Malaysia vehicle sales data for Sept 2017 by brand

Malaysia vehicle sales data for Sept 2017 by brand

The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) vehicle sales data for the month of September 2017 saw 40,981 units being delivered, down by 10,739 units from that shifted in August (51,720 units). According to the association, the 20.8% drop in sales was due to a short working month in September and a more stringent vetting process in hire purchase loan approvals.

Only a few brands registered a climb in sales compared to the previous month, as a break down of who sold what in September reveals. The top five players – Perodua (-22.9%), Honda (-18.8%), Proton (-30.3%) and Toyota (-23.9%) and Nissan (-15.6%) – all recorded a dip, as did the likes of Mercedes-Benz (-21.8%), Ford (-24.2%), Mitsubishi (-40.2%), Peugeot (-40.9%) and Renault (-62.5%).

No change with Audi and MINI, both brands selling exactly the same number as they did in August. The few gainers were led by BMW, which registered a 9.5% increase in volume compared to August, enough for it to pip Mercedes in the sales rankings for September.

Volkswagen also saw increased sales (up by 9.8%), with promos continuing to boost sales for the brand. Finally, Subaru had the biggest percentage jump of all the brands, up by 46.7%.

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Malaysia vehicle sales data for Sept 2017 by brand

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Comments

  • BMW, Subaru, & VW were throwing prices & promos like no end last month. Hmm… any correlation?

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    • Hoohah tokmoh on Oct 19, 2017 at 10:16 pm

      Omg, what happen to Volvo and Lexus. It is still far to catch up with German Benz and Bmw that is one category higher

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      • Geely buy of proton brought bad omen to volvo

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        • Operation Manager on Oct 20, 2017 at 12:37 am

          Well analysis, shorter month Sep(30days) vs Aug(31days). 1d=20%, 5d=100%. Meaning if Sep17 having 5days PH then will affected sales dropped to zero(0).

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          • C Y Loo on Oct 20, 2017 at 2:00 pm

            Proton global sales just 56K units. haha

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          • Tido oh tido on Oct 24, 2017 at 5:29 am

            Haha laughed at your childish comment

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        • Roland on Oct 20, 2017 at 1:48 am

          another record breaking year for Proton, now only 50,000 units. Year end, 65,000.

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          • Redidiot on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:02 am

            When stock markets all red. means Recession krisis kaming!

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        • sushi sucks on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:29 am

          Malaysia car market sales YTD is also in BAD OMEN too due to tight liquidity and worst performing stock market in Asia .

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      • Golf MK7 Owner on Oct 20, 2017 at 8:44 am

        At least Volvo has higher YTD sales than Audi. Way to go Volvo !

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        • Rojak ttdi on Oct 20, 2017 at 9:32 am

          Well said…DRB euromobil was formerly MBM close rival.

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        • xox vary on Oct 20, 2017 at 9:59 am

          Audi 81, Volvo 78. How can you say Volvo sold more cars? They are neck to neck, with the balance tilted to Audi’s favour

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          • VW went up! Volkswagen cannibalized own Audi sales

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          • Audi Fans on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:59 am

            Xox Wary,

            Your comment is senseless.

            How could YTD Audi sales be tilted towards it when YTD volvo sales is much higher than Audi >?

            Do you know Mathematics?

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        • Tokcokmoh on Oct 20, 2017 at 12:09 pm

          That will be another failure for Volvo in Malaysia

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      • Dislike Toyota on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:14 am

        What is happening to Audi sales which is one level below BMW and Mercedes?

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        • Volvo fans on Oct 20, 2017 at 3:18 pm

          Audi sales is still better than Volvo. Audi car also one level more luxury than volvo.

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          • Red Barron on Oct 20, 2017 at 7:27 pm

            Only want to syiok sendiri

            Talking Crap !!

            Audi is a poor man car . Volvo is actually meant for rich people and they always perceived Audi is way below Volvo .

            Even Toyota and Honda are one level higher than Audi and better in terms of value buy.

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      • Peter on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:15 am

        One category higher. Lol not Anymore. Those germans are for the people who want to show off their money. Volvo is mainly bought by rich people to keep a low status while getting excellent luxury

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    • Bangsar boy on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:08 pm

      Flood of pre-reg units. BMW is once again the Official Automotive Partner of recent golf tournament. Year end premium promos…

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  • old horse on Oct 19, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    P1 will be happy if they can get 70K in year end…

    so confirm sub 100K, and soon to be 50K target…LOL..

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  • applegreen on Oct 19, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    Common subaru please sell CBU subaru impreza hatchback or sedan unit

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  • JakeNotTheSnake on Oct 19, 2017 at 9:52 pm

    Why is infiniti not on this list?

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    • wydle on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:24 am

      Not necessary to publish Infiniti.

      We know it is already becoming a dying brand in Malaysia soon .

      At least Jaguar and Land Rover are doing much better than Infiniti. But both of these brands sales are also nothing to shout about too.

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  • jasper on Oct 19, 2017 at 9:55 pm

    September is hungry ghost month, sales all go down everywhere :D

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  • Star Trek on Oct 19, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    Make Proton, Honda win win, everyone happy except for Perodua

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    • Iron Man on Oct 20, 2017 at 8:36 am

      Hopefully Proton sales and Honda sales will improve more better and also Hoping for Perodua sales will keep on dropping

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  • Undergraduate95 on Oct 20, 2017 at 12:46 am

    Suzuki got no sold units? Biar betul?

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  • Wake up nissan. Time to replace the distributor.

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    • Nissantan on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:03 am

      In one year’s time, both BMW and Mercedes will be selling more cars than Nissan in Malaysia, if the current declines by Nissan continues.

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    • lotusftw on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:04 am

      Time to replace the Audi distributor oso.

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      • Advance Tech on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:09 am

        Not necessary yet

        I believe more downside of AUDI sales in coming months even with a new distributor.

        Audi design just do not have the charisma and elegance look as before. Moreover Audi pricing is way out for some of their models compare with that of same category,

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        • Jusoh on Oct 20, 2017 at 1:51 pm

          Make cheaper ckd Audi + 7 years free service & warranty.

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          • whaler on Oct 20, 2017 at 7:31 pm

            Owning an Audi is like owning a piece of junk metal and problematic .

            Better option is to go for CKD like Merc , Volvo and BMW .

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          • Kia man on Oct 25, 2017 at 1:30 pm

            Volvo is at least one or two level lower than German.

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  • Golf MK7 Owner on Oct 20, 2017 at 8:41 am

    “According to the association, the 20.8% drop in sales was due to a short working month in September and a more stringent vetting process in hire purchase loan approvals.” – Anything new to describe every month ? What nonsense is this ? This association is paid to state the obvious ? Lol

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  • Libralcl on Oct 20, 2017 at 9:23 am

    KIA is selling more than Hyundai hmmm….

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  • hey someone buy another lambo

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  • yusof tayu. on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:58 am

    Proton CEO Datuk Ahmad Fuaad Mohd Kenali revealed that the development cost for the Saga is RM150 million. the break-even level for the new Saga is three years if the company sells 5,000 units per month.
    Hahahahhahahahhaha.
    Lucky he cabut !!!

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  • Tungau on Oct 20, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    Pity Suzuki

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  • Toyota moving to ???

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  • ben yap on Oct 21, 2017 at 12:50 am

    when i didn’t buy any car, sales went down. when i buy just 1 car, the whole crowd will follow me.

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  • NIZZAN on Oct 24, 2017 at 10:14 am

    Even Merc a and BMW are selling better than Mazda who say Malaysian are poor and miserable?

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