The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has released sales data for last month by brand, and it appears that the vast majority of auto brands in the country recorded an uptick in sales.
The first quarter of this year recorded a 7.29% or 9,572-unit increase over the same period last year, which was likely driven by the introduction of new models to the market in each of the first three months of the year.
Topping the March chart is Perodua, with 19,459 vehicles sold last month, representing a 17.2% increase over the 16,603 units sold in February. Meanwhile, Proton registered a marginal dip to 6,070 units sold last month, compared to 6,099 in February. The other passenger car brand which saw a dip in sales was Ford, with 439 vehicles sold last month compared to 474 sold in February.
Among the non-national makes, Honda held station in second place with 10,994 vehicles sold last month, a 42.9% gain over the 7,695 units sold in February. The biggest gainer for the month of March is Renault with a 200% gain from February to March, selling 66 vehicles last month compared to 22 in the month before.
Other brands which made big strides last month include Mitsubishi with a 114.2% increase, Subaru with a 122.5% increase, and Porsche with a 133.3% increase compared to February. Elsewhere, gains were also made by Mercedes (+27.9%), BMW (+30.8%), Toyota (+36.0%), Nissan (+45.2%), Isuzu (+60.0%), Mazda (+77.8%), and Volkswagen (+78.5%).
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Janji Volvo terus berkembang maju.
Volvo > all
Toyota overtook Proton!
Now even patriotic people also don’t support Proton anymore cause they know, Proton has sucked so much of money from the rakyat. In total, officially, about RM16.5 billion.
Unofficially, its about few times more than that.
All the Proton fans got so fed up with the last straw, just 2 weeks ago, asking another RM1.8 billion whilst still have not even paid back the initial RM1.5 bil taken last year.
Since 1985, money spent of Proton could have built about 100 fully fledged free Government Hospitals and about 100 extra Public Universities for the rakyat.
Shame on Proton. Our national car has been overtook by 2 non-national cars
Have you ever seen a single Ertiga on the road? But Proton CEO said sales of Ertiga are so good. He also said demand is so high.
1 year already, I have not seen a single Ertiga
Pity you live very remote area
Looking at sales data, perodua is still leading far
If Gov can order an additional 13389 vehicles from P1 using tax payers money, P1 can beat P2 in sales and become No.1 in Malaysia!
Toyota so much behind Honda!
Toyoda sales depends on commercial vehicles!
Whether commercial or not, Toyota depends on itself. Better than Proton depend on duit rakyat but fail pulak
Proton better close down. We cannot sustain a leech anymore
Toyota only can win Honda with Hilux & Hiace good la. Their other cars so fugly & outdated
Not globally, in fact Toyota is in front of Honda in several countries unlike Proton that is confirmed behind all
guess what, latest news G might take over P again…acquired some share already..what a joke
Even Geely also now don’t want JV after seeing sales so bad
Geely wants p1 making budget cars, geli
Geely better JV with P2
how can Perodua do so well and Proton be in bad shape?
They buy p2 coz cheap, not bcoz good
No one buy P1 coz not cheap and not good
Where are those numbers coming from?
Without Proton, the government couldn’t have increased the taxes on other cars. Thus a massive source of income that can go into building and running hospitals would be gone. The current system allows poor families to pay low taxes, while richer ones, if they want to, can buy foreign cars, thus paying much more in taxes. Had Proton never existed, either income and sales taxes would sky rocket (look at Europe… roughly 30-50% income tax, 20% sales tax) or there’d be no hospitals etc.
Everybody asking the same question. With 4 new models launched last year and massive orders by Government departments for Proton cars, how can sales only be 19,000 for 4 months?
Is there something really wrong?
Better sell Proton than selling Proton cars
:D hahahaha…this just crack me up yet soooo TRUE!!
Toyota better close shop, cars sold only 4391
4391 is lesser than p1!
Hahahahahahaha
Toyola better close shop!
