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

21 June 2023
By Prathu Sharma
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In this May 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 May 2023 Car Sales - YoY Change

There are currently 38 SUVs on sale in the Indian car market, out of which, 13 belong to the B2-segment(34%). The segment-wise distribution of the SUV in India is as follows:
- A-segment – 0
- B1-segment – 1
- B2-segment – 13
- C1-segment – 9
- C2-segment – 5
- D1-segment – 7
- D2-segment – 3
Single SUV from the B1-segment sells more units than the C2 and D2-segment combined.
Among the SUVs, the Hyundai Creta and Tata Nexon were the top 2 sellers in May, with 14,449 and 14,423 units sold, respectively.
Amongst the mass-market cars in the category, Fortuner was the top gainer with 144% YoY gains in May comparison analysis. Scorpio-N and Scorpio Classic pair was the second best gainer in YoY comparison in May with 114.31% gains.
5 SUVs made it into the 5-figure club in May - Creta, Nexon, Brezza, Punch and Venue.
Among the notable top losers were MG Astor and Jeep Compass with 70.72% and 66% 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 MAY 2023 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	May 2023	May 2022	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Hyundai	Creta	C1	14,449	10,973	3,476	31.68%
2	Tata	Nexon	B2	14,423	14,614	-191	-1.31%
3	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	13,398	10,312	3,086	29.93%
4	Tata	Punch	B1	11,124	10,241	883	8.62%
5	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,213	8,300	1,913	23.05%
6	Maruti Nexa	Fronx	B2	9,863	-	9,863	-	-
7	Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	D1	9,318	4,348	4,970	114.31%
8	Maruti Nexa	Grand Vitara	C1	8,877	-	8,877	-	-
9	Kia	Sonet	B2	8,251	7,899	352	4.46%
10	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	B2	8,170	8,767	-597	-6.81%
11	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	5,245	5,069	176	3.47%
12	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	5,125	5,022	103	2.05%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	4,296	3,209	1,087	33.87%
14	Kia	Seltos	C1	4,065	5,953	-1,888	-31.72%
15	Toyota	Hyryder	C1	3,090	-	3,090	-	-
16	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,887	1,184	1,703	143.83%
17	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	2,800	1,633	1,167	71.46%
18	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,618	1,920	698	36.35%
19	Hyundai	Alcazar	C2	2,443	1,947	496	25.48%
20	Tata	Harrier	C2	2,303	2,794	-491	-17.57%
21	Tata	Safari	D1	1,776	2,242	-466	-20.79%
22	Renault	Kiger	B2	1,713	1,380	333	24.13%
23	Skoda	Kushaq	C1	1,685	1,806	-121	-6.70%
24	Volkswagen	Taigun	C1	1,484	1,268	216	17.03%
25	MG	ZS EV	C1	1,397	302	1,095	362.58%
26	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	696	-	696	-	-
27	Citroen	C3	B2	600	-	600	-	-
28	MG	Astor	C1	592	2,022	-1,430	-70.72%
29	Jeep	Meridian	D2	418	-	418	-	-
30	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	379	1	378	37800.00%
31	Jeep	Compass	C2	316	928	-612	-65.95%
32	MG	Gloster	D2	217	51	166	325.49%
33	Citroen	EC3	B2	200	-	200	-	-
34	Volkswagen	Tiguan	C2	171	54	117	216.67%
35	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	157	106	51	48.11%
36	Hyundai	Kona	C1	84	64	20	31.25%
37	Kia	EV6	D1	83	15	68	453.33%
38	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C2	6	24	-18	-75.00%
39	Honda	WR-V	B2	-	546	-546	-	-
40	Mahindra	Alturas G4	D2	-	90	-90	-	-
41	Maruti Suzuki	S-Cross	C1	-	1,428	-1,428	-	-
42	Nissan	Kicks	C1	-	211	-211	-	-
43	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	B2	-	3,128	-3,128	-	-

SUV Segment May 2023 Car Sales - MoM Change

MG ZS EV was the top gaining mass market SUV with just over 200% MoM rise in May comparison analysis.
Renault Kiger was the second top MoM gainer in May 2023 MoM analysis, with an improvement of 47.42% over its April sales figures.
Amongst the mass-market losers, Kia Seltos was the top loser with 43.64% MoM decline, followed by Gloster and Kushaq with around 22% decline in MoM numbers in May comparison.

