Vehicle sales performance in Malaysia, 2017 vs 2016 – a look at last year’s biggest winners and losers

Vehicle sales performance in Malaysia, 2017 vs 2016 – a look at last year’s biggest winners and losers

With the release of the complete data for Malaysian vehicle sales in 2017 by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) earlier today, it’s time for an annual report on how the industry and brands fared last year. It had been promising, and even up to November the total industry volume (TIV) for 2017 remained on course to best that achieved in 2016, even if just by a shade.

However, this didn’t come to be – despite continued improvement in sales during the final month of the year, the numbers in December ended up being 15.6% (or 10,104 units) less than that managed in the corresponding period in 2016, and the final TIV total of 576,635 vehicles for 2017 was lower by 0.6% than the 2016 TIV, which was 580,085 units.

The lacklustre finish in December was attributed to floods in certain parts of Peninsular Malaysia as well as on promotions offered much earlier in the year, which the MAA deemed “excessive.” Whatever the case may be, the end result is that it’s the second year running that the TIV has dipped below the 600,000 unit mark since 2009.

Where individual brands are concerned, there was no change in ranking for the top five players from the previous year. Perodua continued its position at the top – even though sales dipped marginally by 1.1% to 204,887 units from the 207,110 units managed in 2016, the company said it exceeded its sales target for the year.

Its market share dropped from 35.7% to 35.5% – essentially, every two out of five passenger cars sold in the country last year was a Perodua model. The introduction of the new Myvi should cement things further this year for the automaker, which has targeted a 209,000 sales target for 2018.

Honda climbed to second spot in 2016, and last year, the gains continued in spectacular fashion – it passed the 100,000 mark for sales in a calendar year, finishing 2017 with 109,511 units sold, 19.3% better than the 91,830 vehicles managed in 2016. Introductions last year included the Accord facelift, City Hybrid, Jazz Hybrid and fifth-gen CR-V, and its market share climbed to 19.0% from 15.8% of the previous year.

Proton sold fewer cars last year than it did in 2016 – it sold 70,991 vehicles last year compared to 72,290 the year before, a reduction of 1.8%, and market share also dipped slightly, dropping to 12.3% from the 12.5% it commanded in 2016. With Geely now in the picture (and products on the way), it shouldn’t be long before the national automaker gets going again.

Toyota remained fourth overall, and though its total volume increased last year by 9.0% to 69,462 units from the 63,757 in 2016, its market share also went up to 12.1% (2016, 11.0%). It retained its top position in the commercial vehicles sector, its 21,877 units sold last year giving it a 35.3% share of that particular arena.

Nissan rounds off the top five, but while there was no change in its ranking, its performance slumped in 2017. Sales dropped by 33.3% to 27,154 units from the 40,706 units in the previous year, and its overall market share slid to 4.7% from 7.0%.

Sales performance in the passenger (left) and commercial (right) vehicle sectors. Click to enlarge

The sixth most popular brand in the country was Mercedes-Benz, which climbed two spots from its 2016 position. The company – which introduced 17 models in 2017 – had another record year, its overall total of 12,344 units giving it a 2.7% increase from the 12,017 units sold in 2016. Isuzu, meanwhile, saw sales drop by 14.3% to 10,979 vehicles from 12,818 the year before. It however didn’t affect its market share, which remained at 1.9%.

It was a good year for BMW – sales went up by 18.0%, with 10,618 units shifted last year compared to 9,000 the year before. Correspondingly, its market share also climbed from 1.6% to 1.8%. Last week, we ran a story about the 2017 performance of premium brands in terms of sales, which fleshes out the numbers in greater detail.

Things were less rosy for Mazda and Mitsubishi. Mazda’s sales dropped by 22.1% last year, the company recording 9,730 units (2016, 12,493), and market share also slid to 1.7% from the 2.2% in 2016. As for Mitsubishi, it recorded 7,034 units last year, a 25.1% drop from the 9,395 units shifted in 2016.

Elsewhere, it was also a good year for the likes of Volkswagen and Subaru, which saw sales volume go up by 8.1% and 23.5% respectively.

