Domestic PV sales see record jump in Sept with onset of festival season

The sales figures released by the top nine carmakers saw a jump of 89.6 per cent to 306,211 units

Domestic passenger vehicle (PV) sales of top carmakers reached record highs in September on the back of new models, increased availability of semiconductor chips and the onset of the festival season.

The sales figures released by the top nine carmakers – excluding Mahindra and Mahindra – saw a jump of 89.6 per cent to 306,211 units. (see table 1) Auto companies count wholesales, units dispatched to dealers, as sales.

Domestic sales of India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki increased from just 63,111 units in September 2021 to 148,380 units in September 2022. Shashank Srivastava, executive director of sales at