Total = 4391
Gov = 3000
Pipu = 1391
Proton in fact only sold 1391 passenger cars. The rest are to Gov. Better close down this duit rakyat thief Proton
Even Toyota was seeling bailout last time
Bailout but can sell, can P1 sell?
Like lalang. One day support Proton, another day sediri condemn Proton. Lalang with no backbone
Most Ertiga’s have been sold in da Kampungs !!!! Who in their right mind would by a Proton ??? The only reason an idiot buys a Proton is because it’s ‘cheap’ to buy, but the arse will fall out after a couple of years…..short term planning…..penny wise pound foolish. Malaysia does not offer a level playing field for Auto Companies……only the Mamak brand gets bailed out and enjoys low tariffs. What a joke !!!! Wait and see, soon Proton will be a rare breed. No reputable Auto manufacturer will want a tie up, so far only Geely & the querky frog car Peogeot.
Which cave you are coming from?
See what happened to audi hybrid.
Same ending.
Yesterday Jib said cost of living in Malaysia is one of the lowest in the world and one of the lowest in Asean member countries.
He also said we are on our way to be high income nation.
This implies that owning a car should be kacang puteh.
Fuel so high. Car prices so high, house prices so high, transport so high and food so high….where is our 30% car price reduction promised to us 5 yrs ago?
Why so bising? Toyota is nothing if no help from commercial vehicle sales
Proton suck rakyat’s RM1.5B still lose to Toyota? Apa macam?
Why? Gov no order vehicles to help Proton meh?
Pity toyoda depends heavily on commercial vehicles
Pity on Proton that depends on duit rakyat and even more pity on butthurt Proton supporters
Toyota, mitsu, ford, chrysler etc also got bailed out
So according to basher logic, they should close shop too
Government still ordering bulk. 6077 sales. About 3000 units sure from Government.
So pity. 3000 units from Gov yet still can’t beat Toyota
Since when all of it sold to gomen?
Tipu agak2 la
Renault Capturing more sales.
Those ppl really knew what is CAR.
I-Say-Man. How can Toyo beat P1 !! This is a BIG slap 4 john & P1. No bonus bcos cannot fulfill quota.
Proton Edar got few thousand salesman. They only can sell 6070 cars.
Meanwhile Toyota only sold 4391 cars so what?
At least the arrow is green unlike Proton. Suck billions from rakyat still sales go down, why take our money to sustain the losing making carmaker?
Agree.
What? The affordable P1 at the 4th place. Something wrong with the malaysian or to many wrong with P1.
P1 now lags behind Toyota. Shame
Proton Edar got few hundred showroom across Malaysia. Each showroom to run at least RM10k.
But make 1 or 2 sales per month. How to break even?
4391 toyota cars vs 6070 p1 cars
Toyota ady lost!
Half of P1 cars are to Gov, so nope.
Toyota still beat Proton
Mesians, plss be moar patriotic & buy Proton…
Older generation won’t touch Proton cause they know and see their children suffering with high car prices because of Proton. Older generation used to buy Toyota Corolla and Nissan 130Y for RM20k in the 80s. After Proton was born in 1985, slowly car prices went up year after year. Now Toyota Corolla is RM139k. 700% jump from 1985 to 2016
But the same Corolla in Japan hardly jumped 50% in price from 1985 to 2016.
Then you have the younger generation. All have seen their parents suffering with Proton’s low quality and lies. All have heard their parents say they used to buy cars for RM20k only whilst their first pay was RM2000 for fresh graduate
So, the younger generation cannot understand, 26 years later, their gaji now RM2500 for fresh graduate. More or less same like what their daddy earned 30 years ago
But car jump from RM20k to RM139k.
Majority green..but proton? oh why…
Proton memalukan bangsa dan negara. Beri RM1.8B untuk apa?
Toyota lagi memalukan, if no commercial vehicles it cannot beat p1.
