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Diwali is such a period every year that enlightens the whole of India. To speak specifically of the Indian Auto Industry, this festive season brings a wave of offers and discounts, which attracts the most amount of customers compared to the rest of the year. Well, Diwali 2024 has been such a festival that has helped almost every car brand to give a positive report in the month of October 2024. So, here are the top four car brands that sold the most amount of cars in October 2024 - 

Maruti Suzuki 

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Maruti is such a brand that has been on the top for more than a decade now. No one has come even close to the brand till now, and the brand itself is increasing its difference every single month by a small margin. Moreover, to speak of October 2024, Maruti literally sold almost 1.5 lakh more cars than the brand in the second position - Maruti sold 2,06,434 units in Oct 2024, which is also the highest-ever sales Maruti has made in a single month. It is also around 7000 units more than its Oct 2023 sales, and 52,000 units more than its Sept 2023 sales. 

This happened simply because of Maruti’s outstanding discounts on its lineup of cars. The brand already launched some attractive special editions in mid-October to attract customers even more - Baleno Regal edition, Grand Vitara Dominion edition, Swift Blitz edition, etc. Secondly, its already amazing performing SUVs and hatchbacks, like Brezza, Baleno, Swift, etc helped the brand even more to achieve this. 

Hyundai

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Hyundai has been maintaining a good sales number throughout this year. Though Hyundai stumbled a bit in mid-2024, when Tata Motors surpassed Hyundai becoming the second biggest, Hyundai still managed to make a comeback the very next month. In October 2024, Hyundai sold 55,568 units, which is the third-highest sales number in the brand’s monthly sales history. This number is also about 440 units more than its sales in Oct 2023, and 4400 units more than Sept 2023. 

Hyundai did not launch any special edition, unlike Maruti but, it did give heavy discounts on its cars. Mostly, on the ones that were not selling as much, like the i20, Grand i10, etc. Its best-selling car/SUV - Creta had discounts on it, too. Moreover, Hyundai has been popular for providing value-for-money products with a lot of first-in-segment features, like NFC key, the most powerful 1.5 L Turbo GDI Petrol engine in the segment, ADAS in sub-compact SUVs - Venue, etc. ​

Mahindra

Well, if you think Mahindra is a new name for this position then, you are wrong, as the brand is the third biggest Car maker in India surpassing Tata Motors last month - Sept 2023. Most importantly, this brand has become the third biggest Indian by just selling SUVs. Mahindra has been on the rise since its slight reboot in 2020 from the Thar launch. Still, we believe the XUV 700 was the one that really set the tone for the brand’s motive and ambition. Today, we can say that Mahindra is the only Indian brand that can be regarded as a brand that makes world-class SUVs. 

In October 2024, Mahindra sold 54,504 units, which is the highest to date for the brand in terms of monthly sales numbers. It is almost 11,000 units more than its Oct 2023 sales and almost 3500 units more than Sept 2024 sales. 

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Tata Motors

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Tata Motors in recent months has lost its touch over the sales standings. It was the third biggest Indian for over a decade but, in 2024, Mahindra overtook Tata. The reason behind this is simply Tata Motors’ lack of problem-solving attributes - Many consumers have been complaining about the consistent issues in its new SUVs, like Harrier and Safari. Secondly, the poor after-sales service of the brand has totally ruined its reputation in the market. 

In October 2024, Tata Motors sold 48,131 units, which is a significant and much-needed growth for the brand with respect to the fall that happened in Sept 2024 - 41,064 units. Compared to the Oct 2023 sales, Tata sold more than 200 units less in Oct 2024. 

Still, Tata Motors managed to give some discounts on its SUVs and hatchbacks in order to attract consumers. Moreover, even though Tata Motors is way behind in terms of after-sales service and in making an overall good quality product, still the brand is the most innovative today in India. We can say that Tata Motors is sort of leading the Indian Automobile Market with its innovation, as most of the other brands are implementing the same technology Tata is bringing to existence. 

Links for some Interesting Blogs - 

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