The Malaysian automotive market is slowly recovering from the massive slump in the first post-GST month (April 2015 sales plummeted 32.7% compared to March). The car industry registered a 13.4% month-to-month increase in May, with total sales of 51,254 units versus just 45,187 in April.
However, that figure is still 8.4% less than what the market achieved in May 2014 (55,254 units). Overall, this still translates to a small 3.6% year-to-date decrease for the industry – 264,747 units sold up to end of May 2015, compared to 274,595 units in the same period last year.
The table below details the sales performance of each brand in Malaysia – based on data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association – sorted by the top sales performer for May 2015. In general, the top brands seem to have fallen back to their traditional pecking order.
As to be expected, Perodua is still at the top of the pile, despite selling marginally fewer cars (17,290 units, 294 down). Also, this is a far cry from the 22,497 units it managed to sell in March this year. Perodua’s year-to-date number now stands at 92,027 units, which is more than double of its closest competitor (Proton with 40,939 units), making up 34.7% of the total industry sales so far this year.
Second on the list is Proton, climbing back from fourth place in April. The first national carmaker sold 8,285 units, up 66.7% compared to the previous month.
Toyota, meanwhile, has overtaken Honda into third place. It registered 7,544 units (25% up), compared to Honda’s 6,221. As usual, a significant portion of this advantage is from Toyota’s commercial vehicles (2,220 units of the Hilux and Hiace sold), compared to zero from Honda Malaysia.
Most brands registered increases, most significantly Mazda (+63.8%), Mitsubishi (+133.4%), Ford (+71.3%), Land Rover (+138.5%), Renault (+78.3%) and Volvo (+111.8%). On the flipside, certain brands sold fewer vehicles, such as Volkswagen (-36.0%) and Peugeot (-22.9%).
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Do you realise those luxury marques recorded a hefty 22% increase in sales. Walauweh..the gap between middle and the top keep enlarging. I think MARA officer is one of the Merc buyer.
Penang CM was eyeing the S-keras hyblib.
Wow Proton’s sales in May almost double compared to April, now Proton haters what you going to say now? Also Toyota wouldn’t have gotten 3rd place if it wasn’t of their commercial vehicles.
Just STFU and minum your own kencing
This is just the beginning the rise of Proton. Proton will spark and blossom in 2016 and so on with upcoming new models and engine. Local vendors need to work hard and produce good quality product to our one and only national car.
Proton figures are false. Half of the cars bought are bought for Government departments. Spanco which charges Rm221 million to our beloved Government per year for all their Proton rentals just bought a few thousand units for our beloved government. So, rest assured, Proton figures are false. By right it should be half. Only real losers get excited about Proton doubling their figures and being arrogant about it
And Lexus sell more than Audi !!!
Thanks to good sales, i will buy another new Lexus this month. You guys need to work hard
Luxury brand – Go buy Merc/Bimmer/Audi rather than Lexus.
same as Toyota,Big engine,less power,high fc.
Merc – small engine,more power,less fc also looks young and classy.
Dont forget , UMW already do recall for LEXUS faulty ABS actuator. Safety problem also.
so much for reliability.
Lexus also moving coffin.
Lexus ES250 – 2.5l 181hp 11-12l/100km
Merc E200 -2.0l 184hp 6-7l/100km
BMW 520i -2.0l 184hp 6-7l/100km
why buy Lexus ?
Love the monthly sales data and figures. Hope you guys continue giving us monthly updates on the figures.
Proton and Toyota total sales difference only around 10K units.
Conclusion? Who is doing better?
p1 real treat is honda not toyota…p1 passenger car total sales is 41k, honda 34k..toyota oni 20k
and Ford only selling 200 units of passenger cars in Malaysia.
What is treat? You mean hadiah? So Honda is a treat to Proton?
Bang, bila dating Bandar, tolong la belajar sikit Bahasa Inggeris.
Don’t play-play. We are as smart as Oxford and Cambridge students as told by our minister and we become smart by drinking kencing as told by our teacher. After graduate, we can work in Proton to produce World Class cars better than BMW and Volvo
Lu pun sama jgk..
*datang.. Bkn nye dating. Puii..
Ni bkn nye blog DBP nak kene btul smua tatabahasa.. Janji paham sudah, yg mn xpaham tu nampak sgt dia lurus bendol..wording salah trus xpaham
Looks like Toyota’s massive carnival and discounts managed to improve their sales. They are learning well from proton but this will only hurt their RV even more.
