Hyundai Creta Continues To Be The Bestselling Compact SUV In January - Complete List
The Hyundai Creta is also the highest-selling SUV for January 2021
The Creta is also the highest selling SUV for January
Sure, the compact-SUV segment is popular, but only a select few models account for most of the demand. There are currently six compact SUVs to choose from: Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Mahindra Scorpio, Renault Duster, Nissan Kicks, and the Maruti S-Cross. A few more are launching this year like the Volkswagen Taigun, Skoda Kushaq and MG ZS Petrol. Of the ones available right now, here’s how each one fared in January:
| January 2021 |
December 2020 |
MoM Growth |
Market share current(%) |
Market share (% last year) |
YoY mkt share (%) |
Average sales (6 months) |
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| Hyundai Creta |
12284 |
10592 |
15.97 |
44.99 |
51.68 |
-6.69 |
12014 |
| Kia Seltos |
9869 |
5608 |
75.98 |
36.14 |
52.9 |
36.14 |
8620 |
| Mahindra Scorpio |
4083 |
3417 |
19.49 |
14.95 |
39.81 |
-24.86 |
3515 |
| Maruti Suzuki S-Cross |
580 |
1185 |
-51.05 |
2.12 |
4.17 |
-2.05 |
1944 |
| Renault Duster |
336 |
494 |
-31.98 |
1.23 |
3.03 |
-1.8 |
370 |
| Nissan Kicks |
150 |
97 |
54.63 |
0.54 |
1.28 |
-0.74 |
119 |
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The Hyundai Creta sold 12,284 units in January 2021, making it the bestselling SUV in its segment. This figure is a month-on-month (MoM) increase of around 16 per cent. However, its year-on-year (YoY) share dropped by around 6 per cent.
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The Seltos comes in at the second place, selling 9,869 units in January. The Kia SUV had a slow December, but a 75% MoM increase in January is a lot closer to its average sales over the past six months.
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At number three is Mahindra Scorpio, with around 4,000 units sold. Nearly 18 years since its debut, the SUV is still very popular in this segment. The next-gen Scorpio is expected to be launched later this year.
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The S-Cross is Maruti’s top-of-the-line model. It sold 580 units in January 2021, witnessing a 50% decrease in the MoM figures The S-Cross is likely to see the return of the diesel variant when Maruti brings a BS6 version of its 1.5-litre diesel engine.
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Despite getting a powerful 1.3-litre turbo-petrol engine, the Renault Duster failed to set the sales charts on fire. The compact SUV sold 336 units in January 2021, a 32 per cent decline in its MoM sales figures.
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Nissan Kicks comes in at number six, selling 150 units in January 2021. That’s a 54 per cent increase in its MoM figures (its current market share stands at less than 1 per cent).
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The Hyundai Creta has nearly 50% of the market share in this segment.
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