Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Passenger Vehicle Sales Slightly Decreased In August 2021 – Maruti Suzuki, Tata, Mahindra, Hyundai, Kia, And More

Sales of the mass-market passenger vehicle segment registered a slight decline in the month of August 2021. The industry estimates 2,59,742 units were delivered to customers last month against the 2,94,579 units sold in July 2021. With this, the PV segment observed an overall decline of 11.8 percent in monthly sales across all non-luxury brands. Here are the brand-wise exact figures: –

cars sales report august 2021

Also Read: MG ZS EV Records 700+ Bookings For The ZS EV In August 2021

Rank by Volume

OEM

August 2021 August 2020

July 2021

MoM Growth

YoY Growth

Current Market Share

Market Share Last Month

1

Maruti Suzuki

1,03,187 1,13,033

1,33,732

-22.8% -8.7% 39.8% 45.43%

2

Hyundai

46,866 45,809

48,042

-2.4% 2.3% 18.1% 16.30%

3

Tata

28,017 18,583

30,185

-7.2% 50.8% 10.8% 10.24%
4 Kia India 16750 10,853 15,016 11.5% 54.3% 6.5% 5.09%

5

Mahindra

15973 13,651

21,046 

-24.1% 17%% 6.1% 7.14%

6

Toyota

12,796 5,555

13,105

-2.5% 129.9% 4.9% 4.44%
7 Honda  11,177 7,509 6,055 84.6% 48.8% 4.3% 2.05%

8

Renault

9,703 8,060 9,787 -0.9% 20.4% 3.7% 3.32%
9 MG 3,900 2,851 4,225  -7.7% 36.8% 1.5% 1.43%
10 Skoda 3,829 1,003 3,080 24.3% 281.8% 1.5% 1.04%
11 Nissan 3,209 810 4,259 -24.7% 296.2% 1.2% 1.44%

12

Volkswagen

1,631 1,407

1962

-16.9% 15.9% 0.6%

0.66%

13

Ford

1,508 4,731

3,139

-52% -68.1% 0.6% 1.06%

14

FCA

1,173 468 909 29% 150.6% 0.5% 0.30%

15

Citroen

50

40

25% 0.01% 0.013%

Total

2,59,742

2,34,323

2,94,579

-11.8

10.9%

100%

100%

  • The overall segment sales dropped by around 12 percent last month when compared to July 2021. However, it is considerably better against the same month last year with a year-on-year (YoY) growth of around 12 percent. 

  • Maruti Suzuki and Ford recorded negative growth in both MoM and YoY sales figures in August 2021.

  • Prominent car manufacturers like Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra, MG, Renault, Volkswagen, Nissan, and Toyota also observed a decline in month-on-month (MoM) figures, but their YoY sales figures showed an upward trend. In fact, Nissan's YoY growth was the highest among all. 

  • Honda Cars India witnessed the biggest MoM jump of nearly 85 percent while the YoY sales increased by around 49 percent.  

  • Kia’s YoY and MoM sales in August 2021 improved by 54.3 percent and 11.5 percent, respectively. On the other hand, the FCA (Jeep) also got the much-needed push.

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