Top 10 Best-Selling Brands In January 2022

Modified On Feb 03, 2022 10:57 AM By Sonny

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Nearly every carmaker experienced double-digit increase in sales compared to December 2021

The Indian automotive space seems to be off to a good start in 2022 with most carmakers registering month-on-month (MoM) growth in January sales. While we will be covering the model and segment wise figures at a later date, let’s see which brands were the top performers as a whole:

Brand	Jan’22	Dec’21	MoM Diff (%)	Jan’21	YoY Diff (%)
Maruti Suzuki	1,37,336	1,23,016	11.6%	1,39,002	-1.2%
Hyundai	44,022	32,312	36.2%	52,005	-15.4%
Tata	40,780	35,300	15.5%	26,980	51.1%
Mahindra	19,860	17,476	13.6%	20,498	-3.1%
Kia	19,319	7,797	147.8%	19,056	1.4%
Honda	10,427	7,973	30.8%	11,319	-7.9%
Renault	8,119	6,130	32.4%	8,209	-1.1%
Toyota	7,328	10,833	-32.4%	11,126	-34.1%
MG	4,306	2,550	68.9%	3,602	19.5%
Nissan	4,250	3,010	41.2%	4,021	5.7%

While Maruti Suzuki is in a league of its own when it comes to volume sales, Hyundai and Tata are also well clear of the rest of the industry competitors.
Maruti’s sales increased by over 11 percent month-on-month, and it’s only 1 percent lower than its previous year’s figures for the same month.
Hyundai’s YoY performance dropped by 15 percent but it enjoyed a monthly sales increase of 36 percent. The Korean carmaker has reclaimed the second spot after slipping below Tata in December 2021.

Tata has had a much better start to 2022 than it did to 2021. It had a notable YoY increase of over 50 percent while monthly sales went up by 15 percent.
Mahindra just edged ahead of Kia in the monthly sales chart by a margin of 541 units. Its YoY figures were down a bit but it did enjoy a MoM increase of more than 13 percent.
The fifth-best selling car brand in the country, Kia, witnessed significant recovery in January 2022 with a MoM growth of nearly 148 percent. We can expect this growth to continue with the launch of the Carens later this month. In terms of YoY performance, the sales figures seem stable with a growth of just 1.4 percent.
Honda was the most popular Japanese carmaker in India last month and the only other OEM to register over 10,000 units sold. It experienced a MoM growth of nearly 31 percent while its YoY sales dipped by nearly 8 percent. Meanwhile, Toyota experienced the biggest decline in both MoM sales and YoY sales at 34 percent and 32 percent respectively, dropping to eighth in the list.

Renault moved up in the monthly sales charts with a MoM sales increase of 32 percent. It’s alliance partner, Nissan, was the 10th best selling car brand in January 2022 with 4,250 units. That’s a MoM increase of over 40 percent but a YoY growth of just 5.7 percent.
MG had a strong start to 2022 as well with a MoM growth in sales of 69% and a YoY increase of 19.5 percent. The carmaker does not have any volume models lined up for 2022 but we expect its figures to grow as it is able to roll out more units of the Astor in the coming months.