October 2022 Cars Sales Analysis - SUV YoY, MoM Change, 6-Month Trend

Published on 16 November 2022 at 09:30 pm By Prathu Sharma

In this October 2022 car sales analysis article, we’ll look at the YoY and MoM change in sales figures of all SUVs in India. We’ll also include 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 October 2022 Car Sales - YoY Change

Tata was the top-selling brand for SUV body-style cars in October 2021, with 23,381 units sold from the carmaker. Mahindra was the second biggest SUV seller with 20,021 units sold in the same month.
However, a year later, Mahindra emerged as the biggest SUV maker with 32,013 units sold in October 2022, as compared to 20,021 units in October of 2021. Comparing it to the growth of previous topper Tata, which saw a growth of 5,881 units or 25.15%, Mahindra saw a growth of 11,992 units or 60%.
Among the SUVs, the Tata Nexon and Hyundai Creta were the top 2 performers in October. They were followed by the Tata Punch and Maruti Brezza in terms of volume.
3 SUVs made it into the 5-figure club in October - Nexon, Creta and Punch.
In terms of YoY change, the Scorpio sisters posted a 125%+ improvement and was the clear top gainer amongst the high volume cars of the SUV body-style.
Hyundai Alcazar reported a growth of around 104.53% and was the second best gainer.
Most mass-market cars performed well and saw a YoY growth in sales except Kia Seltos and Hyundai Venue, which saw a decline of 6.78% and 9.18% in October 2022 YoY comparison analysis, respectively.
Among the notable top losers were the Jeep Compass with a 45% decline, MG Hector twins with 34% fall, Skoda Kushaq and MG Gloster with a decline around 30%.
Maruti S-Cross, Skoda Karoq, Renault Duster and Volkswagen T-Roc were still in production in October 2021 but were discontinued in the subsequent months.

SUV OCTOBER 2022 CAR SALES YOY CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Oct 2022	Oct 2021	Change	%Change
1	Tata	Nexon	B2	13,767	10,096	3,671	36.36%
2	Hyundai	Creta	C	11,880	6,455	5,425	84.04%
3	Tata	Punch	B1	10,982	8,453	2,529	29.92%
4	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	9,941	8,032	1,909	23.77%
5	Kia	Seltos	C	9,777	10,488	-711	-6.78%
6	Hyundai	Venue	B2	9,585	10,554	-969	-9.18%
7	Mahindra	Bolero	B2	8,772	6,375	2,397	37.6%
8	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	C	8,052	-	8,052	-
9	Kia	Sonet	B2	7,614	5,443	2,171	39.89%
10	Mahindra	Scorpio	D1	7,438	3,304	4,134	125.12%
11	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	6,282	4,203	2,079	49.46%
12	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	5,815	3,407	2,408	70.68%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	3,666	2,692	974	36.18%
14	Toyota	Hyryder	C	3,384	-	3,384	-
15	Hyundai	Alcazar	D1	2,847	1,392	1,455	104.53%
16	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,819	3,389	-570	-16.82%
17	Tata	Harrier	D1	2,762	3,097	-335	-10.82%
18	Renault	Kiger	B2	2,685	2,643	42	1.59%
19	Volkswagen	Taigun	C	2,355	2,551	-196	-7.68%
20	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,031	1,893	138	7.29%
21	MG	Astor	C	1,774	-	1,774	-
22	Tata	Safari	D1	1,751	1,735	16	0.92%
23	Skoda	Kushaq	C	1,691	2,413	-722	-29.92%
24	MG	Hector/Hector Plus	D1	1,630	2,478	-848	-34.22%
25	Citroen	C3	B2	1,180	-	1,180	-
26	MG	ZS EV	C	784	125	659	527.2%
27	Jeep	Compass	C	732	1,324	-592	-44.71%
28	Honda	WR-V	B2	653	728	-75	-10.3%
29	Hyundai	Tucson	C	487	119	368	309.24%
30	Jeep	Meridian	D2	404	-	404	-
31	Nissan	Kicks	C	242	230	12	5.22%
32	MG	Gloster	D2	179	260	-81	-31.15%
33	Kia	EV6	D1	152	-	152	-
34	Hyundai	Kona	C	106	18	88	488.89%
35	Volkswagen	Tiguan	D1	83	-	83	-
36	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	55	-	55	-
37	Mahindra	Alturas G4	D2	40	40	0	-
38	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C	15	64	-49	-76.56%
39	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	B2	0	2,100	-2,100	-
40	Maruti Suzuki	S-Cross	C	0	1,524	-1,524	-
41	Volkswagen	T-Roc	C	0	80	-80	-
42	Renault	Duster	C	-	786	-786	-
43	Skoda	Karoq	C	-	17	-17	-

SUV Segment October 2022 Car Sales - MoM Change

The Urban Cruiser Hyryder from Toyota was the top MoM gainer in October 2022 MoM analysis, with an improvement of 191% over its September sales figures
Among the notable top MoM losers were the Brezza, Fortuner, Kushaq and Hector twins, recording an MoM decline of 35.64%, 31% and 23%, respectively

