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

22 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 SUVs in India. We’ll also share 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 SUVs for the last 6 months will give you an idea about their 6-month sales trend.

SUV Segment April 2023 Car Sales - YoY Change

Among the SUVs, the Tata Nexon and Hyundai Creta were the top 2 sellers in April, with 15,000 and 14,186 units sold, respectively.
Amongst the mass-market cars in the category, Scorpio-N and Scorpio Classic pair was the top gainer with 254% YoY gains in April comparison analysis. Hector and Hector Plus pair was the second best gainer in YoY comparison in April with 114% gains.
4 SUVs made it into the 5-figure club in April - Nexon, Creta, Brezza and Punch.
Among the notable top losers were Renault Kiger and Volkswagen Taigun with 55.61% and 42.23% YoY drop in sales respectively.
Honda WR-V, Maruti Suzuki S-Cross, Nissan Kicks, Toyota Urban Cruiser and Mahindra Alturas G4 were discontinued over the past year.

SUV APRIL 2023 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Apr 2023	Apr 2022	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Tata	Nexon	B2	15,002	13,471	1,531	11.37%
2	Hyundai	Creta	C1	14,186	12,651	1,535	12.13%
3	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	11,836	11,764	72	0.61%
4	Tata	Punch	B1	10,934	10,132	802	7.92%
5	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,342	8,392	1,950	23.24%
6	Kia	Sonet	B2	9,744	5,404	4,340	80.31%
7	Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	D1	9,617	2,712	6,905	254.61%
8	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	B2	9,054	7,686	1,368	17.80%
9	Maruti Suzuki	Fronx	B2	8,784	-	8,784	-	-
10	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	C1	7,742	-	7,742	-	-
11	Kia	Seltos	C1	7,213	7,506	-293	-3.90%
12	Mahindra	Thar	B2	5,302	3,152	2,150	68.21%
13	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	5,062	3,909	1,153	29.50%
14	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	4,757	4,494	263	5.85%
15	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	3,103	1,448	1,655	114.30%
16	Tata	Harrier	C2	2,783	2,785	-2	-0.07%
17	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,617	1,966	651	33.11%
18	Toyota	Hyryder	C1	2,616	-	2,616	-	-
19	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,578	2,022	556	27.50%
20	Skoda	Kushaq	C1	2,162	2,413	-251	-10.40%
21	Hyundai	Alcazar	C2	2,037	2,422	-385	-15.90%
22	Tata	Safari	D1	2,029	2,071	-42	-2.03%
23	Volkswagen	Taigun	C1	1,520	2,631	-1,111	-42.23%
24	Renault	Kiger	B2	1,162	2,618	-1,456	-55.61%
25	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	902	-	902	-	-
26	Citroen	C3	B2	741	-	741	-	-
27	MG	Astor	C1	704	249	455	182.73%	-
28	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	550	47	503	1070.21%
29	MG	ZS EV	C1	463	228	235	103.07%
30	Jeep	Meridian	D2	292	-	292	-	-
31	MG	Gloster	D2	281	83	198	238.55%
32	Jeep	Compass	C2	266	886	-620	-69.98%
33	Citroen	EC3	B2	252	-	252	-	-
34	Kia	EV6	D1	152	-	152	-	-
35	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	140	87	53	60.92%
36	Volkswagen	Tiguan	C2	31	131	-100	-76.34%
37	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C2	10	51	-41	-80.39%
38	Honda	WR-V	B2	-	635	-635	-100.00%	-
39	Hyundai	Kona	C1	-	50	-50	-100.00%	-
40	Mahindra	Alturas G4	D2	-	47	-47	-100.00%	-
41	Nissan	Kicks	C1	-	144	-144	-100.00%	-
42	Maruti Suzuki	S-Cross	C1	-	2,922	-2,922	-100.00%	-
43	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	B2	-	3,524	-3,524	-100.00%	-

SUV Segment April 2023 Car Sales - MoM Change

MG Gloster was the top gaining mass market SUV with just over 13% MoM rise in April comparison analysis.
Seltos was the second top MoM gainer in April 2023 MoM analysis, with an improvement of 10% over its March sales figures.
Amongst the mass-market losers, Brezza was the top loser with 27% MoM decline, followed by Hector pair and Hyryder with 24% decline in MoM numbers in April comparison.

