Brezza races past Creta, tops sales charts in August
Maruti Suzuki's workhorse SUV Brezza raced past Hyundai Motor India's Creta to occupy the top slot on the sales chart last month.
Maruti Suzuki sold 19,190 units of the Brezza in August, ahead of Hyundai's flagship SUV, Creta which sold around 16,760 units.
While Creta slipped to the third spot in the best-selling list last month, Tata Motors' popular model Punch fell to the fifth position with sales of about 15,640 units.
Interestingly, of the top five vehicles sold in the local market last month, four were utility vehicles. In a market where small cars once ruled the roads, there was only one volume drawer from the hatchback segment-Maruti Suzuki's WagonR with sales of 16,450 units.
Maruti Suzuki also took the second spot last month with MPV Ertiga, which sold 18,580 units.
Overall, as many as six models-Brezza, Ertiga, WagonR, Swift, Baleno, Fronx-in the best-selling list belonged to Maruti Suzuki in August. Tata Motors had two vehicles, while Mahindra & Mahindra and Hyundai Motor India had one SUV each.
SUVs continued to be the most popular vehicle of choice, comprising six of the top-selling vehicles in the country last month. As per industry estimates, SUVs made up as much as 55% of all cars sold in the local market in FY24, up from about 50.4% at the start of this fiscal year, and 43% in FY23.
Three hatchbacks from Maruti Suzuki-WagonR, Swift and Baleno-featured in the bestselling list in August. Hatchbacks accounted for about 30% of all cars sold last month, with the remaining volumes coming in from
