<p>New Delhi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mahindra-mahindra">Mahindra & Mahindra</a> has emerged as the second largest player in the Indian car market, relegating Hyundai Motor, which had held onto the spot for a long time, to the fourth position in April, as per retail auto sales data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Monday.</p>.<p>Though Maruti Suzuki maintains its ‘Numero Uno’ position, its market share has shrunk. Its retail sales declined to 1.38 lakh in April 2025 from 1.39 lakh in the same month last year. Its share as percentage of total car sales in April 2025 declined to 39.44 per cent from 40.39 per cent in April 2024.</p>.<p>Mahindra registered a significant jump in its market share rising from 11.23 per cent in April 2024 to 13.83 per cent in April 2025, while Hyundai’s market share dipped from 14.29 per cent in April 2024 to 12.47 per cent in April 2025.</p>.Mahindra Aerostructures to make Airbus H130 helicopters' fuselage in India.<p>Despite decline in its absolute sales numbers and market share, Tata Motors maintained its third position. Tata Motors passenger vehicle sales declined to 44,065 in April 2025 from 46,915 recorded in the same month last year. Market share declined from 13.61per cent to 12.59 per cent.</p>.<p>After two consecutive months of decline, the overall automobile retail sales witnessed positive growth in April, increasing by 3 per cent year-on-year to 22.8 lakh units. All categories, except commercial vehicles, posted positive growth.</p>.<p>“With the tariff war paused, stock markets staged a sharp pullback—alleviating investor concerns—and customers thus leveraged Chaitra Navratri, Akshay Tritiya, Bengali New Year, Baisakhi and Vishu to complete purchases, helping April end on a positive note,” said FADA President C S Vigneshwar.</p>
<p>New Delhi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mahindra-mahindra">Mahindra & Mahindra</a> has emerged as the second largest player in the Indian car market, relegating Hyundai Motor, which had held onto the spot for a long time, to the fourth position in April, as per retail auto sales data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Monday.</p>.<p>Though Maruti Suzuki maintains its ‘Numero Uno’ position, its market share has shrunk. Its retail sales declined to 1.38 lakh in April 2025 from 1.39 lakh in the same month last year. Its share as percentage of total car sales in April 2025 declined to 39.44 per cent from 40.39 per cent in April 2024.</p>.<p>Mahindra registered a significant jump in its market share rising from 11.23 per cent in April 2024 to 13.83 per cent in April 2025, while Hyundai’s market share dipped from 14.29 per cent in April 2024 to 12.47 per cent in April 2025.</p>.Mahindra Aerostructures to make Airbus H130 helicopters' fuselage in India.<p>Despite decline in its absolute sales numbers and market share, Tata Motors maintained its third position. Tata Motors passenger vehicle sales declined to 44,065 in April 2025 from 46,915 recorded in the same month last year. Market share declined from 13.61per cent to 12.59 per cent.</p>.<p>After two consecutive months of decline, the overall automobile retail sales witnessed positive growth in April, increasing by 3 per cent year-on-year to 22.8 lakh units. All categories, except commercial vehicles, posted positive growth.</p>.<p>“With the tariff war paused, stock markets staged a sharp pullback—alleviating investor concerns—and customers thus leveraged Chaitra Navratri, Akshay Tritiya, Bengali New Year, Baisakhi and Vishu to complete purchases, helping April end on a positive note,” said FADA President C S Vigneshwar.</p>