Obviously, the Indian auto market has nothing to do with most people in China, and we don't care how Maruti and Suzuki cooperate or how they firmly stick to the top of the sales charts. However, the Indian auto market has something to do with Chinese cars.
Have you ever heard of MG cars?
SAIC intends to wash the brains of Indians and make them think that MG is a car brand from the UK – although they are mostly produced in Liuzhou and Zhengzhou, but this is the beginning after all, and we will also take a look at how MG is mixed in India in 2021.
To start with a brief introduction, Maruti Suzuki occupies most of the top ten seats, but Tata and Hyundai bite open the gap. Relatively speaking, the world outside the top ten will be more interesting.
1st place: Maruti Suzuki Wagon R sales 183851 units, up 24% year-on-year
The first Wagon R is theoretically a descendant of the Big Dipper. However, there are two kinds of descendants of the Big Dipper, one is the small K-Car in Japan, and the other is the larger, lower-cost Indian version. The car is small and cheap, and the Maruti Suzuki Wagon R starts at INR 410,000 in India, which is equivalent to about 35,000 RMB.
As for the car itself, the new generation model was launched in January 2019, using 1.0L and 1.2L engines, and after three years, it has steadily occupied the first place in the sales list.
Second place: Maruti Suzuki Swift Sales 175052 units, up 8.9% year-on-year
Compared with the Wagon R, which is a special model, the Swift maintains its original taste, for example, the Wagon R is similar to Langyi, and the Swift is similar to Sagitar, so everyone should be able to understand.
As a world-renowned small car, the characteristics of the Swift are clear to everyone, affordable and durable, light and easy to drive is its biggest feature. At the same time, low fuel consumption and excellent quality are also reasons why Indian consumers choose Swift.
Third place: Maruti Suzuki Baleno sales 172237 units, up 11.9% year-on-year
About this car, we must first know that although it looks atmospheric, it is actually a fit of the same class. It's just that in India, it's more high-end,
First of all, it sells in Suzuki's high-end sales store "NEXA", which was established in 2015, and today, the main model of the NEXA store is the Baleno, in addition to S-Cross( Fengyu), Ingnis, QiYue and other models.
Fourth place: Maruti Suzuki Alto sales of 166233 units, up 7.9% year-on-year
Like the Wagon R, India's Alto is different from Japan's Alto, which is very economical at first glance, and it is true that it is cheaper than the Wagon R. From the side, The Indian Alto should be the renovation of the old Alto.
Interestingly, Pakistan moved the production line of Japan Alto, which is also the only overseas production line of Japan Alto. That is to say, Alto in Pakistan is more advanced than Alto in India.
Does this count as a disruption to international relations?
Fifth place: Hyundai ix25 sales 125437 units, an increase of 29.3% year-on-year
I don't really want to say that this is a normal car, because you can understand it by looking at the front face of this car. When the design was first first launched in China, many people doubted whether Hyundai was discriminating against the aesthetics of Chinese consumers.
Now, the misunderstanding is solved. If your car could rank in the top five in Terms of Sales in India, believe me, it would be nice to see.
Sixth place: Maruti Suzuki DZire sales 116222 units, down 7.0% year-on-year
As you can see, it's actually the Swift Sedan.
India has a stricter rule, that is, to collect taxes by size, but the space for sedans is indeed larger, so this local souvenir has emerged.
This regulation also affects our cars. Wuling Hongguang once hung up the Chevrolet logo and ran to India, and was beaten to the ground looking for teeth because of the size of the tax problem.
Seventh place: Maruti Suzuki Vetrra Brezza sales 115962 units, up 38.6% year-on-year
This car should be a little impression, that is, the domestic once appeared in The Vitra, the Indians made a makeover, marked with the name of sports, added the suffix of Brezza, and then put it in the high-end store "NEXA" for sale.
Eighth place: Maruti Suzuki Eeco sales 114524 units, up 15.1% year-on-year
"You shouldn't need Suzuki Every, right?"
Strictly speaking, this is the third normal car in the top ten, although its prototype is so old that our Changan Star has been changed for an unknown number of generations, indians are still using this car, and it has entered the top ten of the sales list.
Ninth place: Maruti Suzuki Ertiga sales 114408 units, up 41.8% year-on-year
The Indian market, which pays attention to low, affordable and cost-effective, is naturally indispensable to a 7-seater car. Ertiga is based on the development of Swift, and also uses the same Heartceh platform as the new Swift, the engine is equipped with 1.5L, the length of the car is less than 4.5 meters, and it is not yet possible to imagine how passengers are squeezed in.
However, it is worth mentioning that this car is not specifically sold in India, and it is also not small in the South Asian market, and the competitor is Honda Mobile.
10th place: Tata Nexon sales 108577 units, up 122.3% year-on-year
Since it is a new car, the growth rate of this car is very impressive.
When I first saw this shape and workmanship, I couldn't match it to the domestic stage of automobile development.
Probably similar to the stage of Chery QQ me?
But this car is not guilty of this, pay attention to its ground clearance, Tata used to build garbage cars, but now, they will build cars for the road conditions of their own country. And the proportions and design are in line with people's expectations of India's first-line car companies.
In terms of power, the car is equipped with a 1.5T diesel engine and a 1.2T gasoline engine. It is worth mentioning that this is also the best domestic car sold in India, for them, the status of this car may be more like the mainland's Geely Emgrand.
Congratulations everyone insisted on staying here, you can see that if you must go to India to drive a best-selling car, either choose a Swift or choose an ix25. Because this is the only normal car in the top ten of India's 2021 car sales list.
So from the situation of these cars, we can draw some conclusions:
First of all, the average price is not high, and the best-selling Wagon R is equivalent to RMB of only 35,000 yuan. At the same time, the taxes and fees are scary, which also gives birth to Maruti Suzuki's Swift sedan specially built for the Indian market. In addition to Maruti Suzuki, Honda's Amase and Renault's Tribe are also typical Indian specialty cars.
There are so many special cars in India that the number cannot be counted. Even Skoda built a Kushaq specifically for the Indian market. The only conscience comes from Hyundai Kia, although hyundai Veneer and Kia Sonet are relatively low-positioned, but the effects presented are very normal cars.
Overall, the Indian market is still relatively miserable. Because the top 30 are stunned to find a normal body shape passenger car. Only the Mahinda Bolero is relatively large, but most of them are purchased by official units.
And in this way, you will find that SAIC Motor can spread in India, which is simply a miracle!
I looked down to find the 31st place before I saw the MG Hector, which sold 32,231 units in India in 2021.
Look at the picture to understand, Hector prototype is Baojun 530, is the compact SUV of Zhenger Bajing, the same compact SUV volkswagen Tiguan, Jeep guide sales are very dismal, in contrast, Hector actually sold well!
Compared with the top thirty cars in the Indian market, I have a guess that is not necessarily correct, that is, MG is in India, and it is likely to be regarded as a luxury brand.
epilogue:
Honestly, at this point, I don't expect SAIC to become a best-selling brand in India, even if I take out the Baojun 310 at the bottom of the pressure box, it is a big car in India. The best-selling sedan swift means that to open up the market in India, it needs to be localized deep enough, and in this regard, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Kia, Tata, and even Skoda have all gone very deep. SAIC May have a low insurance, but the status, I guess, may be the benchmark domestic Infiniti.
Finally, we can only wish Indian car consumers to popularize normal cars as soon as possible.
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