After the annual year-end frenzy, January is traditionally a slow hangover month. And the numbers just released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) support it – at 44,575 units, vehicle sales for January 2018 were down 19% (10,154 units) compared to December 2017. Jan 2018 figures are also 0.2% lower (92 units) than those recorded in the same month last year.
Here’s a quick breakdown of how the auto brands performed last month. After the expiration of year-end promos, most of the market leaders saw a decline – Perodua -12.3%, Honda -27.5%, Toyota -50.8% and Nissan -11.3% were among those, although Proton’s -0.4% drop was minimal. Elsewhere, BMW (-16.8%), VW (-42.4%), Subaru (-40.5%), Volvo (-56.1%) and Audi (-34.8%) also saw lower sales.
The few brands that bucked the trend were Mazda (+82.8%), Peugeot (+37.5%) and Mitsubishi (+21.5%), along with premium segment leader Mercedes-Benz (+6.0%).
This is the first set of monthly data from the MAA this year, and it no longer lists Lamborghini, Chery and Yutong, brands that have resigned from auto club. New entries include Chinese brands King Long (you might have seen the name on buses), JAC and CAM. Click on the chart below for a larger view.
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DRB made a real mess of Audi sales in MY. Only 15 units sold…Salesman how to survive? #sajetanya #lukakecik
IKR … how’s that even possible? and Porsche sold twice as much!
looking at the brand itself..audi got direct rival such as merc and bmw. while porsche in it’s own class..especially their suv and panamera..no direct rival.
What happened to Volvo and Audi? Can survive ?
Who wants an old Campro engine that sucks petrol when you can get a Toyota Vios engine in the 2018 Vios?
Toyota engines sold in 200 countries worldwide.
Campro only sold in Malaysia
Benz 1217 vs Audi 15… sakit mata oo
VW 426 vs Volvo 69. Honda 8.1k and Toyota 3.5k. New year sales tak jadi
Today all the Volvo fans all keeping quiet. They just got a shock of their lives to see….Volvo brand is dying.
Proton fanboys also now starting to panic. They all past few months syiok sendiri saying Proton and Volvo are one company and since Volvo is doing well, Proton also will do well under Geely.
Well, cry cry cry. I don’t think so anymore
John and Tokmoh now senyap only see their Volvo Lingkup.
Volvo > all
Lucky China come and save us. Otherwise, Proton will be bankrupt at this rate.
Thanks to Geely, Volvo and Proton is in the midst of being revived and will shine!!!
Looking at the car brand distribution itself..Merc and bmw have brand principals here. audi meawhile got a pathetic dealer.
Looks like Volvo and Audi are dying in Malaysia. And yet Geely say they can turn around Proton.
OMG. Volvo in Malaysia also dying cause people got no confidence in China quality
When walk into BMW showroom you will be greeted with “we have new model full spec with big discount, can take full loan no downpayment, can use bmw credit, no ccris….or you want pre reg also got 10% discount some more…just bring pen and sign document tomorow can come pick up you car”
Walk into audi showroom, you will be greeted with “we have base line, or s-line…different price, no discount, need to order, if want bang n olufsan, add more, need reverse cam, top up more, if interested pay 2k booking, then apply loan prepare another 10% down. need to order no ready stock, maybe 2-4 months, no pre reg also.
So the above is why audi cannot sell.
Merc is handled by Daimler Chrysler itself, a subsidiary of German company. Same goes to BMW Malaysia. Look at the CEOs, directors. They didn’t trust Cycle Carriage and auto Bavaria anymore.
Drb sell premium audi car, Ali baba bisnes style.
Interestingly, Proton only outsold Mercedes 4:1. With the average purchase price of the Mercs certainly greater that 4x that of P1, that means people actually spent more at Merc showrooms than at P1.
Audi is a dying brand in Malaysia .
Please do not associate Audi with Merc and BMW as Audi so call “premiumness” is just not on par with the other two yet.
Audi just sold 15 units and if this persist for the whole of 2018, we can conclude Audi will be selling just close to 200 units annually then.
