Maruti continues to lead passenger vehicle market

Maruti Suzuki India continues to maintain its leadership position in the domestic passenger vehicle (PV) market in December, with six of its models featuring in the top 10 brands last month. French carmaker Renault’s entry level car Kwid also made it to the list last month.

As per the latest data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), in the top 10 most sold cars, Maruti’s Alto retained the top position last month with the company’s compact hatchback Wagon R came in a close second. Their premium hatchback Swift was third with the company’s compact sedan DZire stood fourth.

Hyundai Motor India’s Grand i10 moved up to the fifth slot from the previous years’ seventh. The newly-launched Baleno made it to the sixth rank, dislodging Hyundai’s Elite i20 from the position. Elite i20, however stood at seventh position last month Maruti’s compact car Celerio was at eighth position and it replaced Omni whose sales dropped. Mahindra & Mahindra’s Bolero continued to be in top ten at ninth position. Renault’s entry level car Kwid made it to the top ten list  in December. Honda’s mid sized sedan City and Hyundai’s entry level model Eon were the noteworthy exclusions from the list last month.