Vehicle sales data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) for the month of October 2016 saw a continuation of the downward trend from the months of September and August. Diving into the numbers by brand, we see that even though the market is seeing red at the moment, a few players have managed to do well.
One of them is national carmaker Proton, which managed to retain its third place ranking ahead of Toyota. This is thanks to a 26% jump in sales, from 6,062 units (in September) to 7,640 units. The introduction of the new Saga is likely a strong contributor to the company’s sales performance.
Meanwhile, Perodua continues to remain at the top of the charts, despite a 5.8% decline in sales, with the company shifting just 16,148 units, 999 less than the previous month. The new figures bring the company’s year-to-date (YTD) sales to 167,037 units.
Moving on to non-national makes, Honda managed to sell 9.4% more cars, helping it to retain its second-place position with 8,204 units sold this month. Other Japanese brands such as Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Mazda and Subaru all experienced declines, with the latter dropping by 25.3%.
Further down the pack, Mercedes slipped from its sixth position in September to the eighth spot this month due to a 20.5% decline in sales, with just 940 cars being delivered compared to 1,183 the month prior. Meanwhile, BMW and Audi both saw an increase in sales of 20 and 10 units, respectively. However, Volkswagen experienced a severe decline in sales by 50%, 203 units down from the 406 cars sold in September.
In terms of year-to-date sales up to last month, Perodua continues to lead with 167,037 units, followed by Honda (71,466 units), Proton (57,731 units), Toyota (50,020 units), Nissan (32,852 units) and Mazda with 11,088 units. Two brands that managed to crack the five-digit YTD sales figure are Isuzu (10,275 units) and Mercedes with 10,134 units.
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Looks like P2 is the runaway leader by a mile. P1 given its few new models will have to settle for No3 at the end of the year. This must be the saddest(Malu) story for P1 as they are beaten by Honda.
It is the same for them since Honda & Proton are own by DRB-HICOM. + Audi, Tata. Merc are CKDed by them also. No need to worry.
Yay! VW will soon jump on fast-track and fire discounts!
Management want sales give 10K discount;
Factory overproduced give 20K discount;
Stockyard cars full give 30K discount;
Pre-reg to clear give 50K discount;
1 years 2nd-hand at 100K cheaper;
Ha ha ha azrai. Thanks for stating the facts that it’s all in the family(cronies).
Well done Proton !
Gaps much widen between Honda and Toyota.
drB, Sarcasm detected.
Ini Kali Lah !!! P1
I’m surprised that even in this difficult time, there is 50 Porsche, 80 Audi, 70 Lexus, 77 Mini, 16 Land rover, 4 Jaguar, 860 BMW & 940 Merc being sold.
This people must be immune to Bad times.
U do kno that its not difficult time for everyone…
Bmw gib big discount. But only untung to those who can afford and maintain it. Other majority average joe gigit jari saja including me.lol
Tax the rich more so no problemo
Yeap…. no more massive disc for VW it is!
Lamborghini down by 100%
citroen xde ke?
Take the YTD sales of passenger vehicles, sort highest to lowest. That’s exactly how the resale value of our cars are… :P
Wow, UMW dapat bonus satu tahun. :p
Im sure i will be GM next year :)
If i want to buy a under 100k now, my wishlist ranking:
1.Persona
2.Jazz
3.City
4.Bezza
5.Saga
6.Alza
7.Ertiga
8.Sienta
9.Vios J
10.Myvi
Sort by value, design, car price.
u lose credibility once u put a myvi on any list..
Passat 2015 @75K
Saga3 b4 biza. Alza change to exora. oh, vios change to city. U will then have the best top 9 models.
that’s why VW Malaysia still think that without dropping price and launching new model, people will buy it. they are wrong. consumer confidence is not gain yet and they are not ready for price increase.
buyer finally awake tat VW tak boleh pakai?
The Honda Civic is apparently selling like hotcakes in Malaysia/this region, which explains the Honda’s no.2 spot towards the year end. Interesting to note that the Europeans despised the front look of the recently launched Honda Civic Hatch which shares the same front-end design with the Sedan Honda Civic..
The civic has always been a left-field choice in Europe. It is, however, hugely popular in the US and SEA.
Proton got 2 new models and still can’t beat P2 or Honda?!
This is just the beginning. Sedikit sedikit lama lama jadi bukit!
With 3 new models launched Proton sales still lack behind Perodua and Honda. The total sales of the 3 models is not even equivalent to its Axia single model sales. Proton really doing everything wrong. No innovation, design like shit, quality like shit, after sales service like shit. Interesting to see what’s the market share for proton end 2016. Maybe just 12%? Next year 8%?
That’s not quite true. Perodua lost some sales of the Bezza to the Saga. Hence, if you have noticed lately on mainstream media, P2 is stepping up the promotional campaign for the Bezza. They are now only short of giving discount for the Bezza to entice buyers away from the Saga. But if Bezza sales is still less than anticipated, you can expect discount for the Bezza as soon as CNY. Discount in P2-speak means sales not doing well. You don’t see P2 give discount for the hot-selling Axia, do you?
Is Sinotruk out of business in Malaysia?
VW Please bungkus get out from bolehland.
don’t say that lah.. i like vw tiguan. already drooling over that. lai lai lai vw, come to bolehland. stay here. you car so good
Amused.
If proton sale go down, people say better close shop. Once go up, they say not good enough.
By the way, I just realized the connection between honda and DRB and proton. A friend of mine said, those who work under companies own by DRB will usually get discounts to buy honda and proton.
That’s why lah Honda sells more than proton, because most of them will not choose proton.
haha look at toyota… how about the RV?
blablabla – where did you get the info that staff of DRBH can get discounts for honda cars? proton yes. but it’s seasonal. honda definitely no special discount DRBH staff. staff get the same discounts offered to othersz.
Jualan proton hanya boleh meningkat dengan mengeluarkan kereta berharga bawah RM50K dengan ciri-ciri menarik. Jualan Ertiga boleh laris jika harga bermula dari rm40k-rm55k.