Powered by strong demand for the latest range of sport utility vehicles (SUVs), Tata Motors has zipped past Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) to become the second-largest passenger car seller in the domestic market, behind Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL).
Tata Motors shipped 35,461 units of passenger vehicles (PVs) to its dealers in December 2021, against 32,312 units despatched by HMIL in the last months. While Tata Motors' shipment in the domestic market was up 50.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY), from 23,564 units in December 2020, HMIL's sales in the domestic market were down 31.8 per cent YoY, from 47,400 units a year