Bye Bye Audi
Sales go down… how’s that even possible? Malaysia GDP is highest in 5 years!! Most strongest ASEAN economy
The strongest ASEAN economies are Vietnam, Myanmar and the Philippines. Malaysia is the second weakest, actually.
Ringgit the best performing money in Asia.
Where u got that fact?
Poor Volvo. Geely cakap besar. Geely and fanboys say Geely has made Volvo into a happening brand.
Well, 69 sales is happening all right.
Goes to show, people want to pay high prices for a 100% Sweden made car.
They can’t imagine paying RM400k with nealry all its parts made by China Geely
Think first.
Let UMW unleash the 2018 Camry & CHR 1st.
CHR is DoA. HRV facelift & Boyue will eat it alive and share the spoils.
Mazda with selling 2017 made models & previous generation, test drive cars. –>selling old car jack up sales, coming 11mths guranteed sales drop.
Me thinks Audi will exit MY soon.
Audi shud setup their own sales & service network.
Nope, they wont exit Malaysia. Instead, Audi might come in direct. They were supposed to come in direct, but somehow DRB managed to convince them otherwise a few years ago. Now for sure they wont want to make the same mistake again. Audi is doing very well in Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Im sure they wont want to be left out of the 3rd biggest market in South East Asia – Malaysia.
Remember the company known as Volkswagen Group Malaysia? It was supposed to plan to bring more brands under VW umbrella to MY. And then realigned them. Other than VW and Audi, others include Skoda and perhaps, Seat.
Come on Audi
Audi still doing better than its cheaper rival, Ford. Only 11 cars sold in January.
proton is almost half of honda….. john is doing a good job. hahahaha
Only 0.4% drop dude. hahahaha
0.4% drop is better than only half of Honda?
John Gagal
Jan 2016:
MY Total – 44,591
Perodua – 15,538
Proton – 7,743
Jan 2017:
MY Total – 44,667
Perodua – 14,203
Proton – 7,7207
Jan 2018:
MY Total – 44,575
Perodua – 17,693
Proton – 4,783
Basher gagal
“200,000 units by 2020 and 300,000 units by 2023 before arriving at the 400k mark in 2027.”
– Dr Li Chunrong, PHD holder.
200k in 2020. Only in plan. no need to proud so much.
100% of zero is still zero….a slight sales drop of little sales is still little sales. Muahaha…
Crime rate orso dropping…so good job. Muahaha…
Proton manage to have 2.1% market share increase in January. -cough-
dont just look at the percentage..look at honda tapau proton already bro..hahahaha..non national car.
Proton 4783 X 12 bulan = 57,396bijik. Betol2 mcm nama saya, sinking…
Too bad.. better rebadge other company cara or better close shop terus..
Wowzers! P1 only dropped 0.4% last month even with the supposedly onslaught of new Mivi. And thats from a 0.2% drop from previous month. Again haters cant accept that P1 has a stable loyal customer base that dun waver from their decision.
This in contrast with P2 having huge 12.3% drop even with their vaunted Mivi. Looks like it aint so hot after all. Their customer fanbase now consider to buy entry level Jepunis instead like Nissan Almari. Nissan having regained 22% market share from previously.
Kudos to both brands and P2 must be fearing its back right now.
Go Audi go!!
P2 don’t fear cause they got 3x the sales of PRoton. Nobody wants Proton anymore.
Who wants a China car when you can get a Myvi with a time tested Toyota Vios engine inside??
Correct. Nobody buy Proton for 2nd time.
The Proton owner got chance to buy Perodua or others brand but the Perodua or Vios owner no chance to buy Proton.
Lets see who dun want… Ooh about 12.3% and 50.8% of the market runaway from these 2.
Oh boy.
Pipu buy P2 becoz its cheap not becoz its gud. When its no longe cheap, pipu buy P1 or Nissan instead.
People buy P2 because got good resale value. Proton is only worth for besi buruk after 10 years.
RV cant save life when kreta buang but besi buruk P1 can. Lolz!
Nobody buys Proton for the 2nd time.
Also, already got article that clearly states that 70% of local grads do not want Proton but want foreign brands
Most of myvi parts also come from China, and thats including ur electronics and both u and ur mother’s undergarment. If u hate China that much, pls remove all China item from ur mother first, tq
thank you China for saving Proton. It shows, Malaysian CEOs are incompetent.
