The race to become the top selling compact sedan in the country has always been a closely watched one. The big names that pop here are the Hyundai Verna, Honda City and the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz. It was in early 2017, that the Honda City facelift was launched and this saw the company get back into the game and give the Ciaz a tough fight. However, in August 2017, Hyundai brought out the ace up its sleeve with the new generation of the Verna and well, there was no looking back after that. The completely updated model has been selling an average of 5000 units a month ever since and January 2018 was no different.
In terms of production, however, according to the data shared by the Society of Indian Automobiles (SIAM), Hyundai manufactured 6150 units of the Verna in January 2018, followed by the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz that came in a close second with 6074 units, while the Honda City's production numbers stand at 2590 units, for the month of January 2018.
The Ciaz has already crossed the 50,000 mark from April 2017 to January 2018
However, the production number of all the compact sedan have been impressive during the fiscal year, till date. The Honda Cars India has made 48,849 units of the Honda City from April 2017 to January 2018 and is closing in on the 50,000 units mark. The Ciaz, on the other hand, has already crossed this mark, accounting for a total of 50,523 units being manufactured during the same period, while the Verna is still playing catch up with 39,647 units under its belt, although we have to consider that the new-gen model was only launched in August 2017.
