New Delhi, Nov 7 (UNI) The 42-day-long festive season, clubbed with reforms and rural resurgence, helped India’s auto retail sales soar to a record 4.02 million units in October 2025. According to data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), this is an uptick of 40.5 per cent year-on-year from 2.87 million in October 2024.
Passenger vehicle (PV) sales breached the five-lakh mark, closing at 5.57 lakh units, an 11 per cent increase over last year’s 5 lakh units, while the two-wheelers also recorded their highest-ever monthly sales at 3.15 million units, up 52 per cent from 2.1 million a year ago.
Commercial vehicles (CVs) grew 18 per cent, aided by infrastructure spending and freight activity, while three-wheelers and tractors rose 5 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively. The only weak link was construction equipment, which fell 30 per cent Y-o-Y, impacted by project delays and tight financing.
Maruti Suzuki India remained the market leader with an 18 per cent rise in sales to 2.39 lakh units. Tata Motors followed with 13 per cent growth to 75,352 units, and Mahindra & Mahindra rose 9 per cent to 67,918 units.
However, Hyundai Motor India saw a 7 percent decline to 65,442 units.
Hero MotoCorp sales surged 72 percent to 994,787 units. Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India climbed 48% to 821,976 units. TVS Motor registered 58 per cent growth with 558,075 units sold.
During the 42-day festive period, overall vehicle retails rose 21 per cent Y-o-Y, registering the highest ever festive performance. Two-wheelers were up by 22 per cent, passenger vehicles by 23 per cent, commercial vehicles by 15 per cent, and three-wheelers by 9 per cent.
However, the tractors segment recorded a decline of 14 per cent.
Favourable monsoons, higher farm incomes, and government-led infrastructure spending boosted purchasing power in rural regions.
