April hasn’t been particularly kind to the Malaysian automotive industry, if vehicle sales data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) is any indication. In total, 42,746 vehicles were registered last month, some 10,971 units down from the 53,717 units moved in March, a decrease of 20.4%.
Those are not a great set of numbers by any means, especially when you consider that last month’s sales were just 544 units higher than a rather bleak April the year before. That’s still not quite enough to upset the apple cart, however, what with year-to-date sales of 183,583 units remaining nearly 6% up compared to the same period in 2016.
Perodua was among those hardest hit by the sluggish month – although it still led the market, sales fell a whopping 26.1% from a frankly staggering 19,459 units in March to 14,378 units. Second place Honda saw an even bigger 33.8% drop from 10,994 units to 7,283 units, while Toyota’s much smaller 5.6% decrease enabled it to retain third place by a whisker, ending the month with 5,818 units in its name.
Proton also suffered a similarly minor dip in sales, dropping 7.5% to 5,616 units. Then it’s a big gap to fifth-placer Nissan, sales of which fell 17.7% to 2,160 units. In the luxury brand stakes, BMW is back on top with sales having increased 5.9% to 900 units – likely buoyed by the launch of the new G30 5 Series. This appears to have been at the expense of Mercedes-Benz’s sales, which fell 37.6% to 721 units.
Elsewhere on the list, it was a strong month for Mazda (+20.8%), Audi (+19.6%), Peugeot (+17.8%), Subaru (+17.4%) and Lexus (+15.1%), while on the flip side it’s bad news for Mitsubishi (-63%) and Volvo (-43.8%).
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BMW over took Merc….what a surprise!!
OMG OMG. Nearly half a year passed, dekat 6 bulan, and Proton can only sell less than 25,000 cars.
Proton got 60,000 workers. Most likely will sell 50,000 cars this year.
This means 1 worker for 1 car in 1 year.
This is like handmade!
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Go google. Few Ministers used the figure of 60,000. You saying Minister is lying?
Wait. Din u says them M&Ms takdak pakai? Now u belip? So mana betui?
Toyota still lost despite Honda handicap CV already…
Selamatkan lah Proton. Selamatkan Malaysia.
Tak boleh. Cuma boleh selamatkan satu sahaja. Yang mana satu? Pilih Proton atau Malaysia?
comment also pls think. how is he supposed to know the names of workers?
don’t gip incorrect info..p1 has 12k worker not 60k
60k workers included all Proton vendor, supplier, contractor hadap Proton supply chain is correct. Still much lesser than 1.6juta bloated Civil servants…
RM80Billion wage bill annually.
U do realise 70% of P1 vendors r P2/ Naza/ toyota/ honda/ etc vendors as well?
Kindly provide the 70% of P1 vendors r P2/ Naza/ toyota/ honda/ etc vendors claimed and the names of each and everyone of them. Or is this another cave fact?
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how to pay workers? Untung RM500 per car. 5600 cars sold. So how to pay workers with just RM2.6 million?
Sure to ask another RM1.8 billion
bodoh hingga tahap syurga! Proton employs 12,000 employees. don’t simply quote and potray your stupidity.
The 48k vendors no need to feed?
Incredible. For every own employee they pay, Proton need to consider 4X more heads to feed.
For even ministers -not known to be bright- to call it unsustainable business model, it’s as obvious as it gets on what needs to be done to fix Proton.
About time some parasites must be removed, may Geely own Proton and bring down the hammer on them.
Then, Proton can recover and flourish like Volvo.
Yang kita pumpang-pumpang sangat ni, kita ada tak sokong beli kereta Proton? Bang, Proton ni rugi dia bilion tau bang. Dia dah tak main rugi juta-juta. Haha. Mana taknya. Tahun lepas depa jual 72,000 unit saja. Bila jualan makin jatuh, rugi pun makin banyaklah. Rugi pula, FY2016 kerugian bersih RM1.46bn.
we dont actually 100% rely on proton. Duh.
Vendors dun sell part to P1 only. They sell to other manufacturers too so dun count them as P1 workers
Proton is in hot soup. When they sold 105,000 cars in 2015, Mustapha said time to close Proton down. But he gave it 2nd chance and gave RM1.5 bil soft loan.
Proton also said their sales would improve. Unfortunately, sales fell to 72,000 in 2016. Mustapha got shocked.
This year, looks like sales would be 50,000. Mustapha going to get heart attack.
And still no foreign partner. How la? Sales collapsing plus no foreign partner?
Im surplise that lexus is wayyy much better than audi…almost 100 more units than audi…
Audi can close shop liao !
well you should see Suzuki =P
I’m not surprise… even Perodua can beat Honda and Toyota but doesnt means perodua car better but just pricing issues
I wonder, without the stupid Almera and aged X-Trail sales, how much further ETCM would have slid dosn the list because of their sleeping product planners.
As for Subaru, they must be selling truckloads of the facelifted Foresters. The only day on a single street in PJ I saw about 5 Foresters in less than 2 mins. No they were not in a convoy. Good job Glenn Tan, show ETCM how to sell cars.
surprisingly 95% from subaru sales comes from 2 models only; xv and forester
got lots of discounts….
