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While the petrol cars contributed to 65.2 percent, CNG vehicles demand was at an all-time high with 33.6 percent of sales coming from it
Maruti Suzuki ended the FY25 on a new high with over 33 percent of its overall sales coming from CNG-powered vehicles in the domestic market. These numbers indicate that every third car sold by the brand was a CNG model. The company sold a total of 17,60,765 cars during the last fiscal, out of which the volumes of petrol, CNG and hybrid models stood at 11,48,363, 5,91,730, and 20,672 units, respectively. While the petrol cars contributed to 65.2 percent, CNG vehicles demand was at an all-time high with 33.6 percent of sales coming from it. Just so you know, Maruti Suzuki does not retail diesel vehicles in the Indian market.
Maruti Suzuki discontinued its diesel range of cars nearly five years in April 2020 from the domestic market in India. Since then, it has been focusing on alternate fuels such as CNG and hybrid to woo the buyers. Going by the sales numbers of CNG cars, it appears that the customers too have responded quite well to Maruti’s approach of introducing CNG models.
Presently, Maruti Suzuki dominates the CNG segment in India by owning more than 70 percent of market share. It is quite apparent that while Tour (taxi) models mostly contribute to the CNG sales, personal buyers too have drifted towards CNG fuel in recent times as it is affordable, fuel efficient and environment friendly as compared to the petrol and diesel ones.
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|
Model |
Petrol |
CNG |
Total |
| Swift | 1,61,587 | 18,054 | 1,79,641 |
| Baleno | 1,42,941 | 24,220 | 1,67,161 |
| Brezza | 1,18,235 | 70,928 | 1,89,163 |
| Ertiga | 61,052 | 1,29,920 | 1,90,972 |
| Dzire | 76,006 | 89,015 | 1,65,021 |
| Fronx | 1,24,165 | 42,051 | 1,66,216 |
| Wagon R | 96,323 | 1,02,128 | 1,98,451 |
| Eeco | 76,152 | 59,520 | 1,35,672 |
| Grand Vitara | 83,273 | 24,037 | 1,23,946 |
| Alto | 96,022 | 6,210 | 1,02,232 |
| XL6 | 17,232 | 19,879 | 37,111 |
| Jimny | 8,740 | 8,740 | |
| Ignis | 27,438 | 27,438 | |
| Celerio | 28,832 | 4,193 | 33,025 |
| Hybrid Cars Sales | 20,672 | – | – |
| Total Sales | 11,69,035 | 5,91,730 | 17,60,765 |
The highest-selling CNG car in Maruti’s portfolio was the Ertiga with close to 1.30 lakh units. The CNG sales of the MPV was more than double of the petrol units which stood at 61,052 in FY25. Even the sales of the CNG version of the Wagon R surpassed the petrol model with numbers of 1,02,128 units against 96,323 units, respectively. These two were the best-selling CNG models in India.
Maruti Suzuki sold 89,015 units of the CNG powered Dzire in FY25 as compared to 76,006 units of the petrol version. It was the third company model after the Ertiga and Wagon R to register more sales of CNG models than the conventional petrol ones. Even the XL6 CNG (19,879 units) had better sales numbers than the petrol models (17,232 units).
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Other prominent players in the CNG segment in the Indian automobile industry are Tata Motors, Hyundai and Toyota. Tata retails five vehicles in the CNG fuel trim namely Nexon, Punch, Tiago, Altroz and Tiago. As for Hyundai, it sells the CNG-powered version of the Aura, Grand i10 and Exter in the country. Last but not the least, four Toyota CNG models are retailed in India in the form of the Glanza, Taisor, Rumion and Hyryder.
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