The only prominent luxury car brand to not disclose half-yearly sales is JLR India (formerly Jaguar Land Rover India). The XC40 Recharge EV accounted for 27 per cent of Volvo India's total first half sales. While the XC60 SUV remained its chief volume driver (376 units sold), the battery-powered XC40 Recharge accounted for more than a fourth of Volvo’s total sales, with 289 units sold.Īlso Read: Jaguar Land Rover Introduces Its Refreshed Corporate Identity Volvo Cars revealed it, too, witnessed a year-on-year increase in H1 sales to 1,089 vehicles. A total of 527 BMW Group EVs have been registered in 2023, as per VAHAN registration data.Īlso Read: Volvo Cars India Records 33% Growth In First Half Of 2023Īudi registered a near-100 per cent increase in sales over 2022, reporting sales of 3,474 vehicles in the first half of 2023. The iX became the highest-selling EV from BMW, while the all-electric Mini Cooper SE made a vital contribution to Mini’s total sales, with over 50 units sold. Just like Mercedes’ TEVs, BMW’s ‘Luxury Class’ lineup – comprising the 7 Series, X7, i7 and XM – made up almost a quarter of the company’s total sales. Yet another star seller was the BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine, which turned out to be the best-selling sedan in the lineup, contributing 20 per cent to the total sales.Īlso Read: Auto Sales 2023: Audi India Reports Sales of 3,474 Units In H1 Up 97 Per CentīMW's top-of-the-line ‘Luxury Class’ vehicles now make up almost a quarter of the brand's total India sales. BMW’s SUVs made up more than half of the brand’s entire volume, with the new X1 alone accounting for 20 per cent of sales. This is the highest half-yearly sales figure BMW has registered in India till date, and the company also had its best quarterly and single-month (June) sales in H1 2023. The Group reported sales of 5,867 units in the first six months of 2023, of which 5,476 units were BMW cars and SUVs, while the remaining 391 units were from the Mini brand. One in every four Mercedes vehicles sold in the first half cost over Rs 1.50 crore.Īnother German luxury brand that had a first half to remember is BMW. Over 210 Mercedes EVs have been registered across India this year, as per the latest registration data on the VAHAN portal.Īlso Read: BMW India Reports Highest H1 Vehicle Sales Yet With 5,867 Units Sold In First 6 Months Of 2023 Mercedes also reported a tenfold increase in sales of its battery electric vehicles, propelled by the launch of the EQB SUV and EQS sedan, but didn’t specify the exact EV sales volume. The long-wheelbase E-Class remained Mercedes’ highest-selling model, while the GLE temporarily took over as the best-selling SUV in the Mercedes lineup, as the GLC is due for a generation change and stocks of the outgoing model were exhausted a while ago. This means that nearly a quarter of Mercedes’ total India sales came from vehicles with on-road prices in excess of Rs 1.50 crore.Īlso Read: Mercedes-Benz India Sales At An All-Time High Reports 13 Per Cent Growth In Half-Yearly SalesĬumulative sales of luxury cars in India breached the 20,000 units mark in the first half of 2023. These include the S-Class sedan, GLS SUV, Maybach S-Class and GLS and the evergreen AMG G63. One of the most compelling stats from Mercedes’ sales performance this year is that in the first half, it sold over 2,000 vehicles it classifies as ‘top-end vehicles’ (TEVs). This was enabled by a record second quarter, which saw Mercedes sell 3,831 cars and SUVs between April and June. Till the end of June, the Stuttgart-based firm sold 8,528 vehicles – its highest half-yearly sales in India till date. Unsurprisingly, it is Mercedes-Benz that continues to lead India’s luxury car market. Sales of luxury cars and SUVs in the country neared the 20,000 units mark in the first six months of the year, with the top four players cumulatively selling close to 19,000 vehicles between January and June.Īlso Read: New Mercedes-Benz GLC India Launch On August 9 Bookings Open However, with supply chains on the mend, semiconductor availability improving to a great extent and revenge buying still on the agenda for the well-heeled, 2023 has turned out to be a year to celebrate for luxury carmakers in India. First, it was the COVID-19 pandemic, and then the resulting chip shortages and supply chain disruptions, that stymied the growth of the luxury car business worldwide, and also in India.
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