SUV OCTOBER 2022 CAR SALES MOM CHANGE
S.No.	Brand	Model	Segment	Oct 2022	Sep 2022	Change	%Change
1	Tata	Nexon	B2	13,767	14,518	-751	-5.17%
2	Hyundai	Creta	C	11,880	12,866	-986	-7.66%
3	Tata	Punch	B1	10,982	12,251	-1,269	-10.36%
4	Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	B2	9,941	15,445	-5,504	-35.64%
5	Kia	Seltos	C	9,777	11,000	-1,223	-11.12%
6	Hyundai	Venue	B2	9,585	11,033	-1,448	-13.12%
7	Mahindra	Bolero	B2	8,772	8,018	754	9.4%
8	Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	C	8,052	4,769	3,283	68.84%
9	Kia	Sonet	B2	7,614	9,291	-1,677	-18.05%
10	Mahindra	Scorpio	D1	7,438	9,536	-2,098	-22%
11	Mahindra	XUV300	B2	6,282	6,080	202	3.32%
12	Mahindra	XUV700	D1	5,815	6,063	-248	-4.09%
13	Mahindra	Thar	B2	3,666	4,249	-583	-13.72%
14	Toyota	Hyryder	C	3,384	1,163	2,221	190.97%
15	Hyundai	Alcazar	D1	2,847	2,643	204	7.72%
16	Nissan	Magnite	B2	2,819	3,069	-250	-8.15%
17	Tata	Harrier	D1	2,762	2,993	-231	-7.72%
18	Renault	Kiger	B2	2,685	2,535	150	5.92%
19	Volkswagen	Taigun	C	2,355	1,994	361	18.1%
20	Toyota	Fortuner	D2	2,031	2,935	-904	-30.8%
21	MG	Astor	C	1,774	980	794	81.02%
22	Tata	Safari	D1	1,751	2,030	-279	-13.74%
23	Skoda	Kushaq	C	1,691	2,224	-533	-23.97%
24	MG	Hector/Hector Plus	D1	1,630	2,105	-475	-22.57%
25	Citroen	C3	B2	1,180	1,354	-174	-12.85%
26	MG	ZS EV	C	784	412	372	90.29%
27	Jeep	Compass	C	732	609	123	20.2%
28	Honda	WR-V	B2	653	594	59	9.93%
29	Hyundai	Tucson	C	487	419	68	16.23%
30	Jeep	Meridian	D2	404	507	-103	-20.32%
31	Nissan	Kicks	C	242	108	134	124.07%
32	MG	Gloster	D2	179	311	-132	-42.44%
33	Kia	EV6	D1	152	0	152	-
34	Hyundai	Kona	C	106	112	-6	-5.36%
35	Volkswagen	Tiguan	D1	83	123	-40	-32.52%
36	Skoda	Kodiaq	D1	55	71	-16	-22.54%
37	Mahindra	Alturas G4	D2	40	64	-24	-37.5%
38	Citroen	C5 Aircross	C	15	32	-17	-53.13%
39	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	B2	0	350	-350	-

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

SUV 6 MONTH SALES TREND MAY 2022 - OCT 2022
Brand	Model	May 2022	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	Aug 2022	Sep 2022	Oct 2022
Hyundai	Alcazar	1,947	1,986	2,888	2,304	2,643	2,847
Mahindra	Alturas G4	90	65	91	44	64	40
MG	Astor	2,022	1,640	1,362	1,324	980	1,774
Mahindra	Bolero	8,767	7,884	7,917	8,246	8,018	8,772
Maruti Suzuki	Brezza	10,312	4,404	9,707	15,193	15,445	9,941
Citroen	C3	0	60	550	825	1,354	1,180
Citroen	C5 Aircross	24	17	25	25	32	15
Jeep	Compass	928	892	710	921	609	732
Hyundai	Creta	10,973	13,790	12,625	12,577	12,866	11,880
Kia	EV6	15	1	0	0	0	152
Toyota	Fortuner	1,184	3,133	3,000	2,581	2,935	2,031
MG	Gloster	51	151	252	185	311	179
Maruti Suzuki	Grand Vitara	-	-	-	-	4,769	8,052
Tata	Harrier	2,794	3,015	3,254	2,596	2,993	2,762
MG	Hector/Hector Plus	1,633	2,402	1,988	1,917	2,105	1,630
Toyota	Hyryder	-	-	-	-	1,163	3,384
Nissan	Kicks	211	184	84	89	108	242
Renault	Kiger	1,380	3,411	2,597	2,641	2,535	2,685
Skoda	Kodiaq	106	79	110	151	71	55
Hyundai	Kona	64	179	53	102	112	106
Skoda	Kushaq	1,806	2,983	2,064	1,876	2,224	1,691
Nissan	Magnite	1,920	3,331	3,583	3,194	3,069	2,819
Jeep	Meridian	-	1,071	440	400	507	404
Tata	Nexon	14,614	14,295	14,214	15,085	14,518	13,767
Tata	Punch	10,241	10,414	11,007	12,006	12,251	10,982
Maruti Suzuki	S-Cross	1,428	697	0	0	-	-
Tata	Safari	2,242	1,869	1,761	1,820	2,030	1,751
Mahindra	Scorpio	4,348	4,131	3,803	7,056	9,536	7,438
Kia	Seltos	5,953	8,388	8,541	8,652	11,000	9,777
Kia	Sonet	7,899	7,455	7,215	7,838	9,291	7,614
Volkswagen	Taigun	1,268	1,327	1,408	1,019	1,994	2,355
Mahindra	Thar	3,209	3,640	3,616	3,793	4,249	3,666
Volkswagen	Tiguan	54	60	124	155	123	83
Hyundai	Tucson	1	0	170	343	419	487
Toyota	Urban Cruiser	3,128	5,301	6,724	3,131	350	0
Hyundai	Venue	8,300	10,321	12,000	11,240	11,033	9,585
Honda	WR-V	546	599	527	415	594	653
Mahindra	XUV300	5,022	4,754	5,937	4,322	6,080	6,282
Mahindra	XUV700	5,069	6,022	6,277	6,010	6,063	5,815
MG	ZS EV	302	310	411	397	412	784

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October 2022 Cars Sales Analysis - SUV YoY, MoM Change, 6-Month Trend

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