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Hatchback Sales Decline In May As SUV Sales Boom - Swift Still The King
In May 2025, hatchback sales in India reached 74,100 units, significantly outpacing sedans, which sold only 31,106 units. Despite the dominance of hatchbacks over sedans, the demand for hatchbacks has been slowing down. Meanwhile, SUVs are gaining popularity among Indian buyers. Maruti Suzuki's Swift, WagonR, and Baleno together captured a 54% market share in the hatchback segment.
Hatchback Sales Performance
The overall hatchback market in India experienced a 17.94% year-on-year decline in May 2025. Total sales dropped to 74,100 units from 90,304 units in May 2024. This decrease represents a volume reduction of 16,204 units. Maruti Swift led as the top-selling hatchback with sales of 14,135 units and a market share of 19.08%, despite a significant year-on-year decline of 27.11% from the previous year's sales of 19,393 units.
Maruti's WagonR also saw a decrease in sales by 3.75%, with figures falling to 13,949 units from the previous year's 14,492 units. The Baleno premium hatchback followed suit with a year-on-year decline of 9.53%, selling 11,618 units compared to last year's 12,842 units. This resulted in a volume decrease of 1,224 units.
Tata Tiago and Toyota Glanza Show Growth
Among the few models showing growth was Tata Tiago and its EV version with an impressive increase of 8.10%. Sales rose to 6,407 units from last year's figure of 5,927 units. The Tiago now holds an 8.65% market share. Toyota Glanza also performed well with sales reaching 4,753 units—a rise of 5.22% from last year's sales of 4,517 units—resulting in a volume increase of 236 units and securing a market share of 6.41%.
Hyundai's i10 NIOS saw its sales dip by 18.47% year-on-year to reach only 4,344 units compared to last year's figure of 5,328 units. Similarly, Hyundai i20 experienced a setback with a decline of 20.87%, selling just 4,090 units against last year's total of 5,169 units.
Declining Sales for Other Models
Tata Altroz faced a significant drop in sales by 44.23%, recording only 2,779 unit sales compared to the previous year's figure of 4,983 units for its pre-facelift model. Maruti Celerio also suffered with numbers falling to just under half at only around half its previous count—1,861 from last year's total of over three thousand.
The Ignis saw an almost twelve percent drop while S-Presso's numbers fell nearly nineteen percent to reach just over eighteen hundred vehicles sold this past month alone! MG Comet EV experienced even worse results; it was down thirty-one percent selling fewer than nine hundred cars altogether!
Renault Kwid managed only five hundred forty vehicles sold—a twenty-seven percent decrease when compared against seven hundred forty-three cars moved during May twenty-fourth! Citroen C3 along with eC3 EV both showed declines too: twenty-nine percent less for the ICE model while seventy-four percent fewer electric versions were purchased overall!
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