Top-Selling Hatchbacks In February 2021

Small hatchback sales in February 2021 was led by the Maruti Suzuki Alto that found 16,919 takers. However, the number was down 6 percent year-on-year (YoY).

Maruti’s S-Presso sits in the second position with 7040 units to its name, while the Renault Kwid came third with 3927 unit sales.

Datsun’s redi-GO (889 units) was, surprisingly, the only small car to witness a YoY sales growth. Overall sales stood at 28,775 units, which is a 11% decrease over February last year.

With 20,264 unit sales, the Maruti Suzuki Swift led the February 2021 hatchback sales and even recorded a 8 percent YoY growth.

Up next comes the Wagon R that was driven home by 18,728 people (3 percent growth), followed by the Grand i10 NIOS from the house of Hyundai.

Tata Motors sold 6787 units of the Tiago last month, closely followed by the Maruti Celerio that found 6214 takers.

Occupying the sixth position in the hatchback sales chart, the Maruti Ignis retailed 3340 times over, while the Hyundai Santro (2128 units) came seventh.

There is not much to speak about the cars occupying the last 3 positions, as they did not fare well. Overall sales, though, was strong at 67,883 units with a 3 percent growth.

Unsurprisingly, the Maruti Suzuki Baleno sits on top of the February 2021 premium hatchback sales chart with 20,070 unit sales.

The i20 from Hyundai found 9001 takers, followed by the Altroz with 6832 units. Toyota sold 2743 units of the Glanza during last month.

Volkswagen’s soon-to-be replaced Polo was taken home by 1937 people, while 1285 units of the Ford Freestyle were retailed in February as well.

Finally, Honda sold 856 units of the Jazz in the month where total sales of premium hatchbacks stood at 42,724 units with a 33 percent YoY growth.