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

22 April 2023
By Prathu Sharma
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In this March 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 March 2023 Car Sales - YoY Change

Among the SUVs, the Maruti Brezza and Tata Nexon were the top 2 performers in February, whereas in March, Brezza took over the top spot and replaced Nexon with about 16,000 units dispatched, which translates to a YoY gain of over 30% for Brezza.
Amongst the mass-market cars in the category, Hector and Hector Plus pair was the best gainer in YoY comparison in March with 103.32% gains.
6 SUVs made it into the 5-figure club in March - Brezza, Nexon, Creta, Punch, Grand Vitara and Venue.
Among the notable top losers were Jeep Compass, Renault Kiger and MG Astor with 69%, 37% and 32% YoY drop in sales respectively.
Honda WR-V, Maruti Suzuki S-Cross, Nissan Kicks and Mahindra Alturas G4 were discontinued over the past year.

SUV MARCH 2023 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Mar 2023	Mar 2022	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	16,227	12,439	3,788	30.45%
2	Tata	Nexon	B2	14,769	14,315	454	3.17%
3	Hyundai	Creta	C	14,026	10,532	3,494	33.18%
4	Tata	Punch	B1	10,894	10,526	368	3.50%
5	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	C	10,045	-	10,045	-	-
6	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,024	9,220	804	8.72%
7	Mahindra	Bolero	B2	9,546	6,924	2,622	37.87%
8	Mahindra	Scorpio	D1	8,788	6,061	2,727	44.99%
9	Kia	Sonet	B2	8,677	6,871	1,806	26.28%
10	Kia	Seltos	C	6,554	8,415	-1,861	-22.12%
11	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	5,128	4,140	988	23.86%
12	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	5,107	6,040	-933	-15.45%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	5,008	3,893	1,115	28.64%
14	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	4,105	2,019	2,086	103.32%
15	Toyota	Hyryder	C	3,474	-	3,474	-	-
16	Nissan	Magnite	B2	3,260	2,942	318	10.81%
17	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	3,108	2,984	124	4.16%
18	Tata	Harrier	D1	2,561	2,491	70	2.81%
19	Hyundai	Alcazar	D1	2,519	2,502	17	0.68%
20	Skoda	Kushaq	C	2,252	2,499	-247	-9.88%
21	Volkswagen	Taigun	C	1,976	2,380	-404	-16.97%
22	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	1,909	-	1,909	-	-
23	Tata	Safari	D1	1,890	2,227	-337	-15.13%
24	Renault	Kiger	B2	1,568	2,496	-928	-37.18%
25	MG	Astor	C	1,511	2,248	-737	-32.78%
26	Citroen	C3	B2	1,075	0	1,075	-	-
27	Citroen	EC3	B2	888	-	888	-	-
28	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	581	109	472	433.03%
29	MG	ZS EV	C	548	302	246	81.46%
30	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	416	125	291	232.8%
31	Jeep	Compass	C	395	1,273	-878	-68.97%
32	Jeep	Meridian	D2	285	-	285	-	-
33	MG	Gloster	D2	247	152	95	62.5%
34	Volkswagen	Tiguan	D1	132	31	101	325.81%
35	Citroen	C5 Aircross	D1	52	52	0	-	-
36	Honda	WR-V	B2	3	251	-248	-98.8%
37	Kia	EV6	D1	0	0	-	-	-
38	Hyundai	Kona	C	0	2	-2	-	-
39	Nissan	Kicks	C	-	65	-65	-	-
40	Mahindra	Alturas G4	D2	-	41	-41	-	-
41	Maruti Suzuki	S-Cross	C	-	2,674	-2,674	-	-
42	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	B2	-	3,079	-3,079	-	-

SUV Segment March 2023 Car Sales - MoM Change

The Hector pair was the top gaining mass market SUV with just over 60% MoM rise in March comparison analysis
Magnite was the second top MoM gainer in March 2023 MoM analysis, with an improvement of 49.27% over its February sales figures
Amongst the mass-market losers, Seltos was the top loser with 18% MoM decline, followed by Kiger with 13% decline in MoM numbers in March comparison

