Maruti Suzuki leads October 2026 Indian car market, WagonR tops sales
Maruti Suzuki dominated India's passenger-car market in October 2026, securing seven of the ten best-selling models, with the WagonR selling 23,747 units and the Brezza posting the strongest year-on-year growth, RushLane reported. The month followed a record-high overall passenger-vehicle sales figure of 5. 24 lakh units, driven by Maruti Suzuki alongside Tata Motors, Mahindra, Hyundai and Kia, according to Autopunditz. Earlier in the festive season, Maruti delivered about 30,000 cars on Dhanteras and logged more than 400,000 sales between Ganesh Chaturthi and Dhanteras, a 17 percent rise over the prior year, CarDekho said.
Industry executives had anticipated roughly 100,000 deliveries on Dhanteras, generating Rs10-12 billion in revenue, with Maruti, Hyundai and Tata leading, Moneycontrol. com reported. Commercial-vehicle retail sales also hit a record in October, led by Tata Motors, RushLane noted.
