Sales Figures News

BMW on Monday regained bragging rights as the top-selling luxury brand in the United States, ending the one-year reign of German rival Mercedes. BMW ended with a lead last year of more than 9,000 vehicles over Mercedes-Benz, which in 2013 seized a title BMW had held for the previous two years.

While some carmakers continued to struggle in 2014, Hyundai India has had a wonderful year. The country's second largest carmaker has set record sales in 2014 at over 4.10 lakh units, thanks to some really capable products launched throughout the year including Xcent, Santa Fe and the new i20.

Now that the 2014 is about to end, we bring you the list of top 10 selling cars of the year. Since the carmakers haven't shared their December 2014 sales figures yet, we have included the sales of the first 11 months (January 2014 - November 2014).

The Zest outsold Honda Amaze in October 2014, and it didn't stop there; the Zest has outsold Amaze for the second month in a row. Interestingly, the margin this time is slightly bigger than the previous month.

As against Maruti Ciaz's 5,232 units in the month, Honda sold a total of 7,252 units recording a month-on-month rise of over 40 percent. Last month, Honda could manage to sell only 5,120 units due to production issues at its plants.

First launched in the year 2000, Maruti Suzuki Wagon R has crossed the milestone of 15 lakh cumulative sales in the country. The company sold around 1,56,300 units of Wagon R in 2013-14, whereas in the current year it has already exceeded 93,000 units.

Despite the festive season, car sales in October, 2014 were below expectations. Major players, including Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, registered a marginal growth in sales during the month. Here's the list of top-10 selling cars of October, 2014.

Fiat has seen a 50 per cent jump in sales after launching four new cars, starting exclusive dealerships, sprucing up after sales service this year, a top official said today.