Video: Why India’s Luxury Car Sales Have Flatlined despite 90% Growth in Millionaires

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Description: Despite 870,000 millionaire households and soaring wealth, India&#39;s luxury car sales remain stuck at 1% due to heavy taxation, cultural savings preferences, and prioritization of property and gold over depreciating automotive assets.

Despite 870,000 millionaire households and soaring wealth, India's luxury car sales remain stuck at 1% due to heavy taxation, cultural savings preferences, and prioritization of property and gold over depreciating automotive assets.

By Prerna Lidhoo

01 Dec 2025

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Video: Why India’s Luxury Car Sales Have Flatlined despite 90% Growth in Millionaires

India is richer than ever 8.7 lakh millionaire households, booming markets, billion-dollar homes, and weddings worth crores. Yet luxury cars make up just 1% of all passenger vehicles sold. Why is a country bursting with wealth still hesitant to buy luxury wheels?

In this episode of Autocar Professional’s POV, we break down the paradox of India’s luxury car market and explore the forces shaping its slow growth despite high aspiration.

What we cover in this explainer:

The aspiration vs. reality of luxury car buying in India
Why homes, weddings & gold win over cars
The cultural “savings-first” mindset
India’s heavy car taxation — the biggest barrier
How GST reforms will (and won’t) change demand
Why luxury EVs are growing faster than ICE
The future: how a $10 trillion economy changes the game

From depreciation worries to road taxes to shifting consumer psychology—here’s the full picture of why luxury cars remain rare on Indian roads, and what could finally unlock mass-market luxury adoption.

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