Maruti Dzire is the best-selling car in India in 2025 – Introduction

The Maruti Dzire is India’s best-selling car in the calendar year 2025, with wholesales of 2.14 lakh units. Maruti‘s compact sedan outsold the Hyundai Creta (2.01 lakh) and Tata Nexon (2.01 lakh) in the year, highlighting the continued relevance of value-led sedans in a market increasingly dominated by SUVs.

1. There are 6 Maruti cars in the 10 best-sellers in 2025 list
2. Tata has 2 cars, while Mahindra and Hyundai have 1 car each on the best-sellers list
3. Utility vehicles accounted for a record 55.3 percent of total sales

10 best selling cars in 2025

Dzire, Creta, Nexon, Wagon R and Ertiga are the 5 best-sellers.

Maruti Suzuki continued its dominance of the top 10 best-sellers list with six cars, while Tata fielded two, and Mahindra and Hyundai had one each. That Indians have a tendency towards the SUV body type is obvious when one sees that there are six one this list – the Creta, Nexon, Fronx (1.8 lakh), the Scorpio twins (1.77 lakh), the Brezza (1.75 lakh) and Punch (1.73 lakh). In fact, SUVs accounted for a record 55.3 percent of total passenger vehicle sales in 2025. While the list also shows the dwindling number of hatchbacks – just the Wagon R (1.94 lakh) and Swift (1.89 lakh) – it does show the resilience of the Maruti Ertiga (1.92 lakh), being the only MPV here.

The wholesales data for 2025 underscores a key shift in India’s car market. While SUVs now account for over half of total industry volumes, the top-selling model remains a compact sedan, reinforcing the continued importance of value, efficiency, and total cost of ownership in buying decisions.

10 best selling cars in the past

2025 marks the return of a Maruti car at the top of the list.

Last year, the Tata Punch broke Maruti Suzuki’s 40-year streak on the top of the best-sellers list, with wholesales of about 2.02 lakh units in 2024. That the Dzire is now on top markets the return of a Maruti car to the top of the list. In years past, it was either the Maruti Wagon R or the Swift hatchbacks that outsold other models in India.

*Includes Mahindra Scorpio N and Scorpio Classic

With inputs from Ketan Thakkar and Rivan RS