SUV MAY 2023 CAR SALES MOM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	May 2023	Apr 2023	Change	%Change	Trend
1	Hyundai	Creta	C1	14,449	14,186	263	1.85%
2	Tata	Nexon	B2	14,423	15,002	-579	-3.86%
3	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	13,398	11,836	1,562	13.20%
4	Tata	Punch	B1	11,124	10,934	190	1.74%
5	Hyundai	Venue	B2	10,213	10,342	-129	-1.25%
6	Maruti Nexa	Fronx	B2	9,863	8,784	1,079	12.28%
7	Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	D1	9,318	9,617	-299	-3.11%
8	Maruti Nexa	Grand Vitara	C1	8,877	7,742	1,135	14.66%
9	Kia	Sonet	B2	8,251	9,744	-1,493	-15.32%
10	Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	B2	8,170	9,054	-884	-9.76%
11	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	5,245	4,757	488	10.26%
12	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	5,125	5,062	63	1.24%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	4,296	5,302	-1,006	-18.97%
14	Kia	Seltos	C1	4,065	7,213	-3,148	-43.64%
15	Toyota	Hyryder	C1	3,090	2,616	474	18.12%
16	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,887	2,578	309	11.99%
17	MG	Hector + Hector Plus	D1	2,800	3,103	-303	-9.76%
18	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,618	2,617	1	0.04%
19	Hyundai	Alcazar	C2	2,443	2,037	406	19.93%
20	Tata	Harrier	C2	2,303	2,783	-480	-17.25%
21	Tata	Safari	D1	1,776	2,029	-253	-12.47%
22	Renault	Kiger	B2	1,713	1,162	551	47.42%
23	Skoda	Kushaq	C1	1,685	2,162	-477	-22.06%
24	Volkswagen	Taigun	C1	1,484	1,520	-36	-2.37%
25	MG	ZS EV	C1	1,397	463	934	201.73%
26	Mahindra	XUV400	B2	696	902	-206	-22.84%
27	Citroen	C3	B2	600	741	-141	-19.03%
28	MG	Astor	C1	592	704	-112	-15.91%
29	Jeep	Meridian	D2	418	292	126	43.15%
30	Hyundai	Tucson	D1	379	550	-171	-31.09%
31	Jeep	Compass	C2	316	266	50	18.80%
32	MG	Gloster	D2	217	281	-64	-22.78%
33	Citroen	EC3	B2	200	252	-52	-20.63%
34	Volkswagen	Tiguan	C2	171	31	140	451.61%
35	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	157	140	17	12.14%
36	Hyundai	Kona	C1	84	0	84	-	-
37	Kia	EV6	D1	83	152	-69	-45.39%
38	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C2	6	10	-4	-40.00%

SUV Cars — 6-Month Sales Trend (Dec 2022 - May 2023)

SUV 6 MONTH SALES TREND DEC 2022 - MAY 2023
Brand	Model	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023	6 Month Avg
Hyundai	Alcazar	1,478	1,537	1,559	2,519	2,037	2,443	1,929
MG	Astor	1,687	958	1,020	1,511	704	592	1,079
Mahindra	Bolero + Neo	7,311	8,574	9,782	9,546	9,054	8,170	8,740
Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	11,200	14,359	15,787	16,227	11,836	13,398	13,801
Citroen	C3	913	788	111	1,075	741	600	705
Citroen	C5 Aircross	19	16	4	52	10	6	18
Jeep	Compass	484	485	406	395	266	316	392
Hyundai	Creta	10,205	15,037	10,421	14,026	14,186	14,449	13,054
Citroen	EC3	-	-	213	888	252	200	388
Kia	EV6	134	0	0	0	152	83	62
Toyota	Fortuner	1,603	3,698	3,426	3,108	2,578	2,887	2,883
Maruti Nexa	Fronx	-	-	-	-	8,784	9,863	9,324
MG	Gloster	111	244	101	247	281	217	200
Maruti Nexa	Grand Vitara	6,171	8,662	9,183	10,045	7,742	8,877	8,447
Tata	Harrier	2,128	1,572	2,054	2,561	2,783	2,303	2,234
MG	Hector + Hector Plus	1,575	2,441	2,558	4,105	3,103	2,800	2,764
Toyota	Hyryder	4,201	4,194	3,307	3,474	2,616	3,090	3,480
Renault	Kiger	2,096	1,153	1,802	1,568	1,162	1,713	1,582
Skoda	Kodiaq	107	196	189	416	140	157	201
Hyundai	Kona	120	40	0	0	0	84	41
Skoda	Kushaq	2,186	2,013	1,783	2,252	2,162	1,685	2,014
Nissan	Magnite	2,020	2,803	2,184	3,260	2,617	2,618	2,584
Jeep	Meridian	285	200	313	285	292	418	299
Tata	Nexon	12,053	15,567	13,914	14,769	15,002	14,423	14,288
Tata	Punch	10,586	12,006	11,169	10,894	10,934	11,124	11,119
Tata	Safari	1,502	1,032	1,252	1,890	2,029	1,776	1,580
Mahindra	Scorpio Classic + Scorpio-N	7,003	8,715	6,950	8,788	9,617	9,318	8,399
Kia	Seltos	5,995	10,470	8,012	6,554	7,213	4,065	7,052
Kia	Sonet	5,772	9,261	9,836	8,677	9,744	8,251	8,590
Volkswagen	Taigun	2,691	1,455	1,657	1,976	1,520	1,484	1,797
Mahindra	Thar	3,374	4,410	5,004	5,008	5,302	4,296	4,566
Volkswagen	Tiguan	130	72	93	132	31	171	105
Hyundai	Tucson	12	180	498	581	550	379	367
Hyundai	Venue	8,285	10,738	9,997	10,024	10,342	10,213	9,933
Honda	WR-V	359	183	0	3	-	-	109
Mahindra	XUV300	4,850	5,390	3,809	5,128	5,062	5,125	4,894
Mahindra	XUV400	-	-	-	1,909	902	696	1,169
Mahindra	XUV700	5,623	5,787	4,505	5,107	4,757	5,245	5,171
MG	ZS EV	526	471	514	548	463	1,397	653

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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.