Really? When EPF dividen is 6.9%, TH dividen is 6.25%, Felda earning go up 356%, as compared to best paid CEOs of CPF measly 2.5% and Temasek loss SGD$43 Billion? Do elaborate further.
This is bcoz perodua production volume is reaching saturation point. Full spec 1.5L Myvi waiting time is 3 to 4 months. If they can increase production, there wont be a decline in total sales number
No such thing. They have the capacity with their new factory but their sales just drop like hot potato.
Got such thing…ini smue salah bank reject
Nape bank tak reject loan utk P1 dan Nissan ye?
Only thing that is hot potato is sales of 220,000 10 years ago to 70,000 sales in 2017 and 50,000 sales in 2018.
that is real hot potato
Ya, that’s the thing that John did not study. Volume of Myvi reaching its max where the waiting time 2-3 mths for 1.5. They have OT along the weekends to cater for the shortfall. I dun see P2 fearing of any.
Despite drop 12.3% from Dec, but you have to be very practical. P2 keep its market share even better in January for 40% market share.
What for do you have ‘steady’ volume but mingling only 4k units/mth whereas you have more number of dealers and production capacity of 500k/year. Where is your economic of scale production?.
2-3 months for 1.5 is due to lower demand and therefore planners used them to fill in gaps between production of 1.3 versions. Try asking for 1.3 cars and u can get it immediately if u not fussy about colour choice.
They have done their forecast and their capacity CAN meet their volume, but maybe with the drop in 12.3% sales, u might able to demand ur SA to gip the 1.5 earlier.
Waiting 2-3 months is not high demand. 1st gen Mivi waiting period of 8 months is the high demand.
Haha funny!. since when 1st gen Myvi got 8 mths waiting list?. where were u at that time?.
Get the fact right. 1.5 waiting list not due to lower demand but at time of launching the 1.5 booking was 80% compared to prediction 30-40%. Now the prodn increase for 1.5 and still backlog of 18k. How on earth with that backlog someone still say low in demand. haha. u see the trend for upcoming mths. the myvi shall remain at 8-9k a mth. twice better than P1 sales whole models.
For those in the know, what im talking about is Heijunka or line balancing. Using none volume models (1.5) to fill in gaps between up and down volumes for major variant (1.3).
say whatever u wanna say bro..proton is sinking and need a lot of backup..dont get me start with honda tapau proton already..
Ok jer. Honda p1 kawan2 drb..
Honda and P1 kawan kawan wei. Sama sama DRB so whats gud for Honda is oso gud for P1. But bad news for P2 (-12.3%) and even worse for its big bro toyota (-50.8%). Say whatever u wanna say bro.. Toyota is sinking and nobody wants it anymore.
P1 got no OT. The factory also all goyang kaki.
10,000 workers produce 70,000 cars per annum
Mitsubishi in Thailand got only 6000 workers but produce 320,000 cars per annum
Mitsubishi in Thailand dun make cars. They just CKD only deswai can come out a lot.
Production number is production number. Even with waiting period is 3 to 4 months, its consider sold.
Should look at P2’s confirmed order books to get a better picture. And P1’s as well.
MAA figures only end sales. P2 booking to end sales is an abysmal 55% rejection rate.
Another two possible reasons : Their potential buyers already realised that there’s no water temperature gauge in Myvi3 (they don’t like to deal with car manufacturer that simply cut corner). Also, if the customer did test drive, omg, performance is like a shithole, thus they don’t want to ‘later pening’ why can’t achieve exaggerating 20.1 km/l.
Banks always reject loans for P1 cause they know most of P1 buyers always kena tarik balik
Ask any bank in Malaysia. highest car that kena tarik balik is Proton.
This is why P1 buyers always kena reject.
Nope. So far PT din repot any abnormal booking to sales figures for P1, unlike what they did for P2. Conclusion is, majority of P1 sales went thru.
Banks always reject loans for P2 cause they know most of P2 buyers always pawn their cars for others to ‘sambung bayar’ (even if not kena tarik balik)
Ask any bank in Malaysia. highest car that kena tarik balik and sambung bayar cars is Poodua.