SUV MARCH 2023 CAR SALES MOM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Mar 2023	Feb 2023	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	16,227	15,787	440	2.79%
2	Tata	Nexon	B2	14,769	13,914	855	6.14%
3	Hyundai	Creta	C	14,026	10,421	3,605	34.59%
4	Tata	Punch	B1	10,894	11,169	-275	-2.46%
5	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	C	10,045	9,183	862	9.39%
6	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,024	9,997	27	0.27%
7	Mahindra	Bolero	B2	9,546	9,782	-236	-2.41%
8	Mahindra	Scorpio	D1	8,788	6,950	1,838	26.45%
9	Kia	Sonet	B2	8,677	9,836	-1,159	-11.78%
10	Kia	Seltos	C	6,554	8,012	-1,458	-18.2%
11	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	5,128	3,809	1,319	34.63%
12	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	5,107	4,505	602	13.36%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	5,008	5,004	4	0.08%
14	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	4,105	2,558	1,547	60.48%
15	Toyota	Hyryder	C	3,474	3,307	167	5.05%
16	Nissan	Magnite	B2	3,260	2,184	1,076	49.27%
17	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	3,108	3,426	-318	-9.28%
18	Tata	Harrier	D1	2,561	2,054	507	24.68%
19	Hyundai	Alcazar	D1	2,519	1,559	960	61.58%
20	Skoda	Kushaq	C	2,252	1,783	469	26.3%
21	Volkswagen	Taigun	C	1,976	1,657	319	19.25%
22	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	1,909	-	1,909	-	-
23	Tata	Safari	D1	1,890	1,252	638	50.96%
24	Renault	Kiger	B2	1,568	1,802	-234	-12.99%
25	MG	Astor	C	1,511	1,020	491	48.14%
26	Citroen	C3	B2	1,075	111	964	868.47%
27	Citroen	EC3	B2	888	213	675	316.9%
28	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	581	498	83	16.67%
29	MG	ZS EV	C	548	514	34	6.61%
30	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	416	189	227	120.11%
31	Jeep	Compass	C	395	406	-11	-2.71%
32	Jeep	Meridian	D2	285	313	-28	-8.95%
33	MG	Gloster	D2	247	101	146	144.55%
34	Volkswagen	Tiguan	D1	132	93	39	41.94%
35	Citroen	C5 Aircross	D1	52	4	48	1200%
36	Honda	WR-V	B2	3	0	3	-	-
37	Kia	EV6	D1	0	0	-	-	-
38	Hyundai	Kona	C	0	0	-	-	-

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

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
Hyundai	Alcazar	2,847	2,566	1,478	1,537	1,559	2,519	2,084
Mahindra	Alturas G4	40	5	0	0	-	-	15
MG	Astor	1,774	1,434	1,687	958	1,020	1,511	1,397
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	C5 Aircross	15	21	19	16	4	52	21
Jeep	Compass	732	550	484	485	406	395	509
Hyundai	Creta	11,880	13,321	10,205	15,037	10,421	14,026	12,482
Citroen	EC3	-	-	-	-	213	888	551
Kia	EV6	152	128	134	0	0	0	69
Toyota	Fortuner	2,031	1,967	1,603	3,698	3,426	3,108	2,639
MG	Gloster	179	106	111	244	101	247	165
Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	8,052	4,433	6,171	8,662	9,183	10,045	7,758
Tata	Harrier	2,762	2,119	2,128	1,572	2,054	2,561	2,199
MG	Hector + Hector Plus	1,630	1,773	1,575	2,441	2,558	4,105	2,347
Toyota	Hyryder	3,384	3,116	4,201	4,194	3,307	3,474	3,613
Nissan	Kicks	242	3	0	0	-	-	49
Renault	Kiger	2,685	2,278	2,096	1,153	1,802	1,568	1,930
Skoda	Kodiaq	55	138	107	196	189	416	184
Hyundai	Kona	106	95	120	40	0	0	60
Skoda	Kushaq	1,691	2,009	2,186	2,013	1,783	2,252	1,989
Nissan	Magnite	2,819	2,397	2,020	2,803	2,184	3,260	2,581
Jeep	Meridian	404	344	285	200	313	285	305
Tata	Nexon	13,767	15,871	12,053	15,567	13,914	14,769	14,324
Tata	Punch	10,982	12,131	10,586	12,006	11,169	10,894	11,295
Tata	Safari	1,751	1,437	1,502	1,032	1,252	1,890	1,477
Mahindra	Scorpio	7,438	6,455	7,003	8,715	6,950	8,788	7,558
Kia	Seltos	9,777	9,284	5,995	10,470	8,012	6,554	8,349
Kia	Sonet	7,614	7,834	5,772	9,261	9,836	8,677	8,166
Volkswagen	Taigun	2,355	1,979	2,691	1,455	1,657	1,976	2,019
Mahindra	Thar	3,666	3,987	3,374	4,410	5,004	5,008	4,242
Volkswagen	Tiguan	83	76	130	72	93	132	98
Hyundai	Tucson	487	247	12	180	498	581	334
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
Mahindra	XUV700	5,815	5,701	5,623	5,787	4,505	5,107	5,423
MG	ZS EV	784	766	526	471	514	548	602

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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.