Tata now 2nd Largest carmaker in India, beats Hyundai in December '21 sales

Tata Motors have showed impressive sale figures in Dec '21 sales chart and beats Hyundai in passenger vehicles market. Tata performed well throughout the year 2021, sold 3 Lakhs plus cars in the year. Year 2021 was tough for all carmakers due to shortage of semiconductors. Still all managed to perform well when compared to 2020. Tata was impressive throughout the year 2021 when compared to 2022.

Hyundai was 2nd leading carmaker till Dec '21 with sales of 32,312 figures and beats it with 35,299 figures and becomes 2nd largest carmaker in India for the month Dec '21 and we expect Tata will stick with this position as their cars are really performing well. Hyundai saw -32% dip when compared to last year December, whereas Tata saw +50% growth when compared to December '20. 

Tata's sales figures 2021 vs 2020:

Month	Year 2020 (in units)	Year 2021 (in units)
January	13,893	26,980
February	12,430	27,225
March	5676	29,655
April	0	25,095
May	3152	15,100
June	11,419	24,111
July	30,184	11,419
August	28,018	28,017
September	21,200	25,730
October	23,600	33,926
November	21,600	29,778
December	23,545	35,299
TOTAL	194,717	312,335

As you can see from the above table, Tata sales in 2021 was double or triple except April (lockdown) when compared to 2020 with their respective months. Shailesh Chandra, president, Tata Motors, said, “Tata Motors set several new milestones during the quarter despite witnessing a shortfall in production due to the ongoing semi-conductor crisis.

Company	December '21	December '20	Growth
Maruti Suzuki	1,13,851	1,29,539	-12%
Tata Motors	35,300	23,546	50%
Hyundai	32,312	47,400	-32%
Mahindra	15,338	13,754	12%
Toyota	10,832	7,487	45%
Honda	7,973	8,638	-8%
Kia	7,797	11,818	-34%
Renault	6,130	9,800	-37%
Volkswagen	3,700	2,401	54%
Skoda	3,234	1,303	148%
Nissan	3,010	1,159	160%
MG	2,550	4,010	-36%
Jeep	916	386	137%
Force	145	138	5%
PCA	24	0	-
TOTAL	129,261	131,840	-

Tata saw a boost in sales in the month of October '21 after the launch of Punch and it got great popularity. Tata launched Punch, Safari and Dark Edition for their old cars in the year 2021. Tata Nexon which became top selling compact SUV for 1-2 months. Tata's Harrier, Safari too got impressive sales in 2021. Nexon EV also attracted lot of customers who wanted a decent EV car which costs less and efficient at the same time. Tata Nexon is top selling EV in the Indian Market.

Conclusion:

This sign of Tata Motors good performance represents that people are really liking Tata cars and most important is how Tata is focusing on providing Safer cars for their customers. As a Indian brand Tata has always given great competition to its competitor neck to neck and it is really showing up.

Tata is always ahead when coming up with slue of powertrain options. Tata Nexon comes with Petrol, Diesel and a Electric option too and Tata will continue this with other cars in upcoming years. But Tata should also focus on coming up with powertrain and transmission options at launch date. Harrier and Safari still haven't received a Petrol option.

Semiconductor shortage and rise in covid cases have affected the Auto industry. Still it will take time to settle and to get normal like before.