Despite the dominating market shift towards Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), Maruti Suzuki’s Dzire sedan reclaimed the throne as India’s best-selling passenger vehicle for the 2025-26 fiscal year (FY26). The Dzire led the pack with approximately 2.30 lakh units sold, proving that the sedan segment still holds significant weight in the Indian market. Tata Nexon was at the second place, selling 2.16 lakh units, Hyundai Creta at 2.02 lakh units, Maruti Ertiga at 1.99 lakh units and Swift at 1.85 lakh units as the top five most selling vehicles in the country.
Maruti’s WagonR, which was number one selling car till last year, slipped down to number seven in FY26 with sales of around 1.80 lakh, mainly due to lack in the demand of compact cars in the country, data sourced from industry sources said.
In FY25, WagonR sales were recorded at more than 1.98 lakh units. However, in the top 10 list of India’s highest selling PVs, MSIL still rules the market with six vehicles – Dzire (No.1), Ertiga (No.4) with sales of around 1.99 lakh units, Swift (No.5) with around 1.85 lakh units, WagonR (No.7), Brezza (No.8) with around 1.80 lakh units and Baleno (No.10) with more than 1.72 lakh units.
The Dzire is the only sedan that MSIL sells out of its portfolio of around 20 vehicles across segments, after the company stopped production of Ciaz last year. Powered by a 1.2-litre Petrol engine, the Dzire is priced between ₹6.25 lakh and ₹9.31 lakh (ex-showroom), with six aribags as standard. It is also available in Maruti’s S-CNG technology and also available in Tour S category for taxi segment.
“We have not exited the sedan segment. We have introduced the full model change of Dzire in the financial year 2024-25 and the proof is that if you come with a good product in the market, it will be loved by the customers. Nevertheless, the SUV segment is growing, but still, there are plenty of customers who are looking for the sedan,” Partho Banerjee, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, MSIL, told reporters in a recent call on sales performance.
He said there are still customers for all the form factors and all type of vehicles.
India’s top 10 selling vehicles in FY26 (Source: Industry sources): –
| Ranking | Model | FY26 (Estimated) | FY25 (Estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Dzire | 2.30 lakh | 1.65 lakh |
| 2 | Tata Nexon | 2.16 lakh | 1.63 lakh |
| 3 | Hyundai Creta | 2.02 lakh | 1.95 lakh |
| 4 | Maruti Ertiga | 1.99 lakh | 1.91 lakh |
| 5 | Maruti Swift | 1.85 lakh | 1.79 lakh |
| 6 | Tata Punch | 1.84 lakh | 1.96 lakh |
| 7 | Maruti WagonR | 1.80 lakh | 1.98 lakh |
| 8 | Maruti Brezza | 1.80 lakh | 1.89 lakh |
| 9 | Mahindra Scorpio | 1.79 lakh | 1.65 lakh |
| 10 | Maruti Baleno | 1.72 lakh | 1.67 lakh |
Talking about demand in small cars segment, Banerjee said post GST reduction, there was a huge demand for the small cars, but there is a pressure now because of the commodity prices going up due the West Asia war.
Having said, he also added that since small car buyers are very price sensitive, MSIL has been absorbing the prices since January, but now as the commodity prices are still on the rise, it will take a call on price hikes soon for its products.
“Unfortunately, the commodity prices are going very high, so we need to pass them on to the customers,” Banerjee said.