BMW overtook Merc and Audi in China too
Yeah, because kena sapu already so Ponzi scheme boss no money to buy Merc anymore. Also MLM economy no good, cannot buy Merc also.
These are the Merc drivers.
I really want to see Toyota kick Proton out for the 3rd bronze podium spot
Unfortunately, toyota may be extict in MY by that time.
Too bad. Toyota new factory operational by 1st quarter next year. C-HR and all passenger cars will be made in the new factory. P1 faster masuk longkang.
Yes me too. I want to see the faces of who ever left in proton at the end of the year when they realize they sold less than P2, Honda and UMWT. Even better if proton itself doesn’t exist by then. Goodbye proton, hello Geely Malaysia?
Toyota konpem 3rd. CHR jeng jeng
Normal la live in bolehand but no patiotism at at all. You are not worth to stay.
Proton Edar is shocking. This month only can sell about 5000 plus cars
But Proton Edar has over 1000 showrooms and thousands of salesman.
Thousands of salesman but only can sell 5000 plus cars?
What do you expect, proton’s offerings suck. Pondana is a shameless and unnessary rebadge, persona is butt ugly and saga is no match for the bezza. Even proton ceo malu nak appear in the news now.
IF YOU CAN SHOW TO EVERYONE HERE THAT PROTON EDAR HAS 1000 SHOWROOMS IN MALAYSIA, I WILL GIVE YOU RM100,000.
IF NOT, YOU JUST NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR LYING BIG HERE.
PROTON EDAR ONLY HAS LESS THAN 300 SHOWROOMS/OUTLETS IN MALAYSIA.
1 Car salesman can cross selling DRB brands…U mahu Proton, Honda, VW, Mitsu or even Audi…All can kawtim 1
Why I don’t see Haval on the list? What brand are they included under?
Great Wall, but they’re not on the list either.
Proton’s market share for Full-Year 2016 and YTD 2017 :
– 2016-
Jan (17.4%)
Feb (15.7%)
Mar (11.3%)
Apr (10.6%)
May (11.3%)
Jun (12.1%) – CP II Perdana launched, 14 Jun
Jul (9.1%)
Aug (8.5%) – BH Persona launched, 23 Aug
Sep (12.6%) – BT IV Saga launched, 28 Sep
Oct (16.0%)
Nov (14.9%) – EZ Ertiga launched, 24 Nov
Dec (11.1%)
Proton’s average market share in 2016 was 12.5%.
– 2017 –
Jan (16.1%)
Feb (14.4%)
Mar (11.3%)
Apr (13.1%)
Proton’s average market share for YTD 2017 is 13.7%.
Not going to comment anything, just sharing the facts.
Wow, that’s an improvement. Well done.
Compare only 4 months data as above.
Avg Jan to Apr 2016 = 13.75%.
Avg Jan to Apr 2017 = 13.73%.
Where is the improvement? Dont forget, there are new model lunch end 2016 to ‘boost’ the sales…
Diff is, while others r throwing prices, P1 remains steady. So means profit margin is healthier yet market share din drop.
Yea … profit margin is healthier ….when public fund is included.
Ha ha ha, sorry john, I just want 2 laugh when U said – “profit margin is healthier”.
Just One question, Why P1 still want 2 PINJAM Wang when they are Profitable??!
COGS & margins is irrelevant to whether external funding is injected or not. That only comes to play when calculating PBT. Anything else?
Show P2 and Honda’ data too please.
Hopefully this means more people are taking public transportation
Honda drop because too much demand slow in supply..civic white waiting list 2month
Mini Cooper s wired have to wait 6 months
Why the Haval or the GW brand is not in the list?
They never registered with MAA, hence not obliged to share their figures.
OMG, Perodua is dead. Sales drop so much. Almost equivalent to Proton’s sales for the month.
Where is Haval brand? They have been selling silently & you see the SUV every now & then especially in klang valley. Of late we begin to see their new H2 model on the road as well. MAA should make it madatory for manufacturers to provide sale numbers instead of having option not to provide sales data.
Perodua sales almost triple Proton sales 0.o…
When all top 5 car assemblers/manufacturers are down, it is a SURE sign of slowing down. Consumers are much more smarter now bcos they know CASH is still King.
No wonder many car companies are giving “offers” to clear their old stock to accommodate new models arriving later. Buy what U NEED, Not what U WANT. Caveat Emptor.
The smart consumers are waiting for Toyota CH-R. This car is what THEY NEED, and what THEY WANT.
My guess is that BMW themselves registered many of the new 5 series to bump the sales figure up. Expect many pre-own 5 series to be available come year end
That doesn’t explain Mercedes ‘ big drop though. One would guess BMW is taking Mercedes ‘ sales.
If U only look at April alone, U are correct. If U look at 4 months, Mercedes are still ahead by 20%. We should only count the chicken when it is hatched. I think by now U already get it. Cheers…
No one is counting anything before they’re hatched. The comment was in response to the pre registered car remark.
Consumer is King!
Perodua sales drop because many are scared of the Bezza’s extremely poor road handling under legal speed limits.
Mazda up 20 percent, so that means a lot of readers can’t afford because their hate comments on pricing st each and every mazda article seems to have no effect on market
still waiting for X5 from oct 16. BMW sales may be better than Mer this year.
when recon car much batter than national car……………..