Vehicle registrations in Malaysia hit 28.2 million units

Vehicle registrations in Malaysia hit 28.2 million units

The Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) has released Malaysian vehicle registration data up to June 30, 2017, with the total number of vehicles on our roads standing at 28,181,203 units. For those keeping score, that’s 0.88 vehicles for every person in the country.

The headline number represents a 1.88 million increase over the 2015 figure, which hit 26,301,952 vehicles. Compared to 2010, when the number of vehicle registrations stood at 20,188,565 units, there are now 7,992,638 more vehicles on the road – an increase of 1.23 million vehicles a year.

Let’s take a closer look at the data. Overall, there were 13,288,797 cars and 12,933,042 motorcycles registered, as well as 185,035 public service vehicles (PSV) including buses, taxis and private hire vehicles. Registrations of goods vehicle, on the other hand, reached 1,205,744 units.

Vehicle registrations in Malaysia hit 28.2 million units

As expected, vehicles in the Federal Territories – including Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan – made up the bulk of the total, with 6,320,329 units registered. Languishing some ways adrift in second is Johor with 3,611,611 units, while Selangor sits in third with 2,904,476 units. Penang (2,655,679 units) and Perak (2,260,242 units) follow closely behind.

The automotive industry recorded sales of 284,461 units in the first half of the year. That figure has since swelled to 384,730 units as of August, and is very much on track to hitting MAA’s 2017 total industry volume (TIV) target of 590,000 units, which would represent a growth of 1.7% over last year.

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Vehicle registrations in Malaysia hit 28.2 million units

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Jonathan Lee

After trying to pursue a career in product design, Jonathan Lee decided to make the sideways jump into the world of car journalism instead. He therefore appreciates the aesthetic appeal of a car, but for him, the driving experience is still second to none.

 

Comments

  • Ben Yap on Oct 03, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    who says malaysians have no money? almost everyone has a car or a bike!

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    • Almost every person including newborn babies has a car. So wheres the doom monger?

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      • jangankecamsaya on Oct 03, 2017 at 11:27 pm

        Almost every person including newborn babies has a car. So wheres the need public transportations?

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        • So dun complain when u cant afford new car, just cuz others can.

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          • Hijjas on Oct 04, 2017 at 12:09 pm

            So dun complain when proton X laku.

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          • I never did complain P1 xlaku. Ups and downs is normal in business. Like an esteemed person once said, “making losses is normal in business”.

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          • LogitecG100 on Oct 04, 2017 at 4:04 pm

            Same like Malaysia wouldn’t want to host F1, even for free.

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          • Oracle on Oct 04, 2017 at 5:54 pm

            Also dun complain P1 always last in customers satisfaction

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    • Mr Fakta on Oct 03, 2017 at 8:11 pm

      Most of us is forced to have a car or bike

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    • P2 man on Oct 03, 2017 at 8:54 pm

      Is true they had no money because most of the money go the car or bike.

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    • talldisc on Oct 04, 2017 at 8:53 am

      over the past 20 years dont forget 1 million vehicles had been declared off the road – either by theft or insurance write-off.

      1 million are also not moving. they can be old Volvo 244, Proton Tiara, Proton Savvy AMT and also all the cars at the used car bay.

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  • Sohhai on Oct 03, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    Vehicle registrations in Malaysia so high.
    But Proton sales so low.

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    • No problem. Basher says this means gud work.

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      • PT moderators need to filter out unconstructive bias commenter liddis 1.

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    • TOYOTA THE KING OF KINGS ORI on Oct 03, 2017 at 7:27 pm

      Cos its mainly to Toyota buddy although they dont brag unlike honda …we dont like fake news k..

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  • To prime local auto industry, give double salary increments to civil servants for working hard.

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  • Dr J Abraham on Oct 03, 2017 at 7:12 pm

    28 million units. But more shocking officially there is 4 million motorists with NO LESEN

    Those are official figures. Unofficial is about 6 million with NO LESEN

    So, roughly 1 in every 5 motorists is ILLEGAL in Malaysia. No wonder there are so many accidents!

