Breaking Down FY26s Record Car Sales | Deep Drive Podcast Ep.107 | Autocar India Keith Andrews [nR39KF3jVcA]

India's passenger vehicle sales touched a record high of 4.7 million units in FY26. Hormazd Sorabjee - Editor, Autocar India - and Ravi Bhatia - President and CEO, JATO Dynamic India - break down the ugo humbert numbers on this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime.

Views expressed in this podcast belong solely to the speakers.

Editor: Deven Bhalla

Archives: Shrey Vaid, Ganesh Jadhav, Lincon Rodrigues

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Chapters -

0:00 - Introduction

1:09 - What helped sales

4:22 - Sales by country of origin

5:50 - Mahindra's at number 2

7:23 - Maruti's market share drop

9:18 - Hyundai's slips kpop demon hunters to number 4

10:28 - Toyota's rise

11:25 - Kia's performance

12:20 - Jeep and Citroen

14:11 - Maruti Dzire is India's bestseller

16:48 - Tata Nexon at number 2

18:20 - EV battleground

22:42 - Shrinking sedan segment

24:08 - Tata Sierra and Mahindra XUV 7XO drawing buyers

24:50 - Maruti Victoris report card

27:30 - Tech pull

30:40 - Growth of SUVs

31:40 - Fuel-wise split

34:45 - BMW vs Mercedes

35:50 - Total cost of ownership as a factor

38:24 - 5 million sales target

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