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

In this March 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.

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B2-Segment SUV March 2023 Car Sales - YoY Change

  • Among B2-segment SUVs, Brezza was the top-selling car with over 16,000 units sold in March 2023 compared to just shy of 12,500 in March 2022, which is a YoY growth of 30.45%.
  • Mahindra Bolero emerged as the top gainer in the category with a YoY growth of 37.87%. Just over 10,000 units of the Bolero were sold by Mahindra in March 2023 compared to 9,200 units in the March of 2022.
  • Maruti Brezza was the second top gainer in the category, with a 38% YoY growth in March comparison.
  • On the contrary, Honda WR-V became the top loser, with over 98% YoY decline in dispatches in March 2023.
  • Renault Kiger was the second loser in March 2023 YoY comparison, with a decline of 37% compared to March 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 MARCH 2023 CAR SALES

YOY CHANGE

S.No.

Brand

Model

Mar 2023

Mar 2022

Change

%Change

Trend

1

Maruti Suzuki

Brezza

16,227

12,439

3,788

30.45%

2

Tata

Nexon

14,769

14,315

454

3.17%

3

Hyundai

Venue

10,024

9,220

804

8.72%

4

Mahindra

Bolero

9,546

6,924

2,622

37.87%

5

Kia

Sonet

8,677

6,871

1,806

26.28%

6

Mahindra

XUV300

5,128

4,140

988

23.86%

7

Mahindra

Thar

5,008

3,893

1,115

28.64%

8

Nissan

Magnite

3,260

2,942

318

10.81%

9

Mahindra

XUV400

1,909

-

1,909

-

-

10

Renault

Kiger

1,568

2,496

-928

-37.18%

11

Citroen

C3

1,075

0

1,075

-

-

12

Citroen

EC3

888

-

888

-

-

13

Honda

WR-V

3

251

-248

-98.8%

14

Toyota

Urban Cruiser

-

3,079

-3,079

-

-

B2-Segment SUV March 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
  • Citroen posted very healthy MoM growth figures for both its cars in the segment, 850% plus for C3 and 300% plus for eC3.
  • Disregarding the numbers of Citroen cars because of their very low volume in the market, the Nissan Magnite was the top gainer in the category, with a 49% MoM growth in monthly dispatches in March 2023.
  • The Magnite was followed by XUV300, with 34.63% MoM growth in March 2023.
  • Only 3 cars reported an MoM decline in the month of March - Renault Kiger with 13% drop, Kia Sonet with 11.8% drop and Mahindra Bolero with a 2.41% drop.

B2-SEGMENT SUV MARCH 2023 CAR SALES

MOM CHANGE

S.No.

Brand

Model

Mar 2023

Feb 2023

Change

%Change

Trend

1

Maruti Suzuki

Brezza

16,227

15,787

440

2.79%

2

Tata

Nexon

14,769

13,914

855

6.14%

3

Hyundai

Venue

10,024

9,997

27

0.27%

4

Mahindra

Bolero

9,546

9,782

-236

-2.41%

5

Kia

Sonet

8,677

9,836

-1,159

-11.78%

6

Mahindra

XUV300

5,128

3,809

1,319

34.63%

7

Mahindra

Thar

5,008

5,004

4

0.08%

8

Nissan

Magnite

3,260

2,184

1,076

49.27%

9

Mahindra

XUV400

1,909

-

1,909

-

-

10

Renault

Kiger

1,568

1,802

-234

-12.99%

11

Citroen

C3

1,075

111

964

868.47%

12

Citroen

EC3

888

213

675

316.9%

13

Honda

WR-V

3

0

0

-

-

B2-Segment SUV — 6-Month Sales Trend (Oct 2022 - Mar 2023)

B2-SEGMENT SUV 6 MONTH SALES TREND

OCT 2022 - MAR 2023

Brand

Model

Oct 2022

Nov 2022

Dec 2022

Jan 2023

Feb 2023

Mar 2023

6 Month Avg

Mahindra

Bolero

8,772

7,984

7,311

8,574

9,782

9,546

8,662

Maruti Suzuki

Brezza

9,941

11,324

11,200

14,359

15,787

16,227

13,140

Citroen

C3

1,180

804

913

788

111

1,075

812

Citroen

EC3

-

-

-

-

213

888

551

Renault

Kiger

2,685

2,278

2,096

1,153

1,802

1,568

1,930

Nissan

Magnite

2,819

2,397

2,020

2,803

2,184

3,260

2,581

Tata

Nexon

13,767

15,871

12,053

15,567

13,914

14,769

14,324

Kia

Sonet

7,614

7,834

5,772

9,261

9,836

8,677

8,166

Mahindra

Thar

3,666

3,987

3,374

4,410

5,004

5,008

4,242

Hyundai

Venue

9,585

10,738

8,285

10,738

9,997

10,024

9,895

Honda

WR-V

653

430

359

183

0

3

271

Mahindra

XUV300

6,282

5,903

4,850

5,390

3,809

5,128

5,227

Mahindra

XUV400

-

-

-

-

-

1,909

1,909

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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.

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