Proton sold 9,415 units in April 2023 to make it a fourth consecutive month of year-on-year sales growth. Last month’s tally – including exports, as is always the case with Proton sales figures – is 6.5% higher y-o-y versus April 2022 despite a short sales and production month due to Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays.
With that, year-to-date sales for the first four months of the year are at 49,702 units, which is 39.8% higher y-o-y. Proton says that it’s the only top-five ranked brand in Malaysia to see growth in April, which grew its markets share to an estimated 20.4%. That’s good for second place in the sales table behind Perodua and ahead of non-national leaders Toyota and Honda.
April was a bit of a comedown for the auto industry. Short month aside, the end of deliveries for orders placed during the Penjana tax-free incentive scheme was also a factor.
The Malaysian carmaker says that its X50 is the best-selling B-segment SUV (overall too, it’s claimed) with 2,644 units delivered in April. Proton also claims segment sales leadership in the B-segment sedan market (Persona, 1,263 units) and the C-segment MPV market (Exora, 465 units). The other non-segment leading contributors are the Saga (3,949), X70 (756) and Iriz (338).
On the export front, Proton had its best month of the year in April with 187 units shipped. YTD exports are at 603 units and a big chuck of that was the Saga (now in South Africa), followed by the X50 and X70.
“Proton’s exports for 2023 has been slow to reach the expected volume due to several external global economic factors. However, we remain positive about our overseas sales prospects this year and are actively working with our partners to raise the profile of the brand as well as promote our intelligent products,” said Proton deputy CEO Roslan Abdullah.
On Sunday, Proton celebrated its 40th anniversary and launched its flagship model, the X90 seven-seater SUV. Click on the links for more.
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finally Proton making profit and was saved – thanks for Geely. Before this, its losing money and staying alive due to government rescue. SHAME.
goes to show that so many years with tongkat it will become limp and weak. Finally China come and remove tongkat, immediately learn to walk by themselves.
We need to do that with Perodua. Remove their Jepunis tongkats and see how will they survive with no models they can call their own.
trust zhongguo gongchandang more than nihon shihonka
best mentor to Dang Cong san Viet Nam
B4 geely became shareholder in p1, p1 oredi make they own model gen2, persona (1st & 2nd gen), preve & iriz. When geely became p1 shareholder, geely provided tongkat by letting p1 rebadge geely models into x70, x50 & now x90.
Tahniah Proton! At least their cars can be trusted to be safe unlike testing scam P2!
Same old CAMPRO engine still using
Dulu datuk pakai CAMPRO, sekarang cucu pakai CAMPRO jugak
Mak engkau pakai apa
where you been living?
now proton cars have access to Geely engines.
Datuk tua, please stop being keyboard warrior. You’re outdated
Mak engkau pakai enjin lancho
Besok Campur engine coming out.Sabar.
Kalau dapat rebadge VW atau Merced sebagai national car tentu lagi banyak sales dan banyak untung.
VW and Mercedes are rebadging cars by themselves (Sprinter, Kangoo) and sell them with a different grill?
Try leveling the playing field & see how it fares vs foreign marques. Proton not offering enough ; And because of its existence, we’re denied affordability to own beter cars
what about Perodua?
same lah. Perodua also should be forced to play on even level. All these kereta nasional (p1, P2) needs to go away. Also lets not forget AP license.
Exactly! Myanmar, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Laos have no national car and all people there can affort cheap foreign cars.
Wow.. X70 sales getting much slower despite the recent updates… X50 needs a refresh soon as well
well done Geely… oooops sorry sorry, i meant Proton, well done Proton. Malaysia boleh!
Yg geely X X ni bukan murah nak jaga lagi petrol kuat. Beli perodua pocket selamat. Oil filter bocor senang diganti, yg timing belt lah susah.
Timing belt tiap² tahun kena tukar ke?
Vongok!
ways cheaper than a timing chain seizures and noises alike sewing machine
Timing chain issues relate to whether the engine oil change schedule is being followed closely. Like the other parts in the engine, the timing chain & the associated guides, tensioner & sprockets can also be negatively affected by old, dirty, acidic & worn-out engine oil. Yes, the timing belt is cheaper, but do consider that during the time period when the 1990’s gave way to the 2000’s, major Japanese auto manufacturers like Nissan, Honda & Toyota were replacing the timing belt drive for the cams with timing chain drive in their newer engines. I recall that it was Nissan who then explained that they were doing this because of the numerous complaints of broken timing belts by the customers. Perhaps during that period of time, as the Japanese manufacturers were introducing a larger line-up of new engines with multivalves per cylinder, DOHC, VVT & higher rev limits, timing belt manufacturers were finding it difficult to produce belts that can reliably work in a increasingly highly stressed environment. And it was even less comforting when the engines are of the interference type.
Check dulu owner’s manual. Biasanya dia org rekomen tukar setiap 100,000 km, tapi jika timing belt ada kesan minyak, kehausan atau kerosakan, rekomen tukar secepat mungkin.