Passenger autos registered 19.7% YoY progress as a consequence of GST advantages, marriage ceremony season demand, elevated provide of standby fashions and sustained push for compact SUVs. File | Photograph credit score: Reuters
Regardless of excessive base results, general auto retail gross sales grew by 2.14% year-on-year (YoY) in November 2025 as gross sales momentum continued past the standard festive interval.
2W gross sales decreased by 3.1% from the earlier yr, however passenger car (PV) gross sales elevated by 19.7%, industrial car (CV) gross sales by 19.94%, 3W gross sales by 23.67%, and tractor gross sales by 56.55% from the earlier yr. Nonetheless, retail gross sales of development tools (CE) fell 16.5% year-on-year, based on November retail gross sales information launched by the Federation of Car Sellers Associations (FADA) on Monday.
PV stock for days 44-46 improved in comparison with days 53-55.
The 2W section noticed a slight decline as a consequence of retail transition to October and provide constraints. This demand was supported by GST sentiment, EV traction and rural inquiries.
FADA mentioned robust progress within the photo voltaic sector was pushed by mannequin availability, compact SUV push and year-end buying and selling heading in direction of stock consolidation.
It added that the CV sector was supported by infrastructure works, tourism mobility and tenders.
“November 2025 defied the standard post-festive financial downturn and delivered a strong efficiency regardless of an unusually excessive comparative base,” mentioned FADA Chairman CS Vigneshwar.
“Historically, automotive retailing eases within the month following the competition cycle. Nonetheless, this yr, not like November 2024, when Deepavali and Dhanteras had been concentrated in late October 2024, most competition registrations had been accomplished in October 2025 itself and car registrations had been performed in November 2024, leading to a big enhance in gross sales,” he mentioned.
“Regardless of these adjustments, the business ended November 2025 with 2.14% year-on-year progress, reaffirming buyer confidence and the structural energy of the Indian auto retail market. “It attracted clients to showrooms and enabled footfall to persist past the festive interval. The category-wide value reductions that drove robust shopping for in October continued to help conversion in November,” he added.
The FADA Chairman mentioned, “Two-wheelers reported a modest decline of three.1 per cent year-on-year, however this must be seen in context. Pageant shopping for in October, coupled with delayed farm funds and skewed provide of precedence fashions, led to main shifts in retail. Encouragingly, sellers proceed to report robust walk-ins linked to GST sentiment and wholesome marriage ceremony season demand.”
“Passenger autos registered 19.7 per cent year-on-year progress on the again of GST advantages, marriage ceremony season demand, larger provide of ready fashions and sustained push in compact SUVs. This led to a big decline in inventories from 53-55 days to 44-46 days, indicating more healthy demand-supply self-discipline,” he mentioned.
“Business autos grew by 19.94% year-on-year, supported by some infrastructure actions, freight transport, tourism mobility, authorities bidding cycles and GST reforms, though car utilization remained uneven in some markets,” he added.