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Vehicle sales performance in Malaysia, 2017 vs 2016 – a look at last year’s biggest winners and losers

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Comments

  • venven on Jan 23, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    Toyota top position in the commercial vehicles sector, 35.3% share. Similar to its sibling Perodua market share % over TIV. UMW Boleh!

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    • Sohai on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:44 pm

      As long as VW selling unwanted DQ200 DSG 7-speed Dry, the historical 5-digit sales will not come back. Nobody want DQ200, no market for DQ200, learning from history, this is a new year 2018 but why still plan to fail…?

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      • Vento on Jan 24, 2018 at 12:44 am

        Tiguan & Passat Wet DSG. Woootz

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        • Hard to understand the numbers. Can paultan just post news about cars. Or toyota so I can bash more?

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          • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:46 am

            only numbers is 140,000 in 2010 and 70,000 in 2017

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        • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:44 am

          proton should cut their staff to half cause output only 70,000

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          • Mahadi on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:14 am

            Proton to achieve AMG like 1car 1staff maxim.

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          • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:46 am

            P1 expect to climb to 500,000 unit, 87% market

            https://paultan.org/2017/11/10/no-retrenchments-at-proton-workforce-set-to-increase/

            Power!!!!!!!!!! 100% bear Perodua!!!!!

            Power!!!!!!

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        • Mana ada wai… Check BW official website 1.8T paired with dsg 7-speed dry…

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    • Avatar 168 on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:06 am

      Why good selling, when compromise with quality and safety features?? Some automotive carmaker got basic needs safety features and got many recognition worldwide..

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    • John Baoteng on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:14 am

      Top 10 Reasons Why Rakyat Prefer Perodua:

      10. Perodua never blame rakyat, banks, taxis except themselves if sales is low.

      9. Proven quality dual-vvti timing chain engine jimat minyak 20km/liter without leaking turbocor whatsoever.

      8. Proven quality auto gearbox far cheaper to maintain than those noisy jerky CVT with twice or triple more expensive gear oil.

      7. Perodua never ask RM billions and billions soft-loans from govt whenever making huge gigantic losses every year.

      6. Perodua never re-test its ANCAP car twice if scored 1-star while giving silly excuse it is for previous and new model.

      5. Perodua never give lifetime warranty if it cannot solve the power window problem.

      4. Perodua will always have high RV (resale value) and low RV (regret value).

      3. Perodua always keep most its car price below RM60K and never selling Rm130k d-segment only to lelong it huge discount a year later effectively killing its RV resale value down to drain for nothing.

      2. Perodua never become overly delusional by promising flying car which is utter nonsense and irrelevant to actual daily needs of rakyat.

      1. Perodua never annoy buyers by keeping signal stalk on right-side, unlike others with left-side signal as if it can export 1 million units to LHD markets.

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  • Bernard on Jan 23, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Car prices are exorbitantly high in Bolehland.

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    • Then why is non-nationals keep increasing year by year?

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      • The difference in loan interest rates for national and non-national is probably making the monthly installment negligible and easier to sway buyers over to the non-national side. The M40 group is growing.

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      • Richard Lam on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:20 pm

        why national P1 keep dropping year by year?

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        • His Majesty on Jan 24, 2018 at 12:35 am

          Bcoz you don’t buying them.Duh!

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          • Game Over on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:42 am

            12 Mar 2017:

            More than 70% of local university grads choose to buy foreign vehicles rather than the national car – Proton

            …Some 70% of local university graduates who have completed their studies choose to buy foreign-made cars because they think Proton is not comparable to foreign brands, according to recently-appointed Proton Edar CEO Abdul Rashid Musa.

            Less than 10% of graduates bought a model from the national carmaker, he said, adding that these statistics were obtained through a detailed study commissioned by the company to increase the level of user confidence in its cars, Harian Metro reports.

            “About 70% of graduates choose to buy foreign cars because they think the national car is not comparable to foreign brands, despite not having experienced driving the national car. In fact, some university graduates make a comparison between the national car with luxury brands, which is not fair,” he said.