Toyota has increased sales this month…Sure high RV again.
the most trusted commercial brand in malaysia.
and no 1 best brand in customer satisfaction (refer JD power 2014)
also nominated as The one and only ‘Moving Coffin’.
no.1 rated most expensive in its class but offer less equipment & safety.
Most trusted commercial brand at first, also most of them thought otherwise after bought it.
But toyota doesn`t have RV!!!!
Total BS….aside from the last unknown 9 brands and 5 known brands , the rest semua recorded increase in unit but when i stare out of my office in downtown kuala lumpur, everyone driving the same old car, used car, recon car and junk cars. No one buying new cars, seriously.Some of the numbers oso dont make sense. Like peugeot, 231 units only ar, really ar, i ve seen the new 208 almost everywhere in KL, Melaka PD and the rest of the country, volkswagon polo , jetta and passat new models are everywhere. Something wrong…..
just by staring out from your office can tell sales up or down and deny everything? dont tell me this kind of BS ‘own fact’ ok?
this is what you call lazy window researcher…
Peugeot, 231 units only …. ?
Really bro ?
Take look at the statistic back, YTD recorded 1502.
Perhaps you looking at last year Peugeot and other cars too.
This data is for whole nation ok, not just ur office outside, bodoh.
Dude.. what are you smoking? Are you high or something? Please pass it around to PT readers.
Bodohnya ko ni.. Beli kondom banyak2 ok. Jgn spread ur genes
Bodohnya ko ni. Beli kondom banyak2 ok. Do us a favor n stop passing on your stupidity genes
Good to see Renault is up.
But Citroen no sales..Citroen sales person need to change job.
I think when people see Renault under ETCM, more reliable than Citroen under Naza. Few of my friends on the 308 are banging tables and chairs dy over the car and SC.
Dafuq, Msians too rich? More Merc/BMW sales than Hyundai.
Yup..Merz & BMW are 2nd and 3rd ‘National car’ in Msia.
Stupid Malaysians, Proton is better than BMW as said by minister
Since when better was the word used? Bit BMW also uses Takata airbags, so….
wow Proton almost doubled their sale since last month :P
Probably Iriz…
Probably Spanco…
A table on monthly and YTD sales as per segments.
Citroen cannot sell any???
Citroen dont report its sales data to MAA bcoz its not MAA member.
Where is Great Wall Motors data?
No data that means no sell lor. You expect Bugatti, Lambo, Mclaren into the listing even did not sell any meh?
Toyota must be partly help by the sales of its camry hybrid
Dear Camry Hybrid
I bought one and very satisfied with the car.Not a driver’s car but a very comfortable and refined one.Test drive the car a you will be awed.
Too soon to compare but if this trend keeps up, it proved my theory in the previous month that M’sians have the money, just they are slowly adjusting to GST and that panic buying in March caused the April result to be that low.
pity to volkswagen, now they find very hard to sell 5000 units in a year. For comparison, they sold 12,000 cars in 2012.
and dead last in JD power customer ssatisfaction.
http://www.jdpower.com/es/node/5361
Wow there is more new mercs & beemer on our road compared to new kimchi’s (kia+hyundai)
Top selling National passenger cars
Perodua 17,584
Proton 8,825
Top selling Non-National passenger cars
Honda 6,221
Toyota 5,324
Nissan 2,722
Mercedes 1,148
Mazda 1,068
BMW 570
Volkswagen 438
Hyundai 416
Mitsubishi 314
Kia 293
Subaru 249
Ford 225
Suzuki 219
Peugeot 202
Lexus 180
Audi 103
Mini 68
Porsche 52
Land Rover 50
Renault 39
Chevrolet 37
Volvo 36
Jaguar 10
June data would be interesting due to festive season… raya time… must buy new car…
P2 sales help by bulk buying by driving school la.
Yaa…Whole nation driving school already bought 2500 units Axia from P2.
P2 also offer easy pass to get driving licence programme with term and conditions buy a new Axia. From that programme, P2 successfully achieved 5000 – 6000 units per month.
Seems like VW (438) and Peugeot (202) are dying slowly…
As long as its not a kimchi, it will have RV
Shut up my son, dont talk coxk here, come to Parkson to help me sell bra.
