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Auto retail sales witnesses 21% year-on-year increase in 42-day festive season: FADA
Nov-07-2025

Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) has said that automobile retail sales across the domestic market witnessed a 21 per cent year-on-year increase in the 42-day festive season led by record registrations of passenger vehicles and two-wheelers aided by GST rejig enabled drop in prices across segments. Overall retail sales rose to 52,38,401 units in the festive period this year as compared with 43,25,632 units in the same period last year, registering an increase of 21 per cent.

FADA said passenger vehicle registrations rose to 7,66,918 units during the period as against 6,21,539 units in the same period last year, logging an increase of 23 per cent. Two-wheeler retails rose to 22 per cent to 40,52,503 units as compared with 33,27,198 units in 2024. Similarly, three-wheeler and commercial vehicle registrations rose 9 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively during the 42-day period.

It said for the month of October, automobile retail sales rose 41 per cent year-on-year to 40,23,923 units, driven by all-time high monthly sales of both passenger vehicles and two-wheelers. Passenger vehicle registrations rose to 5,57,373 units in October, up 11 per cent against 5,00,578 units sold in October 2024. Similarly, two-wheeler sales surged 52 per cent year-on-year to 31,49,846 units in October as against 20,75,578 units in the same month last year. Three-wheeler retails grew 5 per cent year-on-year to 1,29,517 units in October, while commercial vehicle sales posted an 18 per cent growth over the same period last month.  


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