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

15 September 2023
By Prathu Sharma
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In this August 2023 car sales analysis article, we’ll look at the YoY and MoM changes 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.

August 2023 Sales Analysis SUV; YoY, MoM Change

SUV Segment August 2023 Car Sales - YoY Change

There are currently 41 SUVs on sale in the Indian car market, out of which, 13 belong to the B2-segment(36%). The segment-wise distribution of the SUV in India is as follows:
- A-segment – 0
- B1-segment – 1
- B2-segment – 15
- C1-segment – 10
- C2-segment – 5
- D1-segment – 7
- D2-segment – 3
Single SUV from the B1 segment sells more units than the C and D segments combined.
Among the SUVs, the Maruti Suzuki Brezza and Tata Punch were the top 2 sellers in August, with 14,572 and 14,523 units sold, respectively.
Amongst the mass-market cars in the category, Taigun was the top gainer with 90.68% YoY gains in the August comparison. analysis. Scoka Kodiaq was the second-best gainer in YoY comparison in August with 59.60% gains.
7 SUVs made it into the 5-figure club in August - Brezza, Punch, Creta, Fronx, Grand Vitara, Venue, and Seltos.
Among the notable top losers were Citroen C5 AirCross and Jeep Compass with 84% and 81.32% YoY drop in sales respectively.
Several SUVs were discontinued over the past year. Following is the list:
- Toyota Urban Cruiser
- Honda WR-V
- Mahindra Alturas G4
- Nissan Kicks

SUV AUGUST 2023 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Aug 2023	Aug 2022	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	14,572	15,193	-621	-4.09%
2	Tata	Punch	B1	14,523	12,006	2,517	20.96%
3	Hyundai	Creta	C1	13,832	12,577	1,255	9.98%
4	Maruti Nexa	Fronx	B2	12,164	-	12,164	-
5	Maruti Nexa	Grand Vitara	C1	11,818	-	11,818	-
6	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,948	11,240	-292	-2.60%	-
7	Kia	Seltos	C1	10,698	8,652	2,046	23.65%
8	Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	D1	9,898	7,056	2,842	40.28%	-
9	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	B2	9,092	8,246	846	10.26%
10	Tata	Nexon	B2	8,049	15,085	-7,036	-46.64%
11	Hyundai	Exter	B2	7,430	-	7,430	-
12	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	6,512	6,010	502	8.35%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	5,951	3,793	2,158	56.89%
14	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	4,992	4,322	670	15.50%
15	Toyota	Hyryder	C1	4,121	-	4,121	-	-
16	Kia	Sonet	B2	4,120	7,838	-3,718	-47.44%
17	Maruti Nexa	Jimny	B2	3,104	-	3,104	-
18	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,825	2,581	244	9.45%
19	Honda	Elevate	C1	2,822	-	2,822	-
20	Skoda	Kushaq	C1	2,409	1,876	533	28.41%
21	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,258	3,194	-936	-29.30%
22	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	2,059	1,917	142	7.41%
23	Volkswagen	Taigun	C1	1,943	1,019	924	90.68%
24	Tata	Harrier	C2	1,689	2,596	-907	-34.94%
25	Hyundai	Alcazar	C2	1,493	2,304	-811	-35.20%
26	Tata	Safari	D1	1,019	1,820	-801	-44.01%	-
27	Renault	Kiger	B2	929	2,641	-1,712	-64.82%	-
28	MG	Astor	C1	814	1,324	-510	-38.52%
29	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	778	-	778	-	-
30	MG	ZS EV	C1	421	397	24	6.05%
31	Citroen	EC3	B2	271	-	271	-
32	Citroen	C3	B2	250	825	-575	-69.70%
33	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	241	151	90	59.60%	-
34	MG	Gloster	D2	240	185	55	29.73%
35	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	236	343	-107	-31.20%
36	Jeep	Compass	C2	172	921	-749	-81.32%
37	Jeep	Meridian	D2	127	400	-273	-68.25%
38	Volkswagen	Tiguan	C2	91	155	-64	-41.29%
39	Hyundai	Kona	C1	91	102	-11	-10.78%	-
40	Kia	EV6	D1	42	0	42	-	-
41	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C2	4	25	-21	-84.00%	-
42	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	B2	-	3,131	-3,131	-	-
43	Honda	WR-V	B2	-	415	-415	-	-
44	Mahindra	Alturas G4	D2	-	44	-44	-	-
45	Nissan	Kicks	C1	-	89	-89	-	-

SUV Segment August 2023 Car Sales - MoM Change

Citroen EC3 was the top gaining mass market SUV with just over 450% MoM rise in August comparison analysis.
Kia EV6 was the second top MoM gainer in the August 2023 MoM analysis, with an improvement of 180% over its July sales figures.
Amongst the mass-market losers, Citroen C5 AirCross was the top loser with a 50% MoM decline, followed by Tiguan with around 46% decline in MoM numbers in August comparison.

