The hotly contested sub-4-meter SUV segment once again maintained its tremendous sales figures, accounting for a total of more than 57,000 unit sales in March 2021. The Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza continues to be the topper of the class, followed by Hyundai Venue. The newly entrant of the segment, i.e. the Renault Kiger has also done quite well, surpassing Brezza's Toyota counterpart and other SUVs by a huge margin. Here look at how individual subcompact SUV performed in terms of monthly sales compared to the previous month & year: –
| Rank | Model | March 2021 | February 2021 | MoM Growth | March 2020 | YoY Growth |
| 1 | Maruti Vitara Brezza | 11,274 units | 11585 units | -2.68% | 5,513 units | 104% |
| 2 | Hyundai Venue | 10,722 units | 11224 units | -4.47% | 6,127 units | 75% |
| 3 | Tata Nexon | 8,683 units | 7929 units | +9.50% | 2,646 units | 228% |
| 4 | Kia Sonet | 8,498 units | 7997 units | +6.26% | – | – |
| 5 | Ford EcoSport | 5,487 units | 3171 units | +73% | 2197 units | 150% |
| 6 | Renault Kiger | 3,839 units | 3226 units | +19 | – | – |
| 7 | Toyota Urban Cruiser | 3162 units | 2549 units | +24% | – | – |
| 8 | Nissan Magnite | 2,987 units | 2991 units | -0.13% | – | – |
| 9 | Mahindra XUV300 | 2,587 units | 3174 units | -18.5% | 814 units | 217% |
Total | 57,239 | 53,846 | +6.30% | 17,297 | 230.91% | |
Despite a decline in month-on-month (MoM) sales, Maruti Vitara Brezza once again becomes the most popular sub-4m SUV in the country.
Hyundai’s subcompact SUV continues to remain on the second spot on the list with a nearly 5% drop in MoM figures.
With a 9.5% growth in monthly sales, Tata’s Nexon surpassed the Kia Sonet and remained in the 3rd position on the list.
The Kia Sonet witnessed an MoM jump of approximately 6% percent, despite it slipped a step down in March 2021 sales chart.
Ford EcoSport registered the highest sales improvement in the segment, followed by Toyota's Urban Cruiser.
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The recently launched Renault Kiger has also performed quite well with over 3,800 unit sales. However, it seems like the charisma of Nissan Magnite has started fading with the launch of its French sibling.
Mahindra XUV300 witnessed the highest negative growth in the segment.
