The sales reports for the first month of 2022 are out, and interestingly, the Indian automotive industry has a strong start with most of the carmakers registering positive growth on the Month-on-Month (MoM) graph. The top spots are taken up by Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai as always. However, it’s the Tata Motors that has done splendidly well when Year-on-Year (YoY) sales are concerned.
Let’s take a look at the top 10 best-selling carmakers in January 2022: –
| Rank By Volume | Brands | Jan’22 | Jan’21 | Dec’21 | MoM Growth | YoY Growth |
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,37,336 | 1,39,002 | 1,23,016 | +11.6% | -1.2% |
| 2 | Hyundai | 44,022 | 52,005 | 32,312 | +36.2% | -15.4% |
| 3 | Tata | 40,780 | 26,980 | 35,300 | +15.5% | +51.1% |
| 4 | Mahindra | 19,860 | 20,498 | 17,476 | +13.6% | -3.1% |
| 5 | Kia | 19,319 | 19,056 | 7,797 | +147.8% | +1.4% |
| 6 | Honda | 10,427 | 11,319 | 7,973 | +30.8% | -7.9% |
| 7 | Renault | 8,119 | 8,209 | 6,130 | +32.4% | -1.1% |
| 8 | Toyota | 7,328 | 11,126 | 10,833 | -32.4% | -34.1% |
| 9 | MG | 4,306 | 3,602 | 2,550 | +68.9% | +19.5% |
| 10 | Nissan | 4,250 | 4,021 | 3,010 | +41.2% | +5.7% |
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- As expected, Maruti Suzuki retained its hold on the market despite witnessing a drop of approximately 2 lakh sales units as compared to January 2021. However, it achieved an 11.6 percent market gain as opposed to the previous month.
- Taking its usual place back, Hyundai arrived at second, with Tata marginally behind at third. It has recorded the highest YoY gain.
- Thanks to the XUV700, the Mahindra stood at fourth, while the Kia came at the fifth spot, recording the highest MoM growth among all.
- Honda, Renault, Toyota, MG, and Nissan rounded out the next five spots on the list. However, Toyota was the only carmaker to register a negative change in both YoY and MoM sales figures.
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