India, Oct. 5 -- Commercial vehicles are a good way to read the economy, honestly. When trucks carry more goods and buses fill up, it usually means factories, shops and highways are busy. Every month the big makers share sales on the first day, and this time the full quarter is there to add up. Three months of numbers tell you a lot more than one, so let's see who really ran the fastest.

Tata Motors CV Sets the Pace Tata Motors sold 1,35,114 vehicles in Q2 FY27, up 42.7% from 94,681 units a year ago. September alone brought 51,062 units. Domestic sales grew 30.9% to 1,13,982 units, which is solid, but the international business makes you look twice, it went from 7,620 units to 21,132, a jump of 177.3%. Heavy trucks, called HCVs, did 33,...