April 2023 Cars Sales Analysis - B2-Segment SUV YoY, MoM Change, 6-Month Trend | V3Cars

15 May 2023
By Prathu Sharma
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In this April 2023 car sales analysis article, we’ll look at the YoY and MoM change in sales figures of all B2-segment SUVs in India. We’ll also include our observations based on the sales data and possible reasons behind a massive increase or drop in sales, where applicable. Lastly, the table with monthly sales of all B2-segment SUVs for the last 6 months will give you an idea about the 6-month sales trend.

B2-Segment SUV April 2023 Cars Sales Analysis

B2-Segment SUV April 2023 Car Sales - YoY Change

Among B2-segment SUVs, Nexon was the top-selling car with over 15,000 units sold in April 2023 compared to 13,500 in April 2022, which is a YoY growth of 11.37%.
Kia Sonet emerged as the top gainer in the category with a YoY growth of 80.31%. About 9,750 units of the Bolero were sold by Mahindra in April 2023 compared to 5,400 units in April of 2022.
Mahindra Thar was the second top gainer in the category, with a 68% YoY growth in April comparison.
Renault Kiger was the only loser in April 2023 YoY comparison, with a decline of over 55% compared to April 2022.
Honda have discontinued the WR-V.
Toyota have discontinued the Urban Cruiser.
Three new cars were introduced in the category - the C3 and eC3 by Citroen and XUV400 by Mahindra.

B2-SEGMENT SUV APRIL 2023 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Apr 2023	Apr 2022	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Tata	Nexon	15,002	13,471	1,531	11.37%
2	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	11,836	11,764	72	0.61%
3	Hyundai	Venue	10,342	8,392	1,950	23.24%
4	Kia	Sonet	9,744	5,404	4,340	80.31%
5	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	9,054	7,686	1,368	17.8%
6	Maruti Suzuki	Fronx	8,784	-	8,784	-	-
7	Mahindra	Thar	5,302	3,152	2,150	68.21%
8	Mahindra	XUV300	5,062	3,909	1,153	29.5%
9	Nissan	Magnite	2,617	1,966	651	33.11%	-
10	Renault	Kiger	1,162	2,618	-1,456	-55.61%
11	Mahindra	XUV400	902	-	902	-	-
12	Citroen	C3	741	-	741	-	-
13	Citroen	EC3	252	-	252	-	-
14	Honda	WR-V	-	635	-635	-100%	-
15	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	-	3,524	-3,524	-100%	-

B2-Segment SUV April 2023 Car Sales - MoM Change

The Brezza and Nexon were the only cars in the category with 5-figure sales numbers in February, and were joined by the Venue in the month of March, which still continues.
Although the Brezza is still the second best selling car in the category, it saw a massive decline in MoM sales comparison. It was the top losing car in the category’s mass-market cars with a decline of 27.06%.
Brezza was followed by Renault Kiger with a 26% MoM decline.
The Kia Sonet was the top gainer in the category, with a 12.3% MoM growth in monthly dispatches in April 2023.
The Sonet was followed by Venue, with a 3.17% MoM growth in April 2023.

B2-SEGMENT SUV APRIL 2023 CAR SALES MOM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Apr 2023	Mar 2023	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Tata	Nexon	15,002	14,769	233	1.58%
2	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	11,836	16,227	-4,391	-27.06%
3	Hyundai	Venue	10,342	10,024	318	3.17%
4	Kia	Sonet	9,744	8,677	1,067	12.3%
5	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	9,054	9,546	-492	-5.15%
6	Maruti Suzuki	Fronx	8,784	-	8,784	-	-
7	Mahindra	Thar	5,302	5,008	294	5.87%
8	Mahindra	XUV300	5,062	5,128	-66	-1.29%
9	Nissan	Magnite	2,617	3,260	-643	-19.72%
10	Renault	Kiger	1,162	1,568	-406	-25.89%
11	Mahindra	XUV400	902	1,909	-1,007	-52.75%
12	Citroen	C3	741	1,075	-334	-31.07%
13	Citroen	EC3	252	888	0	-	-
14	Honda	WR-V	-	3	-3	-100%	-

B2-Segment SUV — 6-Month Sales Trend (Nov 2022 - Apr 2023)

B2-SEGMENT SUV 6 MONTH SALES TREND NOV 2022 - APR 2023
Brand	Model	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	6 Month Avg
Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	7,984	7,311	8,574	9,782	9,546	9,054	8,709
Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	11,324	11,200	14,359	15,787	16,227	11,836	13,456
Citroen	C3	804	913	788	111	1,075	741	739
Citroen	EC3	-	-	-	213	888	252	451
Maruti Suzuki	Fronx	-	-	-	-	-	8,784	8,784
Renault	Kiger	2,278	2,096	1,153	1,802	1,568	1,162	1,677
Nissan	Magnite	2,397	2,020	2,803	2,184	3,260	2,617	2,547
Tata	Nexon	15,871	12,053	15,567	13,914	14,769	15,002	14,529
Kia	Sonet	7,834	5,772	9,261	9,836	8,677	9,744	8,521
Mahindra	Thar	3,987	3,374	4,410	5,004	5,008	5,302	4,514
Hyundai	Venue	10,738	8,285	10,738	9,997	10,024	10,342	10,021
Honda	WR-V	430	359	183	0	3	0	163
Mahindra	XUV300	5,903	4,850	5,390	3,809	5,128	5,062	5,024
Mahindra	XUV400	-	-	-	-	1,909	902	1,406

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Prathu Sharma

Engineer by upbringing, artist by passion, motorhead because, why not! Likes to know about everything related to technology, switches between american muscle and german innovation depending on the day. Wants to own 69' Mustang Mach 1 and to drive BMW M3 87'someday.