The troika of GST cut, income tax rebate provided in the last union budget and the cumulative 125 basis points repo rate cut by the RBI has led to sale growth momentum in the automobile sector and December 2025 was no exception.
Continuing with the upsurge, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra and Toyota Kirloskar Motor reported over 20% growth Year on Year (YoY), and according to Partho Benerjee, head of Selas & Marketing at Maruti Suzuki, the tailwind of these reforms would continue to play out in 2026 and the sector should clock a growth of 6 to 7%.
India’s passenger vehicles market leader, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, reported 22%YoY growth in total vehicle sales, including exports at 217,854 units.
Domestic sales reached an all-time high of 1,82,165 units. The sales to other OEMs were at 9,950 units, and exports were at 25,739 units.
“With this, we closed CY 2025 with the highest-ever total sales of 2,351,139 units, which also includes the highest-ever exports of 395,648 units,” the company said.
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The demand has been so high that at the end of the year, the company had only 3 days of network-wide stock. There has been a waiting period of 45 days for several models. In the CY 2025 Dzire, at 2,14,00 units, was the top-selling model. In December, Baleno was the company’s top-selling model, Mr Benerjee said.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) recorded total monthly sales of 58,702 units in December 2025, thereby registering YoY growth of 6.6%. This includes monthly domestic sales of 42,416 units and exports of 16,286 units.
Tarun Garg, Managing Director & CEO, HMIL said, “The all-new Hyundai VENUE continues to receive strong customer interest with bookings received already reaching the 55,000 mark in less than 2 months of launch. Further, reinforcing our ‘Made-in-India, Made-for-the-World’ goal, we delivered 26.5% year-on-year growth in export volume in December, reaffirming our commitment to offering world-class products manufactured indigenously.”
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd in December 2025 reported 14.1 YoY growth in total wholesales of vehicles at 50,519 units. These include EVs manufactured by it’s subsidiary.
In the October to December 3rd quarter the company’s vehicles sales rose 22.3% YoY to 171,013 units.
Shailesh Chandra, MD and CEO, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. said, “CY25 saw steady progress for the PV industry powered by a growing preference for SUVs and accelerating adoption of cleaner, emission-friendly powertrains. For Tata Motors, it was the fifth consecutive year of record-breaking annual sales, with 587,218 units sold, including the highest-ever EV volumes of 81,125 units in a calendar year.”
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.) said its overall auto sales for the month of December 2025 stood at 86,090 vehicles, a growth of 25% YoY including exports.
In the Utility Vehicles segment, Mahindra sold 50,946 vehicles in the domestic market, a growth of 23%.
The domestic sales for Commercial Vehicles stood at 24,786, a growth of 34%.
In December 2025, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) recorded total sales of 39,333 units compared to 29,529 units in December 2024, up 33% YoY.
The domestic sales for the month stood at 34,157 units, while exports accounted for 5176 units. TKM recorded the highest ever calendar year sales with a total of 3,88,801 units in 2025, reflecting a growth of 19% compared to the 3,26,329 units sold in CY 2024. Out of the 3,88,801 units total sales in 2025, 3,51,580 units were sold in the domestic market with a growth of 17%, while 37,221 units were exported with a growth of 42%.
Kia India reported sales of 18,659 units, up 105% YoY as compared to 8,957 units in December 2024.
For CY 2025 the company reported total wholesale volumes of 280,286 units—marking a 15% annual growth over 245,000 units sold in CY 2024.
Atul Sood, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing said, “2025 was a year of consistent and sustainable growth. Looking ahead to 2026, Kia India remains focused on delivering value-led offerings and strengthening the brand ownership experience across its product portfolio to drive steady, sustainable growth in a dynamic market environment.”
JSW MG Motor India registered 6,500 wholesale units in December 2025 as compared with 7,516 vehicles sold a year ago, drop 14%.
It recorded a 19% YoY growth in CY 2025. The company sold 70554 units during the January –December period of 2025. The company said it has crossed the milestone of more than 100,000 total EVs sold to date.
Renault India in December sold 3845 units, marking a 33.4% increase over December 2024.
The company recorded 18.2% YoY growth in H2 CY2025, with Q4 sales growing by 27.3%, reflecting a clear turnaround in market traction, it said.
Stephane Deblaise, CEO, Renault Group India, said, “The H2 performance of CY2025 clearly reflects the direction we have taken for Renault in India. After a phase of portfolio transition, the consistent recovery from Q3 onwards – culminating in a strong Q4 and our best monthly performance in December, confirms that the course correction we initiated is delivering tangible results.”
“The momentum we are seeing today is a direct outcome of that approach. With the right building blocks now in place, we are entering the next phase with confidence, and the return of the iconic Duster will mark a significant step forward in Renault’s renewed journey in India,” he added.
