Proton has released its sales results for April 2021 and there’s a third consecutive month of growth. The carmaker sold 15,017 units last month to kick off the second quarter of the year, which was an increase of 0.18% over March. Proton typically lumps together domestic and export sales for their announcements.
With 15k units in April, Proton estimates a market share of 26.7%. Cumulative sales for the first four months of the year now stand at 47,843 units, with an estimated market share of 24.4%. That should be a very comfortable second behind Perodua in the overall standings.
Proton claims that the Saga returned to the top of the sales charts last month with 5,472 units sold, which is actually slightly lower than in March. This means that it beat the Perodua Myvi last month. This would be the first time since May 2020 that the Saga topped the monthly model chart.
The brand’s X SUVs continue their form – 3,583 units of the X50 were delivered in April (a new high), while 2,101 units of the X70 were delivered. Combined, the two SUVs did 5,684 units, the second best month ever for the X range and just slightly behind the record set in March.
Proton’s other three models had their best month of 2021. The Persona did 2,266 units (second in B-segment sedan class), the Exora contributed 616 units to the cause, while the Iriz – boosted by the R3 Limited Edition – saw its best sales month since 2019 with 974 units (third in B-segment hatchback class).
“April was a good month for the automotive industry and aside from Proton, several other brands also had their best month of the year so far. TIV is estimated to be over 56,000 units as all brands are trying to fulfil sales orders before the expiry of Penjana sales tax incentives at the end of June,” said Roslan Abdullah, CEO of Proton Edar.
“For Proton, we are continuing with efforts to meet the strong demand for our products while maintaining a high level of product quality. At the same time, we are focussing on improving customer service and addressing issues related to spare parts availability, which is vital as our sales volume increases. We estimate the situation will see significant improvement as the year progresses, but we are working hard to move up that timeline,” he added.
Last month also saw Proton breaking ground for a new stamping plant at its Tanjung Malim factory. The RM200 million facility is expected to be operational by Q3 2022 and will allow the carmaker to stamp much larger pieces of body panels.
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I believe there is no waiting period for X70. Which makes the sales figures of 2k plus rather staid.
Actually, there is a 3-5 month waiting period depending on model/color
Consumers are finding out that they can get a new 3 box sedan with a 1.3l engine & a 4AT gearbox in the Saga when its price is close to that of a new Axia auto, which is a smaller hatch back with a 1.0l engine.
Local + export? Kek!
Means local sales figure 10k ony? Kek!
If that’s true, 5k of import sales is quite impressive don’t you think? What’s so funny about that anyway?
Kereta jernama rakyat marhaen kegemaran rakyat marhaen. Kipidap P1!
Buy new car and get ready for PKP3. Syukur gahmen jaga kita… tak gubra heppi beraya.
There is still strong demand for X70, thats a surprise. Guess economy is not as bad for certain income bracket.
Good
X50 production still no improve
Despite the pandemic, people still can buy new cars. So no solid evidence that Malaysians is getting poor due to MCO and stuff.
Because of pandemic, more people afraid to share rides on public transport, and therefore prefer to own self drive or ride personal vehicles (car or bike). Then, with government hand outs and permission to withdraw money from EPF plus the suspension of SST, there are people who suddenly realise that they have enough for a downpayment. But of course after that whether they can maintain monthly payment for the hire-purchase period is another story…
Aidilfitri beli kereta lepas raya tarik kereta…
No problem.. Just jual sambung bayar then..
Ya, wang tak ada tak apa, tapi gaya mesti ada..
Iriz Active coming soon
If 60% owner choose higher spec:
Saga: 5472 x 60% = 3283 x RM39.8k = RM131 mil
X50: 3583 x 60% = 2149 x RM103.3k = RM222 mil
X70: 2101 x 60% = 1260 x RM119.8k = RM151 mil
X50 is the best selling and profitable product.
X50 alone can pay the stamping factory
That’s such a simplistic paid for keyboard warrior type of comment.
Revenue does not equal to profits. A more likely scenario is PROTON maybe makes RM3-5k for each Saga it sells. Likely considerably more for the X series.
RM131 mil x 10% profit = RM13.1 mil
RM222 mil x 7.5% profit = RM16.65 mil