Proton lagi lebih memalukan, hisap duit rakyat sendiri tapi tewas kepada Toyota
Betui.
Tak tewas pun, compare cars with cars, commercial vehicles excluded
Bcos less 29 cars sales from previous month
Perodua can still get away selling cars without VSC.
People willing to pay RM90k for a low cost Honda MPV.
I would like to see Toyota beat Proton this year.
Nissan still tidur selling old pricey models.
Mazda blaming on forex exchange.
Mitsubishi also still tidur.
U pun tidur…this year Toyota 5th place
In Feb 2017,Protong sold 29 cars more than March.
Feb is a shorter working month,by right March would have seen more cars sold by P1.
Protong may sell only 60,00 cars by year end.
At this rate,YAB Nazri cant stop his comrades from releasing another huge bailout package of RM 1.8 Billion.
Protong will supercede MAS in Billion Rm losses very soon.60000 workers producing 60000 cars.
OMG…..1 worker producing 1 car!!!!
Rolls Royce, Bentley, Bugatti also 1 worker, 1 car
Dude
U r comparing with companies that make millions of USD in annual profits.
Here,we r talking about bleeding Protong.U still proud of a tax dollar bailout billion RM recepient,kah?
High monthly sales and yet Protong dropped. So the 4 new models are dead. The alza kiiler, axia killer, myvi killer and d-segment killer all commited suicide.
I wish the specific model and variants can be shown as well.
P2 still no 1
Shame of Malaysian bought a rubbish for travel on the road everyday
What non-rubbish car u used eh? Dare to say?
I bought Mazda 6
Mazda is rubbish, jepunis junk
Where is lotus sales data?
how.can honda beat toyota. the numbers is.incorrect…… hahha
How can Toyota beat Proton? Mana maruah?
Proton is practically done as far as brand perception is concerned. The 4 model onslaught didn’t yield any significant gain in market share. That is a actually a big reality slap on their face.
To be honest, the new Saga and Persona is not bad at all, and the Ertiga is actually a bargain consider the kind of money you pay to own a relaible Suzuki under the skin. But decades of lies, bad qualities, arrogance, and cronies riddened supply chain has taken it’s toll on Proton. I know the current management has little to do with all these Proton’s sins that had committed over the past 3 decades (actually they work very hard to rectified them), but years of abusing Malaysian customers had made most Malaysian just simply hate Proton and won’t touch a Proton again, no matter what Proton does or what Proton has improved. Malaysian just don’t seem to care and don’t give a damn.
Proton has no one to be blamed except themselves. This is what happen when you run a business not for creating value, but enriching cronies as your top priority. Too late Proton, it’s better they sell it or just bungkus for good.
Look carefully, p1 dun sell comercial vehicles while toyota cars are sold lesser than p1
P1 sold vehicles to G but still sold less than T
Commercial cars still a sales tho… I’m owner of new Persona, it is really a good bargain, but just like what earlier comment said, Malaysian simply don’t trust Proton brand name anymore even with good car produced…
ETCM deserves its sliding market share. Lack of new models we can accept, but a lack of brains for still no delisting the aged Latio and giving the Nismo bling bling treatment to the Teana (which it doesn’t need) is not welcome.
Are their product planners sleeping? Where is the X-Trail Hybrid? Facelift? Where is the Teana Facelift? China got theirs ages ago. Navara still marketed in those series of videos with the muscular clown. Why are they still selling the pointless Sylphy? Bring in the Qashqai instead. The ugly Almera facelift with the worst design aftermarket DRLs, my God it is horrible to look at. Seriously ETCM, are you really interested in selling cars? I bought 2 Nissans from you, never again.
Couldn’t agree more, there is something seriously wrong with ETCM marketing and product planner.
Proton how? 6000 sales? Proton boss say make only RM500 per car profit.
So 6000 x 500 = 3 million per month. How to pay 12,000 workers per month?
