Maruti Suzuki Brezza delivered one of the strongest performances in the segment, recording 22,436 dispatches in October 2026, against 12,072 units in October 2025.
The substantial 85.9% YoY growth translated into an additional 10,364 vehicles, making Brezza the largest absolute volume gainer in the segment. With a 16.1% segment share, Brezza narrowly surpassed the Tata Nexon by 470 units to emerge as India's best-selling sub-4m SUV for the month.
Tata Nexon continued to maintain its strong position in the compact SUV market, registering 21,966 units in October 2026. However, dispatches declined marginally by 0.5% compared with 22,083 units in October 2025. Despite the slight contraction, Nexon accounted for 15.8% of the segment, remaining among the highest-volume SUVs in India.
Tata Punch secured third position with 20,525 dispatches, compared with 16,810 units during the corresponding month last year. The 22.1% YoY increase represents additional dispatches of 3,715 units. Punch commanded a 14.8% share of the segment and remained one of Tata Motors' key volume contributors.
Tata Motors occupied two of the top three positions, with Nexon and Punch collectively registering 42,491 units, equivalent to 30.6% of total segment dispatches.
Maruti Suzuki Fronx maintained its strong dispatch trajectory, recording 20,014 units against 17,003 units in October 2025. The model registered 17.7% YoY growth, securing fourth position with a 14.4% segment share.
Fronx joined Brezza, Nexon and Punch in the exclusive group of sub-4m SUVs recording more than 20,000 monthly dispatches. Together, these four models contributed 84,941 units, representing 61.1% of the segment's total volume.
Hyundai registered positive growth across both its entries in the segment. Venue secured fifth position with 13,017 units, growing 10.9% YoY from 11,738 units.
Exter delivered an even stronger performance, with dispatches increasing 35.2% from 6,294 to 8,509 units. Combined, Venue and Exter accounted for 21,526 dispatches, giving Hyundai a 15.5% share of the segment.
Mahindra XUV 3XO recorded 10,828 units in October 2026, declining 11.5% compared with 12,237 units in the previous year. Despite the contraction, it retained sixth position with a 7.8% segment share.
Kia Sonet experienced a steeper decline of 30.1%, with dispatches falling from 12,745 to 8,914 units.
Kia Syros registered the highest percentage growth in the segment. Dispatches increased from 785 units in October 2025 to 2,048 units in October 2026, translating into a significant 160.9% YoY increase.
This indicates that the strong percentage growth of Syros was insufficient to offset the larger absolute decline in Sonet dispatches.
Skoda Kylaq registered 3,949 units, down 22.2% YoY, while Toyota Taisor declined 14.6% to 3,893 units.
Nissan Magnite recorded 1,656 dispatches, representing a 36.7% contraction.
Renault Kiger experienced the steepest percentage decline among the 14 models, falling 38.8% from 948 units to just 580 units.
