Diesel PV market share in India 2023, by body type
As of 2023, close to 90 percent of the diesel passenger vehicle market in India was SUV. It was followed distantly by MUV at around 10 percent. During the same year, around 720 thousand diesel passenger cars were sold in India. In 2020, the new BSVI emission standard came into effect, contributing to the significant decline of diesel vehicles' share in the passenger vehicle market.