Worker salary already included under cost. Profit is for shareholders.
If P1 make 500 per car that will be 500 X 72,000 cars sold in 2016 = 36,000,000 Profits. But P1 reported a loss of 1.4 billion in 2016. Something is NOT right here.
Nobody says your calculation is corect, it’s mixed up with thought
How to pay 12,000 workers per month? That’s why P1 need ANOTHER 1.5 to 1.8 billion on top of what have been taken already.
P1 is now in drain. Most workers will run to P2 factory
Also include different segments e.g. comparing Perodua with MB is like comparing oranges with grapes likewise cannot meaningfully compare Saga/City/Vios to MB.
Really no udrstand why no info on SALES BY INDIVIDIUAL MODELS…surely will help our buying decision…why last time legal and suddnely deemed illegal data by MyCC…shouldnt u fight or voice out tis issue PT
Exactly, this is just retarded.
The only way to know is if companies decide to voluntarily announce it during quarterly review eg.
What difference would that make? What’s anti competitive about that? It is cuz proton butthurt they are shit, and whine like baby, so MyCC pujuk by giving shit excuse to disallow announce model?
Stupid as hell.
Krn Toyota yg mula tak nk bg tahu setiap model telah jual
Unfortunately the table shows toyoda already lost to P1 if commercial vehicle excluded
Pity toyoda
Commercial vehicle still a sales.
See the red arrow of Proton? Very soon Toyota will be able to beat Proton without commercial vehicles.
Pity Proton still syok sendiri saying their sales more than Toyota. Ask for billions still want to jaguh kampung. How can the rakyat trust you?
Huh? Without commercial vehicles, Toyota cannot beat P1. P1 6070 vs Toyota 4391.
I am having doubt with data released by MAA…..
Perodua announced sales volume yg sudah pasang tapi blm jual
yaa lorr… don’t tell me that not a single suzuki was sold during that period?
congratz merc benz, you achieve higher sales than so many jap cars and all kimchi brand for many months…
bmw not far behind as well..
kudo for malaysian!
Wow Ford sold less passenger cars than Audi. Very bad for Ford sales in Malaysia
Proton will drop to 5th place by end 2017 and to 8th place in end 2018. And Proton will be extinct by 2019.
Rebadged Geelyton XC60
Toyota akan tutup kedai dlm 2019
Proton akan tutup dulu dgn duit rakyat
proton oh proton!declining sales so is bad.rolled out so many models but doesnt help at all.must be something wrong somewhere.at that kind of sales figure,proton will close shop sooner.even with the fsp come in,things will not be easy.rebadging cars also didnt help either,inspira perdana ertiga or even bmw ,will not boost their sales.seems like nothing can be done right for our proton.really sad.
Wah, Mercedes, BMW and VW all sold more cars than any Kimchi. Even though German cars more expensive. What happened to Kimchi?
Kimchi is so underated. Buy now b4 price up!!
they also sell more cars than sushi cars…so what happen to sushi cars?
More MAN than Volvo lorries sold? That’s quite a surprise. And what happened to Sinotruck? Are they out of business in Malaysia?
I am a manager at a haulage company. Actually depending on the capacity of haulage, MAN and Volvo trucks have their own strengths. Both have equally good and reliable engines. MAN being German and Volvo/Scania both Swedish. All there are very powerful, fuel efficient and reliable trucks. MAN and Scania are under the VW Group of Germany. I believe Volvo trucks are under the French Renault trucks group. All strong global players.
Since 2016 MAN is using Scania gearboxes (as both are in the VW group). That makes the search for second-hand spareparts much easier.
U should use Proton Arena
Apologies. Volvo trucks owns Renault and Nissan Diesel trucks. Not the other way round.
Proton must change the engine do not used and recycle the campro for the latest model.