This is why P2 buyers always kena reject until their CEO and MD making so much noise.
fake news about 55% rejection rate. If this is the case, how come Perodua can sell 200,000 units last year?
By the way, Proton also got high loan rejection rate like that.
Remember John, myvi is no longer a new model by your standard…..kakaka.. P1 need 4 months to achieve what P2 get in 1 month. 0.4% konon.
im just calling it new becoz others might confuse it with Mivi2. But ur right, it took years for P1 to achieve a 12.3% drop in sales. P2 did it in 1 month. Kudos to P2.
Even if p2 drop 50% in sales. Still sold alot more than P1…oh waitt
So as their early KO rates.
P2 need to repatriate profits back to Nippon. Even a drop of 30% sales, it will be in worse condition than P1.
P1 can afford a 50% drop in sales.
P2 cant afford even 30% becoz need to repatriate profits back to Jepunis lord.
whatever said, all Malaysians are asking how P2 can do in 2 and 1/2 months what Proton takes 1 whole year to do
And to make matters worse, P1 got DOUBLE the staff than P2
Ioma, Perodua 1 month sales is equal to Proton 4 months sales.
Sales figures peak for itself.
People want Japanese Toyota VVTI Vios engine in the 2018 Myvi as opposed to Campro engine.
Buy myvi 1.5l no need to think tak payah pikir but later after buy pening kepala coz cannot get 20/1km/l FC. Even Iriz is better
Iriz manual kot. But Iriz auto is lemon…
Iriz CVT still better than selowpoke Mivi.
If pre facelift iriz auto was lemon, yes, but facelifted one still acceptable although it’s not the best. But ‘new’ Myvee auto, even 1.5, Hark…Tui…
Yeah.. that man compare iriz 1.3 manual with myvi 1.5 auto.. hahaha!
But my Gen2 1.6L CPS has better FC than Mivi 1.3L.
Yeah.. myvi dual vvti EEV engine. Iriz old campro bu11sh1t engine drink petrol like camel..
But Mivi drinks petrol like kerbau 10L engine
Better u buy one myvi & feel the eev engine. Tak payah fikir & tak payah pening. Beli je produa. Beli proton pening2 ambil cuti/mc hantar kereta ke proton SC.
Versus its own target of 10k units a month. Ohwai.
Interesting numbers….
Ford Chevrolet and Audi… near-death numbers
Without the Ranger, Ford in Malaysia can bungkus.
even half contributor for toyota is hilux.
Look at- AHEM- Jag
Big congrats to Bermaz Mazda ! They’ve almost doubled their sales and now back in their usual No.6 spot. No doubt, thanks mainly to their new KF CX-5… already starting to see a lot of them on the roads. The new KF makes the old KE look so ‘normal’ and dated. Will Mazda overtake Tan Chong Nissan this year ? I will be rooting for them !
Good to see that Proton’s sales have held even when all of the other established players fell. Although, I suspect that this was thanks to more orders from fleet customers. Whichever the case, it’s good news all the same for Proton.
Sad to see Volvo’s sales fall hard. At least they are still ahead of Lexus and Audi. Somehow, Mercedes-Benz are still punching above their weight. MBM will grow even further if they can bring in their X-Class pickup and all-new A-Class this year (both as CKD models).
Mazda sales went up oso due to their diskauns, which is not usually given. But their cars r still overpriced as fak.
Ur suspicion on P1 sales is unfounded as PT previous reported fleet sales only amount to 2.5% of volume. Majority still from retail end customers. P1 HAS loyal fanbase customers that almost never waver from their decision even when faced with the overglorified Mivi.
Tokmoh did mention VolvoCars dun gip great diskaun now. But no matter, Mesidis took up the slack for the Group of companies.
But the fanbase needs to grow to make P1 sustainable.
Give it time. The empire will strike back with Boyue 1st.
You say fleet sales only 2.5%? So 70,000 cars sold. 2.5% is 1700 cars.
I don’t think the Government of Malaysia orders just 1700 cars from Proton.
There are hundreds of Government Departments.
