The sub-4m SUV segment has grown rather popular in recent years and continues to flourish because of offerings like the Kia Sonet and Hyundai Venue. Models just like the Maruti Vitara Brezza and Tata Nexon have also been given facelifts this year to refresh their appeal. While Kia’s SUV topped the charts in its launch month, it had been the Maruti that claimed the crown in October 2020. Here’s a glance at each SUV’s sales numbers:
| October 2020 | |||||||
| Sub-compact SUVs | October 2020 | September 2020 | MoM Growth | Market share current(%) | Market share (% last year) | YoY mkt share (%) | Average sales (6 months) |
| Maruti Vitara Brezza | 12087 | 9153 | 32.05 | 24.66 | 32.19 | -7.53 | 4830 |
| Tata Nexon | 6888 | 6007 | 14.66 | 14.05 | 13.97 | 0.08 | 3196 |
| Ford EcoSport | 4599 | 3558 | 29.25 | 9.38 | 13.33 | -3.95 | 1718 |
| Mahindra TUV300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.92 | -3.92 | 0 |
| Mahindra XUV300 | 4882 | 3700 | 31.94 | 9.96 | 9.58 | 0.38 | 2046 |
| Hyundai Venue | 8828 | 8469 | 4.23 | 18.01 | 26.99 | -8.98 | 4807 |
| Kia Sonet | 11721 | 9266 | 26.49 | 23.91 | 0 | 0 | 1544 |
| Toyota Urban Cruiser | 3006 | 0 | 0 | 5.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49005 | 40153 | 22.04 | 0 |
The facelifted Maruti Vitara Brezza took the highest spot on the sales chart in October 2020 because of a month-on-month increase of 32 percent. Maruti shipped over 12,000 units of its SUV, 366 quite the second best-selling SUV, the Kia Sonet.
While Kia’s Sonet was the foremost sought-after SUV in September 2020 with even more units shipped in October, it took the second spot with a tally of 11,721. Presently, it holds the second highest market share, of just about 24 percent.
Hyundai’s sub-4m SUV came third with over 8,000 units shipped during the amount . Its demand has stayed relatively stable, witnessing the smallest amount MoM growth of around 4 percent.
Compared to September, Tata shipped 881 units more of the Nexon in October. it’s slowly catching up to the Venue and commands a market share of a touch over 14 percent.
The Mahindra XUV300 witnessed the second highest MoM growth, of just about 32 percent, keeping it out of rock bottom spot within the segment’s monthly figures.
Ford shipped 4,599 units of the EcoSport in October 2020 and it holds a market share of 9.38 percent. It also enjoyed a month-on-month growth of just over 29 percent but fell in need of its Mahindra rival.
The Toyota Urban Cruiser has been on sale for a couple of months now and has barely been added to the official list. it’d are delayed because it is just a badge-engineered version of the Vitara Brezza made by Maruti Suzuki. Toyota shipped over 3,000 units of the SUV in October 2020. It holds rock bottom market share of 5.77 percent.
Overall, the segment witnessed a MoM growth of over 22 percent with the entire sales figure standing at 49,005 units.
Expect this segment to grow even more with the launch of the Nissan Magnite later this month and therefore the Renault Kiger’s expected arrival in early-2021.