October 2026 car sales: Tata retains second place as monthly sales hit an all-time high

India's domestic passenger vehicle market witnessed healthy growth in October 2026. Maruti Suzuki remained the top-selling carmaker with 2,12,384 units, while Tata Motors retained second place, ahead of Mahindra and Hyundai. Tata sold 73,894 units in the domestic market, while Mahindra was third with 73,338 units, followed by Hyundai with 62,799 units.

Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki sold 2,12,384 passenger vehicles in the domestic market in October 2026. In the same month last year, it sold 1,76,318 units. Mini, compact and midsize cars made up 1,00,877 units, which is 18.4 percent more than a year ago. Utility vehicle sales grew faster. It rose 26.1 percent to 97,787 units. Maruti also supplied 9,459 units to other carmakers and exported 49,872 units.

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Tata Motors
Tata Motors recorded total sales of 75,426 units in the domestic and international markets in October 2026. It registered healthy growth of 23 percent year-on-year, compared with 61,295 units in October 2025. Domestic PV sales rose 21% to 73,894 units. It was 61,134 units a year ago. International business grew to 1,532 units, up from just 161 units in October 2025.

Electric vehicles also did well. EV sales, including domestic and international, grew 75 percent to 16,244 units. A year ago, Tata sold 9,286 EVs. The Punch.ev played a big part in this. It became the first standalone EV product to cross 5,000 sales in a single month.

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Tata also hit a record. Its total sales, including international business, crossed 75,000 cars and SUVs for the first time. The 23 percent growth beat the estimated industry growth of around 10 percent.

Mahindra
Mahindra sold 73,338 SUVs in the domestic market in October 2026. That is 2.4 percent more than the 71,624 units it sold in October 2025. It is also the company’s best monthly domestic SUV number ever. Counting exports, Mahindra’s utility vehicle sales reached 74,904 units.

Hyundai
Hyundai sold 62,799 cars in the domestic market in October 2026. That is 16.7 percent higher than the 53,792 units it sold in October 2025. The company also exported 19,500 units. Together, that brings its total for the month to 82,299 units, which is 17.7 percent more than last year.