    Why do we have such large numbers? Easy answer. Duit Kopi

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  • Aero (Member) on Oct 03, 2017 at 7:24 pm

    Finally, MAA is doing their job and sharing the facts and details we want and deserve to know. Nobody wants to hear what some politicians have to say, the hard FACTS will speak louder and clearer than any politician, corrupt or otherwise.

    But just as importantly, when will MAA resume monthly announcements of new car MODELS sales data ? Since mid-2012, we no longer know what are the best (or worst) selling car models in Malaysia.

    So what if the City is outselling both the Persona and Prevé combined (just my estimate) ? So what if the BR-V is outselling the Alza (according to Honda Malaysia) ? The facts are the facts. Don’t try to hide it.

    Apparently, MAA or rather MyCC says ‘it is anti-competitive’. But Indonesia and Thailand both report such data. For years, the MAA has reported such data. So why did they suddenly stop in 2012 ?

    MAA and and MyCC are lazy, corrupt and incompetent. That’s all there is to it.

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    • Abang Alza Pakai Topi on Oct 04, 2017 at 7:41 am

      Tongsan masters don’t need to know how bad its Malaysian investment had been doing.

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  • noel adam on Oct 03, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    byk sungguh penduduk malaysia duk register moto berjuta’juta ,.. nmpk sgt rakyat malaysia sooo miskin,.. bila saya di overseas,,terbalik pula,.. kete lebih byk register dari moto,.. peningg sungguh peminpin sekarang menipu orang kampung.,. naiyaa’naiyaaa.

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  • Brader Buss on Oct 03, 2017 at 9:45 pm

    Sarawak has more cars cos basically households at major towns have one car per family member.

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  • 3pedaler on Oct 04, 2017 at 12:45 am

    All gathered inside kl Selangor, penang and jb. Big state as pahang should be develop more, kuantan was such a great place but most of the good peoples there came to klang valley for rezeki because less chances, too many kampung kampung and tanam tanam.

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  • JessieCCY on Oct 04, 2017 at 10:16 am

    Well now question is when will the car scrapping scheme come in?

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  • ex-VGM staff on Oct 04, 2017 at 10:36 am

    today, all JPJs are connected online. i dont see a reason as to why is there a need to have separate registration number plates?

    we all can actually have a standardised national number plate (perhaps a new standardised forma too like UK, japan, taiwan and singapore)

    2 most important details are year of registration and the state.

    we can start like this

    17 V 123
    17 is year.
    V is for KL.
    123 is running number (or booked)

    at one time, this will appear – 17 VA 456

    if u chose to register in Melaka, it will be like this 17 M 978

    by 2 January 2018, the new number plate will be like this 18 B 1

    OR

    18 C 1

    OR

    18 P 1

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    • Thats a stupid system cuz it make them hard to read.

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      • john is otak batu on Oct 04, 2017 at 5:02 pm

        17 JA 300

        is this one above difficult?? you have eye problems.

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        • Is that a 1 or an I?
          Is that an A or 4?
          Is that 00 or oo?

          What? U mean ur eyes cant see the diff? Eye problems?

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  • Kuantiti kereta kini semakin banyak. Kerajaan mendapat banyak manfaat diatas cukai2 yang dikenakan. Malangnya jalan2 pula masih tidak banyak berubah. Kesesakan semakin meruncing. Gas karbon monoksida semakin banyak dilepaskan. Apa pula langkah kerajaan untuk mengatasi kesesakan jalanraya & pelepasan gas karbon monoksida di Malaysia?

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  • more than half everyone do not have own home

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  • shyenyongteh on Mar 27, 2018 at 2:52 pm

    may i know what is the meaning of ” business partner portal”?
    where is the location? thank you.

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  • KAVITHRA A/P VIJAYENDARAN on Nov 29, 2019 at 8:30 am

    This is which year?? 2016 or 2017

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