Festive Season Begins on Strong Note; Maruti Suzuki's Onam Retails Jump 61% YoY
The year-ago comparison was aided by a low base, as retail sales were badly hit during the Onam period last year follo...
Darshan Nakhwa and Hormazd Sorabjee
01 Sep 2026
Automaker’s CCO says consumers are becoming more willing to try new technologies, while dealers will have to adapt their sales and service models as EV penetration rises.
Read moreThe year-ago comparison was aided by a low base, as retail sales were badly hit during the Onam period last year follo...
Automaker tightens its dealer inventory discipline to support a sales rebound as it builds the India growth story.
Strong domestic deliveries offset 27% export decline, driven by early festive momentum.
For the January-to-August period of calendar year 2026, TKM's cumulative sales reached 266,696 units, a 10% increase.
Automaker records 31,979 domestic wholesales during January-August 2026.
While domestic wholesales grew from 1,384 units in August 2025 to 3,426 in August 2026, total exports dipped from 7,76...
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors and Mahindra report strong August dispatches as low-base effects and demand moment...
Sales growth follows the introduction of Traveller N and Urbania Deluxe.
The South Korean automaker's August 2026 dispatches mark its highest monthly wholesale for that month since entering I...