grabbed the first spot while in May, the model was surprisingly off the list.
Swift hatchback also maintained its second position since April this year. In February and March, the model topped the list.
The carmaker’s Baleno model, which is sold through its premium retail chain Nexa, emerged among the top three bestselling models with 14,729 unit sales in July.
Taking a break from the market leader, the monthly top 10 list saw two models from Hyundai Motor India.
The company’s best-selling SUV Creta has been maintaining its position between the fifth and sixth spot through all the months of 2021. Even in July, it was among the top 5 with 13,000 units sold domestically. However, the month of May being an exception due to localised lockdowns and disruption in production schedules, Hyundai’s Creta grabbed the number one position with 7,527 units.
MoM performance of the 10 top selling PVs in July 2021
| Rank | OEM | Segment | Model | July 2021 Domestic Sales | June 2021 Domestic Sales | % Change |
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | Compact Hatchback | WagonR | 22,863 | 19,447 | 17.4 |
| 2 | Maruti Suzuki | Compact Hatchback | Swift | 18,434 | 17,727 | 3.9 |
| 3 | Maruti Suzuki | Compact Hatchback | Baleno | 14,729 | 14,701 | 0.1 |
| 4 | Maruti Suzuki | Compact UV | Ertiga | 13,434 | 9,920 | 35.5 |
| 5 | Hyundai | Compact UV | Creta | 13,000 | 9,941 | 30.7 |
| 6 | Maruti Suzuki | Mini Hatchback | Alto | 12,867 | 12,513 | 2.8 |
| 7 | Maruti Suzuki | Compact UV | Vitara Brezza | 12,676 | 12,833 | -1.2 |
| 8 | Maruti Suzuki | Compact Sedan | Dzire | 10,470 | 12,639 | -17.1 |
| 9 | Maruti Suzuki | Hard Top Van | Eeco | 10,057 | 9,218 | 9.1 |
| 10 | Hyundai | Compact Hatchback | Grand i10 | 9,379 | 8,787 | 6.7 |
*Tata Motors PV models are not considered as the company shares only the quarterly sales data.With the easing of lockdown restrictions in many regions of the country, July witnessed sustained plant operations marking a gradual sequential recovery in numbers.
At the fourth spot was Maruti’s Ertiga MPV which was at the eighth spot in June, marking a growth of 35% over the past month.
However, MSIL’s Vitara Brezza and Dzire were the only two models which recorded a month-on-month degrowth. The Sub-4m compact SUV occupied the seventh position on the top 10 list while Dzire, which is the only sedan in the list, stayed at the eighth spot.
Moving on, market leader’s Eeco held on to its ninth position, the same as the last month in June.
Hyundai’s second model in the top 10 list, which is also a competition to Maruti Suzuki Swift, was the Grand i10 hatchback at the tenth position, recording a growth of 7% at 9,379 units in July as against 8,787 units in June.
The company’s SUV Venue, which grabbed the fifth position in May with 4,840 units neither made it to the Top 10 best selling units in June, nor in July.
Kia Motor’s Seltos SUV which managed to be in the top 10 list in July last year at the tenth spot with 8,270 units was off the list this year.
Total passenger vehicle sales for July 2021 were recorded at 2,64,442 units, marking a growth of 45% as against 1,82,779 units in July last year when the country was slowly opening up from the nationwide lockdown due to the global pandemic.
In the passenger car segment, Maruti’s WagonR topped the list at 22,836 units, the number 10 position was grabbed by the company’s Ignis model at 3,797 units. Hyundai’s Elite i20 and Aura secured the eighth and ninth position with 6,518 and 3,984 units respectively. Maruti’s S-Presso was at the seventh spot with 6,818 units.
In the Utility Vehicle (UV) segment, Maruti’s Ertiga was the top gainer followed by Hyundai’s Creta and Maruti’s Vitara Brezza. Hyundai Venue and Kia Sonet occupied the fourth and the fifth spot respectively.
In the Vans segment, Eeco clocked 10,057 unit sales in July while Supro recorded 248 units.
Going forward, the PV industry is gearing up for the upcoming festive season and witnessing sequential recovery on a low base of last year. However uncertainties on account of global chip shortage and rising commodity prices exist. Reports suggest that several automakers including market leader Maruti Suzuki cut vehicle production in August, as the shortage of semiconductors remains severe.
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The overall two-wheeler segment fell by 2.14% in July 2021 on a year-on-year basis to 12,53,937 units, compared to 12,81,354 in July 2020.