And the law enforcemment agencies like PDRM, Kastam, Immigresyen order in the thousands.
Even Spanco, the guys who lease to the Government ordered about 20,000 units last year.
You sure 2.5%???
Here is where PT burst ur fake news bubble. Re-read and weep.
https://paultan.org/2018/01/08/proton-sales-result-end-2017/
Made in India Tata got no business… Sells 1 car only and that is suspected to be its own staff purchase
Audi Malaysia still can do well by launching new models.
Remember the new Audi Q5 is made from Mexico and not from Germany .
I think China cars quality is better than those from Mexico.
Audi Malaysia can go hard.
Segamat Mazda dealer sudah bungkus.
mazda not a volume player, will not be able to overtake. This is just January. Mazda also throwing 10k discount on old version CX-5.
you have to look at the entire year.
Nissan has the upcoming Serena to help push.
so….no changes.
Volvo, paultan fans everyday say your car how nice, but your sales forever so pathetic, means your brand really can’t compete with bmw and merc, Audi, you almost be forgotten
Audi is already dying. why mentioned Audi .just ridiculous meaning Audi is no good anymore.
Audi better bungkus from Malaysia
Even Paultan fans brag how good Lexus is and this and that but sales forever so low and pathetic too . Lexus is joining Audi club now.
Hooray…Toyota wanna close shop soon.
Then more of their pipu come here whine daily lor.
Toyota produces dinosaur and obsolete engine technology for Malaysian market . that why sales drop 50% even with new year discount offering .
Subaru sales drop by 40% too. most of the Subaru models shape looks antique except the cheaper xv .
That’s where Mazda and Peugeot got boost in sales . furthermore these two cars are price half of those premium brands asking ..
For me.. better proton close shop than toyota. Proton with old campro engine & syiok sendiri design. Toyota with new dual vvti EEV status engine. Buy toyota better. Good rv.
Toyota only sells badge and jepunis smell on outdated junks, not proper cars. Deswai toyota is doomed to fail with 50% market drop even with kawkaw promo.
Saya pilih Proton krn syok pandu, Toyota kosong spec Mahal Sgt, tak berbaloi. RV pun terkandung jualan kt pasaran Dan kualiti sebuah kereta. Saya diberitahu bhw Vios 2nd hand value dah jatuh byk. Jika nak jual kereta lepas lima tahun pasti tak seperti dulu. Jgn selalu ingat RV tu tak berubah.
Toyota is top brand on the world. Not really an issue with TMC.
And UMW also.has no issue since its subsidiary Perodua is best selling make in MY, selling 1 car each time every other companies sold 3.
Top brand just dropped to 3rd in worldwide sales in 1 year.
Being a local company that is enjoying all sort of protections and yet selling about the same volume as foreign brand…. now dreaming Toyota will close shop. …Them proton.
Our economy still robust. with very positive economic growth. We are dead-one target to achieve high-income nation?? Our income has been increasing year after year.
How come sales volume low?? why? why?
Becoz Dec alredi saw increase of 11.3% sales
https://paultan.org/2018/01/23/malaysia-vehicle-sales-data-for-dec-2017-by-brand/
Lexus can survive ?
furthermore VW 426 vs BMW 840 vs Mazda 1300 vs Perodua
can VW survive too even it is price way much cheaper than merc , BMW , Volvo and Lexus ?
Dun worry lexus, the sold units always bought from their SA. Due to the SA can’t sell good in Toyota models that’s y not afford to buy Lexus.
We need P1 to have more sales. It is good for the economy. Lucky only 0.4% drop sales. In my business P1 is the best brand, n ussually only take P1 as my first choice. P2 not so good for my business. P1 always make good profit for me. I hope u all can support to make my business florish.
now u see how many RV addiction guy in this ptorg.
By end of this year there are some companies will improves a lot…mainly Volvo and Proton!!!
Tata will improve to selling 2 cars a month
Mesidis introduced C200 AMG Line since October 2017 that is another factor of good sales results
Audi sold 205 cars in Jan 2018 in Sg
Audi is a lousy german junk
In Malaysia , Audi brand is a dead duck and only sold on 35 units until the end of february 2018
Audi can survive? very little buyers