Maruti Swift Is India's Favorite Used Car: Report
The Maruti Suzuki Swift holds a 4.93 per cent share of all used car transactions in this country in 2025. That figure comes from the Cars24-Team BHP Gears of Growth report and covers all models sold across the entire used car market. The Swift leads both in metro markets, where it commands a 5 per cent share, and in non-metro markets, where its share is 4.80 per cent. No other model comes close to this level of national consistency.
To understand what a 4.93 per cent share means in context: the used car market in this country transacted approximately 50 lakh units in 2025 across all organised and semi-organised channels. A 4.93 per cent share implies roughly 2.5 lakh Swift transactions through trackable channels, and the actual number including unorganised local dealer transactions is higher. The Swift is simultaneously the most bought new small hatchback and the most bought used car in the country, a combination that no other model achieves.
Used car valuations are driven by resale liquidity. A car that sells well in the new market creates a large inventory of used units over time and also maintains stronger residual values because buyers are confident they can re-sell it again. The Swift has had consistent new car sales of 14,000 to 18,000 units per month over the past several years.
In April 2026 alone, Swift retail sales were 17,829 units, up 22 per cent year on year. A car selling at that volume for a decade creates an enormous pool of used inventory across multiple age brackets, from two-year-old to ten-year-old units, giving buyers choice at every budget point.
Service infrastructure reinforces this. Maruti's dealer and authorised service network covers over 3,500 locations. Spare parts availability, mechanic familiarity, and insurance costs for the Swift are all structured to the car's advantage in the used market.
A buyer in a smaller town who wants a used car and is uncertain about long-term maintenance costs will default to a Maruti, and within Marutis, to the Swift or the Dzire, because parts availability is a solved problem.
The current generation Swift, launched in 2024 with the Z-Series 1.2-litre engine producing 82 PS, improved the model's new car appeal considerably. The Z-Series engine is more fuel efficient than the K-Series it replaced, and the new Swift is meaningfully lighter at approximately 905 kg compared to the outgoing model's 945 kg.
A better new product at the top of the chain feeds better used stock into the market two to four years from now, extending the Swift's used car dominance through the rest of the decade. The used market data also shows that the Swift holds its lead outside the metros at almost the same rate as within them.
That non-metro consistency is what separates the Swift from models that are popular in cities but lose market share when you move to smaller towns. No other car in the sub-Rs 10 lakh new car bracket has this geographic spread in the used segment.