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7mo ago

Compact SUVs Dominate India’s September Sales as Nexon Leads and Hyundai Banks on Creta, Venue, Exter

Hyundai posted 51,547 units in India with SUVs comprising 72 percent of its September tally.

Mahindra XUV 3XO witnessed a sales hike of 2 percent.
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Mahindra Thar sales fell by 29 percent over the last six months.
Maruti Suzuki Brezza sold 4,655 fewer units than the Nexon.

Overview

  • Tata Nexon was India’s best-selling car in September 2025 at 22,573 units, the highest monthly dispatch for a single Tata model.
  • Hyundai’s SUV lineup contributed 37,313 of its 51,547 September units, with the Creta, Venue and Exter alone accounting for 35,988 sales.
  • Creta led Hyundai’s range at 18,861 units (up 19 percent year over year), Venue logged 11,484 (up 12 percent) and Exter recorded 5,643 (down 18 percent).
  • Other Hyundai nameplates saw sharp year-over-year declines in September, including Alcazar (-54 percent), Verna (-39 percent) and Ioniq 5 (-81 percent).
  • Compact and sub-4m SUVs topped the charts, with Nexon followed by high volumes for Venue (11,484), Brezza (10,173) and Sonet (9,020), as late-September GST cuts and festive buying lifted demand.