India’s automobile retail sales increase by 10 percent in May 2026

Monday, 08 June 2026 15:26:32 (GMT+3)   |   Kolkata

India’s automobile retail sales as denoted by new registrations, across all categories, have been provisionally recorded at 2,531,067 units in May 2026, a rise of 9.55 percent year on year, according to data released by the Federation of the Automobile Dealers’ Association (FADA) on Monday, June 8.

Among individual categories, passenger car sales showed the highest sales growth of 23.25 percent to 402,591 units in May 2026, while two-wheeler sales posted growth of 7.54 percent at 1,844,947 units, both year on year.

Three-wheeler sales increased by 3.56 percent year on year to 111,526 units, while commercial vehicle sales volumes grew by 5.29 percent to 83,823 units.

The data reflects broad-based growth across segments, although the pace varied depending on end-use demand and regional conditions, FADA said.

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I graduated from the University of Kolkata with a degree in economics and have three decades of experience in reporting for leading print media publications, covering key manufacturing industries like iron and steel, energy (fossil and renewable), chemicals and petrochemicals and mining sectors (coal, bauxite, iron ore and copper). I work as a correspondent for SteelOrbis reporting on the Indian steel industry covering pricing and trade trends across the value chain, capacity creations and utilizations, corporate developments, government policy frameworks and industry related news.

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