VW still got people buy eh, bodoh ppl.
u jeloz becoz u cant afford to have it right? so pity of u…..
U gotta know that, VW is a really good driving car and the performance and handling is just awesome compared to many others brand cars. That’s why still have many people want to buy vw just for the pleasure of driving VW. Many of u are complain about reliable but so far I seldom see any big issue compared to before dsg resolved.
During test drive..
I sat in my friend’s passat before.. the acceleration of the car is really champion..
Lol… Look Junk KIA sales ! Worst than Hino lorry.. Just ask those Korean car fanboy, Why you no more support korean junk like zombies ? Wakakakaka
Toyota sales up, but mainly from the commercial vehicles, Hilux or Hiace maybe? But anyway.. Same L0rrr’s promotion of his Toyota moving coffin is working! nooooo…
Congrats Proton for almost double sales. We need more safer cars on the road like Proton, Honda, Ford, Kia, etc. Hope P2 and Toyota sales keep falling, we do not want more unsafe cars on the road. It poses risks to other road users!
Wait till those airbags in Toyota and Honda explodes… then people will buying new cars…
Why I don’t see Great Wall Motor Sales?
Perodua total sales: 92,027 cars
Proton total sales: 40,939 cars
That is just slightly half year sales. Both lower. Don’t think they can achieve target. Is this sign of economic recession soon??
The ppl at Great Wall are so disorganized that they can’t even provide or bother to provide sales numbers. Not that they are not selling any cars.
Still got people wanna buy the chao chibai shit proton junk crap car??
It should be, “still got sohai tai lan ngong people wanna buy the jamban junk shit UMW Toyota junk crap car”?? Even RM150k junk car doesn’t have VSC and only 2 airbags.
At least better than your kosong Myvi and kosong Vios. Latest Proton cars like Preve and Iriz have more safety features than the cells in your brain.
Go back to your MyVi and enjoy racing ok?
Honda sales are down. Guess why?
Because news has spread that City and Jazz gearboxes will start leaking after a few thousand miles. Combine that with the airbag issues, only the absolute ignorant will continue to buy a Honda with CVT.
I am still using a 2006 City but never faced CVT leaking or any other problems after 150000km usage.
I know you have nothing to do at Toyota showroom because nobody buy your empty junk with no safety features. But please la don’t bad mouth Honda. lol… go back go back to your showroom OK sayang?
This policeman is from puchong branch UMW. Nothing to do coz no sales then bad mouth other brands. Typical UMW salesmen.
It’s a miracle how Mercedes-Benz Malaysia have been punching above their weight these last few months. Truly incredible !
And Malaysians are becoming more style-concious too ! Mazda used to be a joke in M’sia just half a decade back, now look at them ! Dato’ Ben Yeoh has done a great job steering Mazda in the right direction under Bermaz. I expect more good news from them, especially with the upcoming CX-3.
I think it’s clear that VW Malaysia’s ‘honeymoon’ is over. Their shoddy aftersales and questionable reliability on some models have taken a massive toll on their brand image.
Although the distributors play a significant role, the most important thing is the product itself.
If the car is crap, there’s only so much a distributor can do until people realize and stop buying the car – example: VW?
If the car is good but the distributor is crap, the most people will stay away from the car – example: Ford?
In this internet age and social media era, people don’t simply buy cars based on salesman’s pitch anymore. They wise up and get feedback from current owner instead. Plus, many salesmen I met don’t really know about the car anymore than I do.
Volkswagen car is not crap, the handling is even better than mazda or mercedes. One things you should know that, in social media all is full of haters instead of real owner they just simply bash vw without fact.
social media is full of lying UMW salesmen like Sam loo, same loor, policeman, maserati and gang.
of course vw isn’t a crap car. i drove everyday from north to south and i’ve never seen more stalled vw by the roadside and from what i’ve known, vgm had showed improvement as all dsg issues had been resolved.
thx to those haters simply bash vw and make their image drop. A minor problem they can even over exaggerated and elaborate the story.
It looks like audi taking over the reins from euromobil in malaysia is not producing results fasst enough.
Fuh! VW sales go down…. gotta do a promotion, buy Jetta free polo. Buy Passat, free jetta.
The day Toyota Malaysia will come and take over UMW very soon…its a laugh stock for Toyota now..
PT,
More tables comparing monthly n yearly data based on year on year is much appreciated.