Auto sales in India surged 35% during Navratri, 5-6% in September 2025, FADA data shows

Auto sales in India surged by a third in the last 10 days of September 2025 as buyers timed their car and two-wheeler purchases with new GST rates that kicked in with Navratri.

A Kia India showroom in Mumbai. (Tushar Deep Singh/HT)

Retail two-wheeler sales, measured as the number of vehicle registrations on the government’s VAHAN portal, surged 34.95% year-on-year to 8,35,364 units during the Navratri period from 22 September and 2 October, according to data collated by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations. Car sales, during the same time, rose 34.87% to 2,17,744 units.

For the full month of September, two-wheeler sales rose 6.51% to 12,87,735 units while car sales increased 5.80% to 2,99,369 units, according to FADA data.

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