January 2021 is over and we are already done with the brand sale stats. In today’s featured, we are going to have a look at the top 10 best selling cars in January 2021. If you have read yesterday’s report, you might know that Maruti Suzuki has sold the maximum cars in the last month so it is not difficult to guess that in the list of top 10 selling cars for January 2021, MSIL will be having the majority. You’ve read the title so you know that Alto has been the top seller last month. Let’s start our list and have a look at who all followed!
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Maruti Suzuki Alto (18,260 units)
India’s favourite family hatch- the Maruti Suzuki Alto is leading the sales chart this time with a sale of 18,260 units. This means that this hatch has experienced a YoY fall of about 3.4% because, in January 2020, Alto recorded a sale of 18,914 units. As always, we will definitely say that people need to re-think their decision of buying this hatch. Safety is a huge issue within itself but its high time that Maruti needs to give it a facelift.
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Maruti Suzuki Swift (17,180 units)
Maruti’s Swift is in second place among the top 10 best selling cars in January 2021. With a sale of 17,180 units this time Swift has also experienced a YoY drop. If we compare this drop to Alto, this one is huge! Swift has suffered a 14.1% drop in comparison to what it sold in the same month last year. Swift has been a top-seller for MSIL for months but now we always see Alto stepping up in the game! It will be fun to see how things go in the future.
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Maruti Suzuki WagonR (17,165 units)
Maruti’s tallboy ended January 2021 with a sale of 17,165 units. WagonR has also been an absolute favourite among the Indian audience and is always seen among the top 10 best selling cars. This time, it has landed in the third place but if we compare it to WagonR’s sales in January 2020, it has shown a YoY growth of 12.69% which points towards good times ahead!
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Maruti Baleno (16,648 units)
The premium hatch from India’s favourite automaker is at the 4th place in the list of top 10 best-selling cars in January 2021. Beating its competitors, like always, Baleno is way ahead of Altroz and i20! Not surprising anymore, we are not seeing Glanza in the list anytime soon now. For now, Baleno remains the top-selling premium hatch in India with a sale of 16,648 units with a YoY drop of 18.73%.
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Maruti Dzire (15,125 units)
The top-selling compact sedan in India for the month of January 2021 is Maruti Dzire! No surprises again Maruti’s compact sedan is among the top 10 best selling cars for January 2021 and is on the 5th place with a sale of 15,125 units. Honda Amaze, Hyundai Aura and the Ford Aspire are still trying to figure out how they will be able to beat this car in terms of sales.
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Hyundai Creta (12,284 units)
The top-selling SUV in India for January 2021 is Hyundai Creta with a sale of 12,284 units. Last year, in January 2020, Creta didn’t do well because it was about to receive a facelift. The 2020 Hyundai Creta was launched at the Auto Expo 2020, and this new design came in with an outstanding amount of sale. Creta saw a whopping 78.02% YoY growth!
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Hyundai Venue (11,779 units)
The top-selling compact SUV in India is also from the house of the Korean automaker. All of us know that there is a Maruti in this segment and someone beating MSIL in any segment is definitely an achievement. Beating the Brezza, the Sonet and other competitors, Venue stands at the 7th place among the top 10 best-selling cars in January 2021.
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Maruti Eeco (11,680 units)
The real MPV is on the 8th place this time with a sale of 11,680 units. Maruti Eeco always comes as a surprise in the list of top 10 best selling cars in January 2021. With the availability of company fitted CNG and being a great utility vehicle, Eeco is going places! This machine will never stop selling because it has no competitors in the market as of now!
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Hyundai Grand i10 NIOS (10,865 units)
Do you have similar thoughts? If you think the NIOS is underrated, do let us know the comments section below. For now, concentrating at the sales figures, NIOS closed January 2021 with a sale of 10,865 units which means a YoY growth of 23.82% which is quite appreciable considering its not a Maruti!
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Maruti Brezza (10,623 units)
Available in a petrol-only engine option after the arrival of the BS6 norms, Brezza continues to sell well in the Indian market. However, we have already seen that the Hyundai Venue has gained a better sales figure than Brezza. You can definitely let us know your thoughts on a Hyundai beating a Maruti in terms of sales in the comments sections below! Brezza closed January 2021 with a sale of 10,623 units.
These were the top 10 best selling cars in India for the month of January 2021. No matter which car continues to be the top seller, we service them all equally well! Come on! we deserve a subtle promotion after giving you such an important piece of information in this article. For your ease, here is the tabular representation of the data:
Car Make/Model | January 2021 | January 2020 | Y-o-Y Change |
Maruti Alto | 18,260 | 18,914 | -3.45% |
Maruti Swift | 17,180 | 19,981 | -14.01% |
Maruti WagonR | 17,165 | 15,232 | 12.69% |
Maruti Baleno | 16,648 | 20,485 | -18.73% |
Maruti Dzire | 15,125 | 22,406 | -32.49% |
Hyundai Creta | 12,284 | 6,900 | 78.02% |
Hyundai Venue | 11,779 | 6,733 | 74.94% |
Maruti Eeco | 11,680 | 12,324 | -5.22% |
Hyundai Gi10 NIOS | 10,865 | 8,774 | 23.82% |
Maruti Brezza | 10,623 | 10,134 | 4.82% |
*Data Source: Autocar