New Delhi, 15 October (H.S.): Passenger vehicle sales in India recorded a significant increase ahead of Diwali, with domestic wholesale dispatches rising 21.8 per cent year-on-year to 454,574 units in September.

The figures were released on Thursday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the country’s automobile industry body. According to SIAM, domestic passenger vehicle wholesale sales stood at 373,347 units in September 2025.

Two-wheeler wholesale dispatches also registered strong growth, increasing 13.5 per cent to 2.463 million units in September, compared with 2.17 million units in the corresponding month of 2025.

Meanwhile, three-wheeler wholesale sales rose 16 per cent year-on-year to 98,162 units in September, up from 84,635 units recorded in the same month a year earlier.

The latest figures indicate broad-based growth across the passenger vehicle, two-wheeler and three-wheeler segments of India’s automobile industry ahead of the festive season.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar