Mahindra Australia is planning on including its identify to the industry-standard month-to-month gross sales report from 2026 because it appears to turn out to be a prime 15 model right here by 2030.
The automaker at present doesn’t publish its gross sales figures within the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ month-to-month VFACTS report, which covers nearly all of the Australian automotive {industry}, making it troublesome to trace the model’s progress.
Mahindra Australia – and the model globally – is within the midst of a change from farm-focused maker of tractors and rugged utes to maneuver into the automotive mainstream, full with a brand new emblem and model identification.
Whereas it has offered automobiles right here for near twenty years, since 2021 it has launched a sequence of more and more refined fashions together with the Scorpio and XUV700 SUVs at present on sale in Australia.
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Talking on the launch of the XUV 3XO – at present Australia’s most cost-effective SUV – Mahindra head of worldwide operations Sachin Arolkar mentioned the corporate is trying to be a part of VFACTS subsequent yr.
“We’re contemplating [joining VFACTS],” Mr Arolkar informed CarExpert.
“We wished to have a specific scale, which we consider we’ve got with our quantity right here, and subsequently can be on VFACTS.
“The launch of this product [the XUV 3XO], the phase we’re in, and the type of quantity aspiration, we can be a large participant and subsequently we see now could be the proper time to be on VFACTS and present our volumes to who desires to see.”
The VFACTS report is revealed by the FCAI every month and covers traits, market share in addition to uncooked gross sales information.
It covers most manufacturers, with notable absentees together with electrical automotive manufacturers Tesla and Polestar, who each give up the FCAI in March 2024 over disagreements surrounding the New Car Effectivity Normal (NVES) emissions laws.
The 2 EV manufacturers’ gross sales figures are reported and revealed as a substitute by the Electrical Car Council (EVC), headed by former Polestar Australia boss Samantha Johnson.
Mahindra mentioned it offered round 4185 automobiles within the 12-month interval between April 2025 and March 31, 2025.
Its has mentioned its ambition to be a prime 15-best-selling model in Australia – which requires a six-fold improve on its present gross sales – will embrace introducing no less than one new mannequin yearly over the subsequent 5 years.
The automaker has confirmed the next-generation Thar SUV amongst these, and has confirmed it’s going to launched electrical automobiles to the native lineup, having proven the XEV 9e and the BE 6e abroad.
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