This car of 5 lakh sets fire not only in India, crossed 1 crore sale and made a new record

This car of 5 lakh sets fire not only in India, crossed 1 crore sale and made a new record

New Delhi. 31 years and 9 months after being launched in Japan, practical, big and prostagius hatchback Wagon R has set a record of 1 crore units of global sale. Wagon R has been sold in more than 75 countries, but India is its largest market, where 34 lakh units are sold by June 2025, including 11.9 lakh units of the third generation model introduced in January 2019.

Popular worldwide
Wagon R is on sale in Europe, Japan, India and many other Asian countries. Apart from models exported from Japan, the Wagon R series has also been produced in India, Hungary and Indonesia. Wagon RG in India and Sliding doors in Japan Wagon R Smile. Wagon R has played an important role in maintaining Maruti Suzuki's leader in India for a long time.

Launched in India 26 years ago

Maruti Wagon R, launched in India in December 1999, is close to completing 26 years in the domestic market and is one of the longest-long-lasting models, including Honda City and Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

SAIL crossed 1 crore in 31 years
Out of the 1 crore wagon R sold since 1993, an estimated 34,14,176 units have been sold in India. Wagon R has also been exported in India. The third and current generation wagon R makes about 12 percent of the global cell alone. In the financial year 2025, Maruti Suzuki sold 1,98,451 Wagon R, which is 1 percent less than FY 2024 (2,00,177 units). Wagon R FY 2023 (2,12,340 units) and FY 2022 (1,88,837 units) also had India's best -selling passenger vehicle.

Update received in 2019
Maruti Wagon R's sale has intensified since the launch of Third Jane model in January 2019. Wagon R was one of the first cars of Maruti Suzuki which got CNG Povertrain and is one of the best selling products in the company's broad CNG portfolio.

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Whether Creta or Nexon, this car of 6 lakhs left no one, India became number 1 car

Whether Creta or Nexon, this car of 6 lakhs left no one, India became number 1 car

New Delhi. Maruti Suzuki's Wagon R once again won his popularity in June. Wagon R once again was the bestseling car in India. This car is India's best -selling car for the last four financial years. WagonR topped the sales chart even during January-June 2025. However, Hyundai Creta tried to give it a tough competition, but Creta had to be satisfied at number 2.

More than 1 lakh units sold in 6 months
Maruti Suzuki sold 101,424 units of this hatchback during January-June-FY22 (189,000 units), FY23 (212,340 units), FY24 (200,177 units), and fY25 (198,451 units). Wagon R was left behind only twice by a car, when Tata Punt (202,031 units) in CY24 left behind Wagon R (190,8555 units), and in Cy23 when Maruti Suzuki SWIFT (203,469 units) defeated it (201,301 units).

6-8 lakh rupees price

Automotive experts reported that Wagon R's success credits go to its practicality (its toll boy design and big cabin), affordable price (between Rs 6-8 lakhs), and Maruti Suzuki's comprehensive sales and service network (over 3,500 outlets) of Maruti Suzuki.

Creta
During January-June, Hyundai Creta finished second and sold 100,560 units. But this premium SUV-priced between Rs 11-20 lakhs-left behind Wagon R in June with the sale of 15,786 units (compared to Wagon R's 12,930 units). Creta – which was earlier available in petrol and diesel – got a boost after the launch of its electric variants in January. With three powertrains, it was India's best -selling car in three months of 2025 – March, April, and June – India.

These cars of Maruti also in the top 10

The next five places were taken by Maruti Suzuki models – Dzire (96,101 units), Brezza (93,729 units), SWIFT (93,098 units), Ertiga (91,991 units), and Faronx (88,066 units). Tata Nexon (87,267 units) in eighth place, Mahindra Scorpio (85,648 units) at the ninth, and Tata Punch (84,579 units) in tenth place. Talking about body styles, the top 10 had six SUVs (Creta, Brezza, Fronx, Nexon, Scorpio, and punch), followed by two hatchback cars (Wagon R and SWIFT), a sedan (Dzire), and a mpv (Ertiga).

Good cell of these cars too
Three Maruti Suzuki cars in 11-13th place-Baleno (81,566 units), EECO (66,257 units), and Grand Vitara (56,050 units)-followed by Hyundai Venue (54,003 units), Mahindra Bolero Neo (47,7,238 Units), Mahindra XUV 3xo (45,979 units), Kia Sonet (45,277 units), Mahindra Thar Roxx (37,651 units), Toyota Hyryder (34,218 units), and Kia Carens (34,056 units). In the top 20, nine Maruti Suzuki models; Four mahindra models; Two Hyundai, Tata, and Kia models; And includes a Toyota model.

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