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Maruti Wagon R takes top sales spot for fourth consecutive year

Maruti Suzuki sold nearly 2 lakh Wagon R units in FY2025.
2 min read3 Apr '25
Viraaj BhatnagarViraaj Bhatnagar
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The Maruti Suzuki Wagon R has maintained its position as India's bestselling car for four consecutive years. This impressive feat comes alongside Maruti Suzuki's best-ever overall sales performance in a fiscal year.

  1. Maruti Suzuki sold 1.98 lakh units of the Wagon R in FY2025
  2. The Wagon R narrowly beat the Tata Punch's sales during the same period
  3. Urban areas constitute 51.8 percent of Wagon R sales; rural areas comprise 48.2 percent

Maruti Wagon R outsells Tata Punch

The Wagon R narrowly edged out the Tata Punch, which sold over 1.96 lakh units in FY2025. Interestingly, the Punch dethroned the Wagon R in calendar year 2024 (January 2024 to December 2024) with over 2.02 lakh units sold, while the Maruti hatchback sold just under 1.91 lakh units during the same period.

Maruti Wagon R vs Tata Punch sales in FY2025
Wagon RPunch
April 2024
17,85019,158
May 2024
14,49218,949
June 2024
13,79018,238
July 2024
16,19116,121
August 2024
16,45015,643
September 2024
13,33913,711
October 2024
13,92215,740
November 2024
13,98215,435
December 2024
17,30315,073
January 2025
24,07816,231
February 2025
19,87914,559
March 2025
17,17517,714
Total
1,98,4511,96,572

However, the Wagon R clearly gained momentum in the later months, particularly through January and February 2025, and ended up securing the sales crown for the fiscal year.

Maruti Wagon R sales in FY2025

1,98,451 units sold

Maruti Wagon R takes top sales spot for fourth consecutive year

During FY2025 (April 2024 to March 2025), Maruti Suzuki recorded over 1.98 lakh Wagon R units sold. While the Wagon R's FY2025 sales did fall short of its FY2024 and FY2023 numbers, the hatchback remains India's bestselling car for the fourth year in a row. Here’s a breakdown of the current-gen Wagon R’s sales since its launch in January 2019:

Maruti Wagon R sales since 2019
Fiscal year
Units sold
FY2019
41,873
FY2020
1,56,724
FY2021
1,60,330
FY2022
1,88,837
FY2023
2,12,340
FY2024
2,00,177
FY2025
1,98,451

Following the recent results, the lifetime sales tally for the Wagon R stands at more than 33.73 lakh units. Maruti Suzuki also revealed that 25 percent of Wagon R customers choose to buy the hatchback again when looking for a new car.

Maruti Suzuki FY2025 financial performance

Compact models experienced sales downturn in FY2025

While the Wagon R enjoyed hefty success by itself, sales for Maruti Suzuki’s compact offerings, like the Swift, Dzire, Baleno, etc, overall declined by 7.58 percent year-on-year. The company recorded more than 8.96 lakh compact car sales in FY2025, down from 9.70 lakh units in FY2024.

Maruti Suzuki’s total domestic sales for FY2025 stood at 17.61 lakh units, reflecting marginal growth of 0.05 percent compared to FY2024. Some of the key drivers of this growth were a 10 percent increase in rural sales and a 3.5 percent boost in rural market share, thanks to Maruti Suzuki’s expansion of its dealership network to over 150 upcountry markets.

Wagon R sales in rural areas nearly matched urban markets

Wagon R sales were almost evenly split between urban and rural areas, with urban sales accounting for 51.8 percent and rural sales contributing 48.2 percent. It's worth noting, though, that a significant portion of the Wagon R's urban sales comes from the fleet segment.

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