SUV APRIL 2023 CAR SALES MOM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Apr 2023	Mar 2023	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Tata	Nexon	B2	15,002	14,769	233	1.58%
2	Hyundai	Creta	C1	14,186	14,026	160	1.14%
3	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	11,836	16,227	-4,391	-27.06%
4	Tata	Punch	B1	10,934	10,894	40	0.37%
5	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,342	10,024	318	3.17%
6	Kia	Sonet	B2	9,744	8,677	1,067	12.30%
7	Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	D1	9,617	8,788	829	9.43%
8	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	B2	9,054	9,546	-492	-5.15%
9	Maruti Suzuki	Fronx	B2	8,784	-	8,784	-	-
10	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	C1	7,742	10,045	-2,303	-22.93%
11	Kia	Seltos	C1	7,213	6,554	659	10.05%
12	Mahindra	Thar	B2	5,302	5,008	294	5.87%
13	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	5,062	5,128	-66	-1.29%
14	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	4,757	5,107	-350	-6.85%
15	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	3,103	4,105	-1,002	-24.41%
16	Tata	Harrier	C2	2,783	2,561	222	8.67%
17	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,617	3,260	-643	-19.72%
18	Toyota	Hyryder	C1	2,616	3,474	-858	-24.70%
19	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,578	3,108	-530	-17.05%
20	Skoda	Kushaq	C1	2,162	2,252	-90	-4.00%
21	Hyundai	Alcazar	C2	2,037	2,519	-482	-19.13%
22	Tata	Safari	D1	2,029	1,890	139	7.35%
23	Volkswagen	Taigun	C1	1,520	1,976	-456	-23.08%
24	Renault	Kiger	B2	1,162	1,568	-406	-25.89%
25	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	902	1,909	-1,007	-52.75%
26	Citroen	C3	B2	741	1,075	-334	-31.07%
27	MG	Astor	C1	704	1,511	-807	-53.41%
28	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	550	581	-31	-5.34%
29	MG	ZS EV	C1	463	548	-85	-15.51%
30	Jeep	Meridian	D2	292	285	7	2.46%
31	MG	Gloster	D2	281	247	34	13.77%
32	Jeep	Compass	C2	266	395	-129	-32.66%
33	Citroen	EC3	B2	252	888	-636	-71.62%
34	Kia	EV6	D1	152	0	152	-	-
35	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	140	416	-276	-66.35%
36	Volkswagen	Tiguan	C2	31	132	-101	-76.52%
37	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C2	10	52	-42	-80.77%
38	Honda	WR-V	B2	0	3	-3	-100.00%	-
39	Hyundai	Kona	C1	0	0	0	-	-

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

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
Hyundai	Alcazar	2,566	1,478	1,537	1,559	2,519	2,037	1,949
Mahindra	Alturas G4	5	0	-	-	-	-	3
MG	Astor	1,434	1,687	958	1,020	1,511	704	1,219
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	C5 Aircross	21	19	16	4	52	10	20
Jeep	Compass	550	484	485	406	395	266	431
Hyundai	Creta	13,321	10,205	15,037	10,421	14,026	14,186	12,866
Citroen	EC3	-	-	-	213	888	252	451
Kia	EV6	128	134	0	0	0	152	69
Toyota	Fortuner	1,967	1,603	3,698	3,426	3,108	2,578	2,730
Maruti Suzuki	Fronx	-	-	-	-	-	8,784	8,784
MG	Gloster	106	111	244	101	247	281	182
Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	4,433	6,171	8,662	9,183	10,045	7,742	7,706
Tata	Harrier	2,119	2,128	1,572	2,054	2,561	2,783	2,203
MG	Hector + Hector Plus	1,773	1,575	2,441	2,558	4,105	3,103	2,593
Toyota	Hyryder	3,116	4,201	4,194	3,307	3,474	2,616	3,485
Nissan	Kicks	3	0	0	0	-	-	1
Renault	Kiger	2,278	2,096	1,153	1,802	1,568	1,162	1,677
Skoda	Kodiaq	138	107	196	189	416	140	198
Hyundai	Kona	95	120	40	0	0	0	43
Skoda	Kushaq	2,009	2,186	2,013	1,783	2,252	2,162	2,068
Nissan	Magnite	2,397	2,020	2,803	2,184	3,260	2,617	2,547
Jeep	Meridian	344	285	200	313	285	292	287
Tata	Nexon	15,871	12,053	15,567	13,914	14,769	15,002	14,529
Tata	Punch	12,131	10,586	12,006	11,169	10,894	10,934	11,287
Tata	Safari	1,437	1,502	1,032	1,252	1,890	2,029	1,524
Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	6,455	7,003	8,715	6,950	8,788	9,617	7,921
Kia	Seltos	9,284	5,995	10,470	8,012	6,554	7,213	7,921
Kia	Sonet	7,834	5,772	9,261	9,836	8,677	9,744	8,521
Volkswagen	Taigun	1,979	2,691	1,455	1,657	1,976	1,520	1,880
Mahindra	Thar	3,987	3,374	4,410	5,004	5,008	5,302	4,514
Volkswagen	Tiguan	76	130	72	93	132	31	89
Hyundai	Tucson	247	12	180	498	581	550	345
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
Mahindra	XUV700	5,701	5,623	5,787	4,505	5,107	4,757	5,247
MG	ZS EV	766	526	471	514	548	463	548

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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.