December 2022 Car Sales Analysis - Brand-Wise YoY, MoM Change, 6-Month Trend | V3Cars

18 January 2023
By Prathu Sharma
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In this December 2022 car sales analysis article, we’ll look at the manufacturer-wise sales figures along with the YoY and MoM change for each carmaker 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 for the last 6 months will give you an idea about the 6-month sales trend of car sales for all manufacturers.

Brand-Wise December 2022 Car Sales - YoY Change

In terms of percentage, Citroen posted the best YoY improvement of over 3,700% because of the low numbers in December 2021. It is worth noting that Citroen is not yet a mass volume manufacturer in India.
Among the mass volume carmakers, Kia posted the best growth in December YoY comparison, with a 95% rise in sales.
Mahindra posted the second best YoY growth of around 62%.
The biggest losers were Nissan and Jeep with 27.42% and 16% decline, respectively, in YoY dispatch numbers in December.
Datsun as a brand stopped producing cars over the past year.

BRAND-WISE DECEMBER 2022 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
Brand	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Change	% Change	Trend
Citroen	932	24	908	3783.33%
Datsun	0	227	-227	-	-
Honda	7,062	7,973	-911	-11.43%
Hyundai	38,831	32,312	6,519	20.18%
Jeep	769	916	-147	-16.05%
Kia	15,184	7,797	7,387	94.74%
Mahindra	28,333	17,476	10,857	62.13%
Maruti Suzuki	1,12,010	1,23,016	-11,006	-8.95%
MG	3,899	2,550	1,349	52.9%
Nissan	2,020	2,783	-763	-27.42%
Renault	6,126	6,130	-4	-0.07%
Skoda	4,789	3,233	1,556	48.13%
Tata	40,045	35,300	4,745	13.44%
Toyota	10,421	10,833	-412	-3.8%
Volkswagen	4,709	3,700	1,009	27.27%

Brand-Wise December 2022 Car Sales - MoM Change

In terms of MoM change, most brands saw a decline in dispatches in December over November 2022.
The 4 brands that saw a growth or remained strictly consistent in dispatch numbers as the previous month, are — Citroen, Honda, Skoda and Volkswagen.
Speaking of gainers, the top performing brand in terms of MoM comparison for the month of December was Volkswagen with 24% increase in dispatch, followed by Citroen with 11.5% growth.
Honda remained more or consistent with November’s dispatches in December with a nominal 0.16% growth in dispatch numbers.
KIa was the top losing brand with 58.23% decline in MoM dispatches in December compared to November.
Kia was followed by Hyundai with a 23.62% decline in dispatches in December over November.

BRAND-WISE DECEMBER 2022 CAR SALES MoM CHANGE
Brand	Dec 2022	Nov 2022	Change	% Change	Trend
Citroen	932	825	107	11.48%
Honda	7,062	7,051	11	0.16%
Hyundai	38,831	48,002	-9,171	-23.62%
Jeep	769	894	-125	-16.25%
Kia	15,184	24,025	-8,841	-58.23%
Mahindra	28,333	30,266	-1,933	-6.82%
Maruti Suzuki	1,12,010	1,32,395	-20,385	-18.2%
MG	3,899	4,079	-180	-4.62%
Nissan	2,020	2,400	-380	-18.81%
Renault	6,126	6,325	-199	-3.25%
Skoda	4,789	4,433	356	7.43%
Tata	40,045	46,040	-5,995	-14.97%
Toyota	10,421	11,765	-1,344	-12.9%
Volkswagen	4,709	3,570	1,139	24.19%

Car Brands — 6-Month Brand Sales Trend (July 2022 - Dec 2022)

BRAND-WISE 6 MONTH SALES TREND JULY 2022 - DEC 2022
BRAND	Jul 2022	Aug 2022	Sep 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	6 Month Avg
Citroen	575	850	1,386	1,195	825	932	961
Honda	6,784	7,769	8,714	9,543	7,051	7,062	7,821
Hyundai	50,500	49,510	49,700	48,001	48,002	38,831	47,424
Jeep	1,150	1,321	1,116	1,136	894	769	1,064
Kia	22,022	22,322	25,857	23,323	24,025	15,184	22,122
Mahindra	27,862	29,615	34,010	32,226	30,266	28,333	30,385
Maruti Suzuki	1,42,849	1,34,166	1,48,380	1,40,337	1,32,395	1,12,010	1,35,023
MG	4,013	3,823	3,808	4,367	4,079	3,899	3,998
Nissan	3,667	3,283	3,177	3,061	2,400	2,020	2,935
Renault	7,128	7,012	7,623	7,778	6,325	6,126	6,999
Skoda	4,447	4,222	3,543	3,389	4,433	4,789	4,137
Tata	47,506	47,170	47,655	45,220	46,040	40,045	45,606
Toyota	19,693	14,959	15,378	13,143	11,765	10,421	14,227
Volkswagen	2,915	2,057	4,103	3,510	3,570	4,709	3,477

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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.