Top 10 selling cars of April 2017: Maruti Suzuki Swift dethrones long-reigning Alto

The first month of the financial year 2017-2018 opened on a good note for Maruti Suzuki, the country's largest carmaker. Seven of its models made it to the top 10 best selling passenger car list in April. But it wasn't devoid of intrigues with a few surprises springing up along the way. In what is turning out to be a fierce sibling rivalry, Maruti Suzuki's popular hatchback Swift beat the long-reigning Alto to take to the top spot.

Maruti Suzuki had six cars in the top 10 selling cars' list in April last year. According to the data made available by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Swift recorded sales of 23,802 units in April as opposed to 15,661 units in the corresponding month last year, registering a year-on-year (yoy) growth of 51.98 percent. Alto, the long-dominant model was pushed down to the second position in April 2017, despite sales of 22,549 units as against the 16,583 units sold in April last year.

Maruti Suzuki Baleno, the premium hatchback came in the third spot again pushing one of its own siblings, Wagon R to the fourth spot in the sales chart. Baleno, a mainstay of Nexa premium dealerships of Maruti Suzuki posted sales 17,530 units when compared to the 9,562 units in April 2016. Previously in eighth position last year, the hatchback took a giant leap to slot in the third position this year.

The tall-boy hatchback of Maruti Suzuki, the Wagon R came fourth in the list with sales of 16,348 units. The top five list was rounded off by Hyundai Elite i20 with no change in its position when compared to its sales last year. However, the Elite i20 in April 2017 registered sales of 12,668 units as against 11,147 units last year.

Hyundai Elite i20 was followed by the Grand i10 of the South Korean carmaker by registering sales of 12,001 units in April this year. In the seventh position is the Maruti Suzuki Dzire Tour, the fleet-exclusive model with sales of 8,606 units, followed by Maruti Suzuki Celerio with sales of 8,425 units in the eighth position. The Celerio was in the ninth slot in April 2016 with sales of 8,548 units.

French carmaker Renault's Kwid posted de-growth in April 2017 and settled for the ninth position. The Kwid sold 7,956 units last month as opposed to 9,795 units a year ago. Holding the tenth slot in the chart was Honda City last year. However, the City lost it to Maruti Suzuki Ciaz in April 2017. The Ciaz recorded 7,024 units of sales to make it to the list of top ten selling cars in April 2017.