            Abdul Rashid said Proton was among 14 car manufacturing companies in the world producing vehicles, and that was something to be proud of. “Being one of the 14 companies that are able to produce cars at the international level is not easy. Many of the world’s major companies have been forced to close, and to survive in this industry is difficult, especially with an economic situation that is currently not stable,” he explained.

            https://paultan.org/2017/03/21/more-than-70-of-local-university-grads-choose-to-buy-foreign-vehicles-rather-than-the-national-car-proton/

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          • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:51 am

            Even Malaysians dont want local made car…what more from China

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        • According to results above, P2 oso drop about the same percentage (-1.1% vs -1.8%). Its a segment drop not just from 1 manufacturer.

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      • John Baoteng on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:06 am

        Proton sales volume history is like from selling kereta rakyat to sports cars:

        2006 – 115k
        2007 – 118k
        2008 – 141k
        2009 – 148k
        2010 – 157k
        2011 – 158k
        2012 – 141k
        2013 – 138k
        2014 – 115k
        2015 – 102k
        2016 – 72k
        2017 – 70k
        2018 – ???

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        • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:52 am

          shocking but staff in 2006 is 10,000 people and in 2018 still 10,000 people

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          • Jalaluddin Embong on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:24 am

            They cannot do multitasking. Only 1 task a day is already enough to keep them occupied.

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          • Richard Lam on Jan 24, 2018 at 4:06 pm

            yes, after that sleep whole day

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          • Stop talking about urself

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    • Richard Lam on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:13 pm

      Cannot stop laughing seeing Perodua sell 210,000 cars and Proton only 70,000 cars.

      Next year might be 50,000

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      • Game Over on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:20 am

        Youtube video:

        Tun M: Why Proton can’t compete with Perodua
        Published on Jun 10, 2015

        Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Perodua’s adoption of Japanese work ethics has enabled it to be more competitive than Proton.

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        • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:07 am

          best video i have ever seen. Tun is brilliant!!! truth hurts

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          • Yet what has he being doing with it for 23 years?

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      • Ur bonus comes from toyota sales, not P2. Look at ur own figures.

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        • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:29 am

          what u talking john? U always say everybody work for toyota if u get criticized …..pls grow up

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  • Saysaylor on Jan 23, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    P2 204k vs p1 71k. Still basher say p1 the best and sell well. Lols.
    Honda beats toyota wowww.

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    • Let them be. They can say whatever they want but at the end of the day they are irrelevant.

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    • Richard Lam on Jan 23, 2018 at 9:59 pm

      Dont forget, P1 got double the number of workers P2 have.

      Yet P2 can sell 3x the number of cars.

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      • Nope. P2 has more workers becoz its older plant is much less automated than Tanjung Malims.

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        • Game Over on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:23 am

          26 February 2016:

          Discipline and Japanese ‘5S’ key to Perodua’s success

          http://paultan.org/2016/02/26/discipline-and-japanese-5s-key-to-peroduas-success/

          While Proton is synonymous with ‘national carmaker’, it is ‘second child’ Perodua that is leading the Malaysian car market, a position that P2 has held for 10 years now. With a pretty comfortable margin and no signs of complacency, too – the latter proven by year-after-year of increased targets and record sales.

          What is Perodua’s competitive edge? Besides the fact that it knows what the majority of Malaysian carbuyers want, it is the efficiency brought in by P2’s partner Daihatsu. Efficiency is brought about by discipline, and it is discipline that has enabled the company to progress successfully in the industry, said Perodua Auto Corporation (PCSB) president Yasumitsu Morita.

          PCSB manages the manufacturing operations at Perodua’s still expanding base in Sg Choh, north of Rawang. There are two plants there – an older factory that produces the Myvi and Alza, and the Perodua Global Manufacturing plant that rolls out the Axia. Mirroring the tech and processes of Daihatsu Kyushu (Daihatsu’s leading plant in Japan, read our feature story), the RM1.3 billion PGM has been in operation since August 2014. It was officially launched last month.