SUV AUGUST 2023 CAR SALES MOM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Aug 2023	Jul 2023	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	14,572	16,543	-1,971	-11.91%
2	Tata	Punch	B1	14,523	12,019	2,504	20.83%
3	Hyundai	Creta	C1	13,832	14,062	-230	-1.64%
4	Maruti Nexa	Fronx	B2	12,164	13,220	-1,056	-7.99%
5	Maruti Nexa	Grand Vitara	C1	11,818	9,079	2,739	30.17%
6	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,948	10,062	886	8.81%
7	Kia	Seltos	C1	10,698	9,740	958	9.84%
8	Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	D1	9,898	10,522	-624	-5.93%
9	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	B2	9,092	8,921	171	1.92%
10	Tata	Nexon	B2	8,049	12,349	-4,300	-34.82%
11	Hyundai	Exter	B2	7,430	7,000	430	6.14%
12	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	6,512	6,176	336	5.44%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	5,951	5,265	686	13.03%
14	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	4,992	4,533	459	10.13%
15	Toyota	Hyryder	C1	4,121	3,387	734	21.67%
16	Kia	Sonet	B2	4,120	4,245	-125	-2.94%
17	Maruti Nexa	Jimny	B2	3,104	-	3,104	-	-
18	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,825	3,129	-304	-9.72%
19	Honda	Elevate	C1	2,822	-	2,822	-	-
20	Skoda	Kushaq	C1	2,409	2,394	15	0.63%
21	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,258	2,152	106	4.93%
22	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	2,059	2,103	-44	-2.09%
23	Volkswagen	Taigun	C1	1,943	1,908	35	1.83%
24	Tata	Harrier	C2	1,689	2,092	-403	-19.26%
25	Hyundai	Alcazar	C2	1,493	1,443	50	3.47%
26	Tata	Safari	D1	1,019	1,687	-668	-39.60%
27	Renault	Kiger	B2	929	1,043	-114	-10.93%
28	MG	Astor	C1	814	954	-140	-14.68%
29	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	778	707	71	10.04%
30	MG	ZS EV	C1	421	587	-166	-28.28%
31	Citroen	EC3	B2	271	49	222	453.06%
32	Citroen	C3	B2	250	331	-81	-24.47%
33	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	241	159	82	51.57%
34	MG	Gloster	D2	240	251	-11	-4.38%
35	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	236	239	-3	-1.26%
36	Jeep	Compass	C2	172	277	-105	-37.91%
37	Jeep	Meridian	D2	127	164	-37	-22.56%
38	Volkswagen	Tiguan	C2	91	169	-78	-46.15%
39	Hyundai	Kona	C1	91	60	31	51.67%
40	Kia	EV6	D1	42	15	27	180.00%
41	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C2	4	8	-4	-50.00%

SUV Cars — 6-Month Sales Trend (Mar 2023 - Aug 2023)

SUV 6 MONTH SALES TREND MAR 2023 - AUG 2023
Brand	Model	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023	Jun 2023	Jul 2023	Aug 2023	6 Month Avg
Hyundai	Alcazar	2,519	2,037	2,443	2,119	1,443	1,493	2,009
MG	Astor	1,511	704	592	891	954	814	911
Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	9,546	9,054	8,170	8,686	8,921	9,092	8,912
Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	16,227	11,836	13,398	10,578	16,543	14,572	13,859
Citroen	C3	1,075	741	600	867	331	250	644
Citroen	C5 Aircross	52	10	6	12	8	4	15
Jeep	Compass	395	266	316	211	277	172	273
Hyundai	Creta	14,026	14,186	14,449	14,447	14,062	13,832	14,167
Citroen	EC3	888	252	200	124	49	271	297
Honda	Elevate	-	-	-	-	-	2,822	2,822
Kia	EV6	0	152	83	44	15	42	56
Hyundai	Exter	-	-	-	-	7,000	7,430	7,215
Toyota	Fortuner	3,108	2,578	2,887	3,086	3,129	2,825	2,936
Maruti Nexa	Fronx		8,784	9,863	7,991	13,220	12,164	10,404
MG	Gloster	247	281	217	263	251	240	250
Maruti Nexa	Grand Vitara	10,045	7,742	8,877	10,486	9,079	11,818	9,675
Tata	Harrier	2,561	2,783	2,303	2,040	2,092	1,689	2,245
MG	Hector + Hector Plus	4,105	3,103	2,800	2,170	2,103	2,059	2,723
Toyota	Hyryder	3,474	2,616	3,090	2,821	3,387	4,121	3,252
Maruti Nexa	Jimny	-	-	-	-	-	3,104	3,104
Renault	Kiger	1,568	1,162	1,713	1,844	1,043	929	1,377
Skoda	Kodiaq	416	140	157	194	159	241	218
Hyundai	Kona	0	0	84	75	60	91	52
Skoda	Kushaq	2,252	2,162	1,685	2,133	2,394	2,409	2,173
Nissan	Magnite	3,260	2,617	2,618	2,552	2,152	2,258	2,576
Jeep	Meridian	285	292	418	282	164	127	261
Tata	Nexon	14,769	15,002	14,423	13,827	12,349	8,049	13,070
Tata	Punch	10,894	10,934	11,124	10,990	12,019	14,523	11,747
Tata	Safari	1,890	2,029	1,776	1,663	1,687	1,019	1,677
Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	8,788	9,617	9,318	8,648	10,522	9,898	9,465
Kia	Seltos	6,554	7,213	4,065	3,578	9,740	10,698	6,975
Kia	Sonet	8,677	9,744	8,251	7,722	4,245	4,120	7,127
Volkswagen	Taigun	1,976	1,520	1,484	1,449	1,908	1,943	1,713
Mahindra	Thar	5,008	5,302	4,296	3,899	5,265	5,951	4,954
Volkswagen	Tiguan	132	31	171	133	169	91	121
Hyundai	Tucson	581	550	379	263	239	236	375
Hyundai	Venue	10,024	10,342	10,213	11,606	10,062	10,948	10,533
Honda	WR-V	3	0	-	-	-	-	2
Mahindra	XUV300	5,128	5,062	5,125	5,094	4,533	4,992	4,989
Mahindra	XUV400	1,909	902	696	788	707	778	963
Mahindra	XUV700	5,107	4,757	5,245	5,391	6,176	6,512	5,531
MG	ZS EV	548	463	1,397	617	587	421	672

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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.