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 into 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 tough to trace the model’s progress.
Mahindra Australia – and the model globally – is within the midst of a swap from farm-focused maker of tractors and rugged utes to maneuver into the automotive mainstream, full with a brand new emblem and model id.
Whereas it has offered automobiles right here for near 20 years, since 2021 it has launched a sequence of more and more subtle 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 least expensive SUV – Mahindra head of worldwide operations Sachin Arolkar stated the corporate is seeking to be a part of VFACTS subsequent 12 months.
“We’re contemplating [joining VFACTS],” Mr Arolkar informed CarExpert.
“We wished to have a specific scale, which we imagine we have now with our quantity right here, and subsequently can be on VFACTS.
“The launch of this product [the XUV 3XO], the section we’re in, and the form of quantity aspiration, we can be a large participant and subsequently we see now’s the suitable time to be on VFACTS and present our volumes to who needs to see.”
The VFACTS report is revealed by the FCAI every month and covers developments, market share in addition to uncooked gross sales knowledge.
It covers most manufacturers, with notable absentees together with electrical automobile manufacturers Tesla and Polestar, who each stop the FCAI in March 2024 over disagreements surrounding the New Car Effectivity Customary (NVES) emissions laws.
The 2 EV manufacturers’ gross sales figures are reported and revealed as an alternative by the Electrical Car Council (EVC), headed by former Polestar Australia boss Samantha Johnson.
Mahindra stated it offered round 4185 automobiles within the 12-month interval between April 2025 and March 31, 2025.
Its has stated its ambition to be a prime 15-best-selling model in Australia – which requires a six-fold enhance on its present gross sales – will embody introducing no less than one new mannequin yearly over the following 5 years.
The automaker has confirmed the next-generation Thar SUV amongst these, and has confirmed it would launched electrical automobiles to the native lineup, having proven the XEV 9e and the BE 6e abroad.
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