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Together, the Hyundai Creta and Maruti Grand Vitara accounted for more than half of all sales of compact SUVs in March 2024

The Maruti Grand Vitara came in second place and the Hyundai Creta led the pack in compact SUV sales in March 2024, as typical. More than 49,000 compact SUVs were sold last month, marking a general increase in the sector of about 10%. Check out the sales figures for each compact SUV in March 2024.

Compact SUVs & crossovers
March 2024February 2024MoM GrowthMarket share current(%)Market share (% last year)YoY mkt share (%)Average sales (6 months)
Hyundai Creta16458152767.7333.4442.66-9.2212557
Maruti Grand Vitara11232110022.0922.8230.55-7.7310323
Kia Seltos7912626526.2816.0719.93-3.869536
Toyota Hyryder596556016.4912.1210.561.564486
Honda Elevate327731842.926.6506.654591
Volkswagen Taigun1588128623.483.226.01-2.791766
Skoda Kushaq1293113713.722.626.84-4.221887
MG Astor1274103622.972.583.5-0.92890
Citroen C3 Aircross21112766.140.4200.42158
Total49210449149.56

Principal Learnings

Maruti Grand Vitara

  • As the best-selling small SUV in the nation, the Hyundai Creta maintained its dominance. In March 2024, sales of the facelifted Creta reached close to 16,500 units, with a nearly 8 percent increase in monthly sales. Even though Creta’s year-over-year (YoY) market share decreased by more than 9%, its sales in March 2024 were still almost 3,900 units more than its six-month average.
  • The Maruti Grand Vitara was the only small SUV to sell 10,000 units or more after the Creta. In March, Maruti continued to meet monthly demand for the Grand Vitara by shipping over 11,000 of the vehicle
  • In March 2024, the MoM sales of the Kia Seltos increased by more than 26%, with over 7,900 units sold. This amount was still about 1,600 units less than the company’s average sales during the previous six months, though.
  • In March 2024, the Toyota Hyrder—the Grand Vitara’s mechanical sibling—found nearly 6,000 purchasers. For the previous month, Toyota’s small SUV had no monthly losses recorded. (Hyundai and Maruti)

Honda Elevate

Honda Elevate

  • Additionally, Honda Elevate consistently exceeded the 3,000 unit sales threshold in terms of MoM demand.
    Nevertheless, it was still below its six-month average sales by about 1,300 units.
  • In March 2024, Volkswagen sold 300 additional Taigun compact SUVs, bringing its total sales to almost 1,500 units. However, Taigun’s YoY market share dropped by around 3%.
  • Similar to the Taigun, the Skoda Kushaq saw good growth in March 2024 of more than 13 percent, with around 1,300 units sold. Its year-over-year (YoY) market share likewise decreased by almost 4%.

MG Astor

  • The MG Astor crossed the 1,000 unit sales threshold and saw a MoM gain of about 23 percent.
  • Only 200 of the Citroen C3 Aircross’s tiny SUVs were sold in March 2024, making it the least popular model.

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