          Morita san said that Perodua plants practice Dojo, which means “home of practicing”, to maintain quality and service standards. The veteran boss explained that the company implemented a 5S workplace organisation method comprising five Japanese words – seiri (sort), seiton (set in order), seiso (shine), seiketsu (standardise) and shitsuke (sustain), to create a pleasant workplace for all.

          The heads lead by example. “Me and Zainal will be waiting as early as 7.30am to greet our workers at the main entrance,” he said, referring to Perodua Auto Corporation deputy president Zainal Abidin Ahmad, who was also present at the leadership lecture organised by the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia KL.

          Such practice is part of Perodua’s initiatives in maintaining discipline, and it has turned out to be successful, Bernama quoted Morita as saying. He also advised the students to be open minded, ready to accept changes and to believe in their own ability to achieve success.

          Last year, Perodua recorded its highest ever annual sales with 213,300 units, which translates to around 32% market share. The company’s target for 2016 is 216,000, which if achieved, will be another all-time high.

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          • https://paultan.org/2018/01/02/four-proton-dealers-to-upgrade-to-3s-and-4s-centres/
            https://paultan.org/2017/11/22/yoshiya-inamori-new-vice-president-of-manufacturing-at-proton-on-current-issues-and-ways-to-improve/
            https://paultan.org/2017/09/29/drb-hicom-geely-announce-new-proton-board-li-chunrong-is-ceo-winfried-vahland-joins-board/

            I’d trust a reputable jepunis rather than an anonymous ranter. So lets see what a jepunis has to say:
            ‘Inamori also commented the systems within Proton plants were satisfactory as they conform to various ISO certifications (9001 and 14001 for Tanjung Malim; 9001 for Shah Alam).’

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          • John is having difficulties to differentiate between 5S, 3S and 4S. LOL

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          • I do, but u dun seem to.

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          • I would trust sales figure than anything else. And yes, Proton is a mass car manufacturer so sales volume speaks.

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        • P1 got more idle workers sitting at the office, factory and canteen.

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        • 210,000 units versus 70,000 units. Every time proton sold one car, perodua sold 3 units.

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      • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:19 am

        automated plant but only make 70,000 per year? Mitsubishi is Thailand make 320,000 per year.

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  • Its commendable that despite not launching any new models, P1 only less 2000 sales in a shrinking segment. Meanwhile the percentage drop (-1.8%) is seen oso in its main competitor (-1.1%), indicating a more upwards effluent market. With Boyue coming in, gud times is rolling in for P1.

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    • Good for you.

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      • Gud for everyone ekceli. With more safer P1 cars on the roads, theres less chances of accidents and oso less fatalities when eksidens cannot be avoided (human made safety net still cant beat laws of physics after all), and it pressurises other makes such as Kia, Honda, P2, Toyota to up their safety specs likewise. This leads to more numbers of safer cars on the roads which eventually leads to less serious eksidens and resulting deaths. So everyone on the road nowadays travel in a much safer environment than those b4.

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        • Ghani Osman on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:56 am

          There are millions of old cars without even 1 airbag or ABS or traction control and yet they are still on the road today after 20-25 years. Why they survive its because of careful driving. And being defensive. Number of airbags is not important if you drives like lunatic, selfish and don’t bother about the safety of other road users

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          • Car safety features is like life insurance. Sure u dun wanna use it if u can. But u be glad u have it when u need it. And its only by sheer bad luck that u have to use it, right? Its the same with any safety features in a car.

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    • Fred Ashraff on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:07 pm

      Not launching even a single new car model in any year. Is a huge failure in carmaking history or product planning in specific. Definitely not commendable at all for P1 a national car.

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      • Not really. P1 launched 4 new cars in 2016 year, and last year was consolidation and due to uncertainty of the takeover. Hardly by far what u called “a huge failure”. What ur looking at a huge failure is ETCM Nissan which oso din launch any new models for 2017, yet went from 33k to an abysmal 19k (-33%). Worse is toyota, launching so many “new” dinosars and that ongoing shiok sendri vios racing and huge HUGE diskaun and giveaways, yet only gained 3000 more sales.

