The Indian passenger vehicle market in August 2025 stayed steady with slight YoY changes. Explore the top 10 cars and SUVs, including Ertiga, Creta, Nexon, Brezza, and Hyryder, with sales trends highlighting sedans and hybrid SUVs gaining while compact SUVs declined.
Top 10 Cars in August 2025
The 10 leading selling cars in India combined with best selling achievement 1,41,195 units, which is a small drop of 0.98 percent annually than 1,42,599 units in August 2024.
Maruti Ertiga –18,445 (flat vs previous year) units.
Maruti Dzire –16,509 units ( +55.35%/ per year, high demand sedans)
Hyundai Creta / EV – 15,924 units (-5% YoY)
Maruti Wagon R – 14,552 units (-11.54% YoY)
Tata Nexon / EV – 14,004 units (+13.96% YoY)
Maruti Brezza – 13,620 units (-29.03% YoY)
Maruti Baleno – 12,549 units (stable)
Maruti Fronx- 12,422 (stable growth)
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Maruti swift -12,385 units (minor fall)
Maruti Eeco –10,785 units (no change compared to the previous year)
Major takeaway – The Dzire had become the most growing sedan and the Brezza the most plummeting top car.
Top 10 SUVs in August 2025
The top 10 SUVs collectively registered 1,15,532 units which is virtually the same ( +0.19% YoY ) as the previous year 1,15,314 units.
Hyundai Creta / EV – 16,898 units (-2.6% YoY)
Tata Nexon / EV – 14,065 units (-4.16% YoY)
Maruti Brezza – 13,747 units (+12.34% YoY)
Maruti Fronx – 12,872 units (+17.82% YoY)
Tata Punch / EV – 12,825 units (-7.75% YoY)
Mahindra Scorpio / N – 10,785 units (-33.10% YoY)
Toyota Hyryder –9,845 units ( +124.52%/YoY, hybrid boom )
Hyundai Venue – 8,814 units (+18.80% YoY)
Mahindra Bolero – 8,054 units (-8.89% YoY)
Kia Sonet – 7,627 units (-19.37% YoY)
Key highlight – The Toyota Hyryder increased its sales twofold due to the high demand of hybrids whereas Scorpio / N was plummeting.
Top 25 Cars in August 2025
The 25 best selling vehicles sold 2,50,393, equivalent to a 5.25 per cent YoY decrease over 2,64,279 units in August 2024.
Decliners 50 Tata Punch (-32%), Scorpio (-29%), Sonet (-23%), Grand Vitara, Alto, and XUV 3XO (all -30%).
Gainers Toyota Hyryder (39 percent), Mahindra Thar (64 percent), Hyundai Aura (24 percent), Kia Carens (16 percent), Tata Tiago (11 percent).
Market Trend August 2025
New sedan and hybrids on the run – Dzire and Hyryder recorded strong growth.
Slowing down compact SUVs Punch, Brezza, Scorpio and Sonet dragged at the segment performance.
Electric and EV-based models have remained on steady sales in the Creta, Nexon and Punch models.
Indian car market in August 2025 remained strong yet divided, hybrids and sedans continued to gain momentum, whereas comp SUVs started to encounter sharp corrections.
