Utility vehicle segment has seen many newcomers in the past couple months. The Hyundai Creta, Maruti Suzuki S-Cross and Mahindra TUV300 were instrumental in the surge of sales in the last two months.

Hyundai's Creta made waves in the segment with over 15,000 units pre-booking before the launch on 21 July. The compact SUV of Korean manufacturer eventually became the most selling SUV in India in August beating long time leader Mahindra Bolero.

A report from ET Auto indicates the Creta SUV continued to be the most selling SUV in September with the sale of 7,256 units. The runner-up, Mahindra Bolero, found 5,585 takers. The numbers indicate Creta's lead is significant and that it continues to register strong sales even after the initial excitement.

Toyota Innova garners third sport with the sale of 5,430 units of sale in September 2015. However, the number is 7.5% lesser to the 5,876 units Toyota sold in September 2014.

Mahindra's new compact SUV, the TUV300, ranked next with 4,321 units, while the company's Scorpio landed the next position. Mahindra sold 4,313 units of Scorpio in September 2015. The SUV was in the second spot with 6,060 units sold in September 2014, but it dipped to the fifth spot in 2015.

Another newbie, Maruti Suzuki S-Cross, is at the sixth place in sales. The largest car manufacturer of India sold 3,603 units of crossover through its Nexa premium dealerships.

Ford India sold 3,121 units of EcoSport compact SUV to seal the seventh place, while Mahindra's XUV500 reached to eighth spot 3,110 units of sale in September 2015.

Maruti Suzuki sold 2,641 units of Ertiga MPV in September to claim the ninth spot. Toyota sold 1,089 units of Fortuner in September, which is a sharp decline of 37.5% against the 1,745 units sale in September 2014.

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