Driving comfort: The transformation of India's automotive seating landscape

With a surge in higher-segment vehicles, the race to enhance seat comfort is heating up in the Indian automotive industry.

India has emerged as the fourth-largest single market for complete seats after mainland China, the US and Japan. In 2024, automotive suppliers produced over 17.3 million complete seats for 5.6 million light vehicles produced in the country. S&P Global Mobility analysts expect the supply of complete seats to grow to 24.3 million units in 2031, in line with the growth in light-vehicle production volume, which to expected to reach nearly 8 million units.