October 2022 Car Sales Analysis - 20 Top-Selling Cars | V3Cars

09 November 2022
By Prathu Sharma
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In this October 2022 cars sales analysis article, we’ll look at the YoY and MoM change for the 20 top-selling cars of October 2022. Based on the data, we’ll also share our observations and possible reasons for big improvement or massive decline in sales where applicable.

October 2022 - 20 Top-Selling Cars YoY Change

In terms of YoY comparison, the Maruti Arena Ertiga was the only loser in the top 20 selling cars in the month of October 2022. It saw a decline of 2,429 units in the number of units produced, which is 19% less than October 2021.
The Mahindra Scorpio reported the best growth, with a gain of 125%+ in terms of YoY comparison.
The next best YoY performers in October 2022 were Swift with 87.7% gains, Creta with 84% gains and i20 with 77% gains.
After the launch of new-gen Alto K10 in August 2022, the Alto brand from Maruti has left others behind by a huge margin.
The Alto and Alto K10 together saw 21,260 units sold in October. The closest car behind was the WagonR with 17,945 units dispatched in October, a difference of over 3,000 units compared to the Alto pair. It is worth noting that WagonR held the top spot for several months consecutively before the launch of new-gen Alto K10.
The top 9 best selling cars in October 2022 sold well over 10,000 units a month.
About 9 out of 20 models on the top 20 bestselling list in October 2022 are from Maruti Suzuki.
Hyundai have 4 cars in the October 2022 YoY Top 20 performers list, Tata have 3, Mahindra and Kia have 2 each.
Toyota had 1 car till September in the top 20 selling cars list, but lost its position in the month of October.

20 TOP-SELLING CARS - OCTOBER 2022 YoY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Oct 2022	Oct 2021	Change	%Change
1	Maruti Suzuki	Alto+K10	21,260	17,389	3,871	22.26
2	Maruti Suzuki	WagonR	17,945	12,335	5,610	45.48
3	Maruti Suzuki	Swift	17,231	9,180	8,051	87.70
4	Maruti Suzuki	Baleno	17,149	15,573	1,576	10.12
5	Tata	Nexon	13,767	10,096	3,671	36.36
6	Maruti Suzuki	Dzire	12,321	8,077	4,244	52.54
7	Hyundai	Creta	11,880	6,455	5,425	84.04
8	Tata	Punch	10,982	8,453	2,529	29.92
9	Maruti Suzuki	Ertiga	10,494	12,923	-2,429	-18.80
10	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	9,941	8,032	1,909	23.77
11	Kia	Seltos	9,777	10,488	-711	-6.78
12	Hyundai	Venue	9,585	10,554	-969	-9.18
13	Maruti Suzuki	Eeco	8,861	10,320	-1,459	-14.14
14	Hyundai	Grand i10	8,855	6,042	2,813	46.56
15	Mahindra	Bolero	8,772	6,375	2,397	37.60
16	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	8,052	-	8,052	-
17	Hyundai	i20	7,814	4,414	3,400	77.03
18	Kia	Sonet	7,614	5,443	2,171	39.89
19	Mahindra	Scorpio	7,438	3,304	4,134	125.12
20	Tata	Tiago	7,187	4,040	3,147	77.90

Oct 2022 - 20 Top-Selling Cars MoM Change

The Grand Vitara was the best performer in the MoM comparison for the month of October, with a 69% growth in production numbers.
The second best performer in MoM improvement was Maruti Swift, posting a 44% better figure in October compared to the September performance, closely followed by the Dzire with a 28% gain in October MoM comparison.
It is worth noting that Dzire was the worst performing car in the MoM comparison for the month of September.
The worst performer was incidentally from Maruti as well (Brezza), with 35.64% decline in October MoM comparison analysis.
The next biggest notable losers are as following:
- Eeco with MoM drop of 30.21%
- Kia Sonet with MoM drop of 18%
- Maruti Alto and Alto K10 pair with MoM drop of 14.43%
- Hyundai Venue with MoM decline of 13.12%

20 TOP-SELLING CARS - OCTOBER 2022 MoM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Oct 2022	Sep 2022	Change	%Change
1	Maruti Suzuki	Alto+K10	21,260	24,844	-3,584	-14.43%
2	Maruti Suzuki	WagonR	17,945	20,078	-2,133	-10.62%
3	Maruti Suzuki	Swift	17,231	11,988	5,243	43.74%
4	Maruti Suzuki	Baleno	17,149	19,369	-2,220	-11.46%
5	Tata	Nexon	13,767	14,518	-751	-5.17%
6	Maruti Suzuki	Dzire	12,321	9,601	2,720	28.33%
7	Hyundai	Creta	11,880	12,866	-986	-7.66%
8	Tata	Punch	10,982	12,251	-1,269	-10.36%
9	Maruti Suzuki	Ertiga	10,494	9,299	1,195	12.85%
10	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	9,941	15,445	-5,504	-35.64%
11	Kia	Seltos	9,777	11,000	-1,223	-11.12%
12	Hyundai	Venue	9,585	11,033	-1,448	-13.12%
13	Maruti Suzuki	Eeco	8,861	12,697	-3,836	-30.21%
14	Hyundai	Grand i10	8,855	9,459	-604	-6.39%
15	Mahindra	Bolero	8,772	8,018	754	9.4%
16	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	8,052	4,769	3,283	68.84%
17	Hyundai	i20	7,814	7,275	539	7.41%
18	Kia	Sonet	7,614	9,291	-1,677	-18.05%
19	Mahindra	Scorpio	7,438	9,536	-2,098	-22%
20	Tata	Tiago	7,187	6,936	251	3.62%

Top 20 Sellings Cars— 6-Month Sales Trend (May 2022 - Oct 2022)

Top 20 Selling Cars \| Monthly Sales Trend
Brand	Model	May 2022	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	Aug 2022	Sep 2022	Oct 2022
Maruti Suzuki	Alto+K10	12,933	13,790	9,065	14,388	24,844	21,260
Maruti Suzuki	WagonR	16,814	19,190	22,588	18,398	20,078	17,945
Maruti Suzuki	Swift	14,133	16,213	17,539	11,275	11,988	17,231
Maruti Suzuki	Baleno	13,970	16,103	17,960	18,418	19,369	17,149
Tata	Nexon	14,614	14,295	14,214	15,085	14,518	13,767
Maruti Suzuki	Dzire	11,603	12,597	13,747	11,868	9,601	12,321
Hyundai	Creta	10,973	13,790	12,625	12,577	12,866	11,880
Tata	Punch	10,241	10,414	11,007	12,006	12,251	10,982
Maruti Suzuki	Ertiga	12,226	10,423	9,694	9,314	9,299	10,494
Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	10,312	4,404	9,707	15,193	15,445	9,941
Kia	Seltos	5,953	8,388	8,541	8,652	11,000	9,777
Hyundai	Venue	8,300	10,321	12,000	11,240	11,033	9,585
Maruti Suzuki	Eeco	10,482	10,130	13,048	11,999	12,697	8,861
Hyundai	Grand i10	9,138	8,992	10,000	9,274	9,459	8,855
Mahindra	Bolero	8,767	7,884	7,917	8,246	8,018	8,772
Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	-	-	-	-	4,769	8,052
Hyundai	i20	4,463	7,921	6,873	7,558	7,275	7,814
Kia	Sonet	7,899	7,455	7,215	7,838	9,291	7,614
Mahindra	Scorpio	4,348	4,131	3,803	7,056	9,536	7,438
Tata	Tiago	4,561	5,310	6,159	7,209	6,936	7,187

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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.