Noted. now Proton using Honda, Suzuki & orso Mitsu enjins…
Sendiri enjin tak mau, curi enjin kereta lain
Volkswagen sales up because of VW plate number
Yea. banyak VW motosikal
This is March sales la. VW number plate came out in April.
I agree
Anyone saw Infiniti on the list?
Or were the so embarrassed they hid behind Nissan?
Good car, economical. Should make VSC has standard though
why u all shame to P1 when u all are not support ur own national car brand
As long as Proton is own by DRB and their management doesn’t learn from their past mistakes that have been occurring again and again (doesn’t listen to customers needs and feedbacks, only thinks about cronies), as long as there is no foreign automobile manufacturers that willing to invest in Proton, Proton will only just be a shame and disgrace to this country. As long as Proton keeps asking for donations worth billions of RM from the government, Proton will always be in a state of denial. As long as Proton keeps syiok sendiri, they will always forever sleeping in their own dreams. If Proton really want to be a top car manufacturer, really want to sell car to people with good quality and services, then Proton (DRB) needs to let go of their ego, by selling a majority stake to foreign company as soon as possible. The more they keep begging for gov’t protection, the earlier they will dig their own grave. To be honest, Proton is able make a good car, but they can’t sell it own their own. Even Perodua needs Daihatsu to help them sale their products and be number 1. If a mat salleh or jepunis will become the CEO so be it. Even MAS is brave enough to do that. Only then, Proton will be respected again by M’sians and other countries around the world.
If we compare PERODUA and PROTON, PROTON has the better vehicles but PERODUA eventually “won the race” because PROTON took the nation’s pulse for granted unlike PERODUA.
All because they like to syok sendiri, comparing itself to BMW and Volvo like their supporters. Don’t like to accept criticism. Padan muka
Eh, i thought bashers who compare P1 with luxury cars a lot. In every articles of luxury cars or not, they try hard to bash P1 for the sake of bashing
Dun insult the intelligent ot 31mil Malaysians.
Lots of butthurt Proton supporters coming out of their cave. Is it because of the fact that Toyota beat Proton? Hahaha…
Yup. These people only know how to blame here, blame there, blame Toyota selling commercial vehicles, blame Gov not buying Proton and even blaming the Rakyat for not supporting Proton, except themselves. No wonder Proton sales are going south due to these Proton goons
Agree lots of P1 troopers coming out 2 earn their keeps otherwise most will be fired end of April.
It is a case of P1 loosing 2 Toyo bcos their own die-hard supporters are buying Toyota’s.
Compare apple to apple, P1 car sales number still outnumber Toyota’s. 1679 difference is quite a number.
Too bad Toyota supporters dun realize their overlord passenger cars are sold lesser than P1. Hahaha
Too bad Proton supporters don’t realise that most Proton cars are sold to Gov agency
Wtf Proton, with protection also no sales ah? Bungkus lah
Are you blind??
No. Are you?
Proton is in big trouble now. Sales figure dropped for three consecutive months. I am sure the management had definitely pressed the panic button. It seemed like Proton has lost its directions. If DRB Hicom still insists of hanging on to its own terms and conditions of accepting a foreign partner then it might as well get ready to be dumped by the rakyat. The brand itself is dying and dying fast. Just ask around, would anyone buy a Proton if he or she could afford a better choice? Begging for handout or bailout would only burden the country’s already fragile economy. Act fast DRB Hicom, the ball is in your court now.
Anyone know what is the targeted sales this year? 500k?
Proton sales target is 500k?
Proton Terbaik di Malaysia! Tahniah!
economy improved! recession is over!
T above P1 due to commercial vehicles? wow. the ppl have practically abandoned both T and P1. VW is still surviving due to polo 1.6 i believe. the runaway winner as usual and lifetime achievement award goes to P2 not because they deserve it but because we have no choice! what a sad state of affairs.
Passion u dalk everything just kalk la
all the T salesmen are here to thumbs down all who say bad things about T?