        Both of these r internationally known jepunis brands with plenty of sapoters here yet end up with these results. Heres ur “huge failure in carmaking history or product planning in specific”.

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    • Richard Lam on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:33 pm

      2010 – 140,000 sales

      2017 – 70,000 sales

      Very commendable indeed.

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      • 2016 – 72,290
        2017 – 70,991
        (diff = -1,299)
        Oh yes, very commendable indeed

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      • Game Over on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:44 am

        21 Mac 2017:

        70% graduan pilih kereta luar negara berbanding Proton

        …Arau: Sebanyak 70 peratus graduan universiti tempatan yang menamatkan pengajian memilih membeli kereta buatan luar negara kerana beranggapan kereta nasional tidak setanding jenama luar.

        Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif PROTON Edar Sdn Bhd, Abdul Rashid Musa berkata, daripada jumlah itu, tidak sampai 10 peratus graduan berpengalaman memandu sendiri kereta nasional.

        Beliau berkata, statistik itu diperoleh melalui kajian terperinci pihaknya bagi meningkatkan tahap kepercayaan pengguna di Malaysia terhadap kereta keluaran nasional.

        “Kira-kira 70 peratus graduan memilih memakai kereta luar negara kerana beranggapan kereta nasional tidak setanding jenama luar meskipun tidak berpengalaman memandu kereta nasional.

        “Malah, sebahagian graduan universiti yang membuat perbandingan antara kereta nasional dengan jenama mewah dari luar adalah tidak adil,” katanya.

        Beliau berkata demikian pada majlis penyerahan kereta Proton Suprima S kepada Kelab Automotif dan Sukan Bermotor Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), di sini, baru-baru ini.

        Abdul Rashid berkata, PROTON Holdings Berhad (PROTON) antara 14 syarikat pembuatan kereta di dunia mampu kekal dalam industri automotif kerana banyak syarikat besar negara lain diisytihar muflis.

        “Menjadi satu daripada 14 syarikat yang mampu menghasilkan kereta di peringkat antarabangsa bukanlah perkara mudah. Banyak syarikat utama dunia terpaksa menutup perusahaan dan untuk bertahan dalam industri ini adalah sukar terutama dalam keadaan ekonomi tidak stabil kini,” katanya.

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        • applegreen on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:52 am

          Like I said before, bakal pak mertua tak terima bakal menantu bawa proton

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        • Maknanya, orang MY dah jadi lebih kaya dan mampu membeli keta jernama luar negara. So manada negara akan jadi muflis? Cerita dongeng je.

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    • Naih, Boyue from Geely model don’t gain honor from blind. Just gulung proton la.

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      • Thats what they said with Huawei phones. Well looks like nobodys laffing now.

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  • Loller on Jan 23, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    Proton slumping sales for every single yr since 2010… thats another record to beat! Lmao

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  • Peter on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    (Like) Proton 2018 sales UP.
    (Dislike) Proton 2018 sales down

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    • Game Over on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:39 am

      12 Jan 2016:

      Perodua Global Manufacturing plant officially opened – RM1.3bil EEV factory based on Daihatsu Kyushu

      …“The design, technology and concept of this facility are based on the ‘Simple, Slim and Compact’ philosophy. ‘Simple’ here refers to the work process which is easy to understand and implement, while ‘Slim’ refers to efficiency and dedication towards the elimination of wastages – in all forms – and ‘Compact’ refers to the maximisation of space for optimum production,” he elaborated.

      …The original P2 plant’s quality, defects per unit (DPU) and efficiency used to be lower than that of Daihatsu plants in Japan and Indonesia, and PGM’s goal is to be better than Indonesia and closer to the levels of Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co Ltd (DKC), Daihatsu’s leading plant in Japan.

      High automation and a “jigless” system aside, PGM also brings a new corporate culture to the Malaysian market leader, an example for the rest of the company to follow. Over 260 staff have been sent to DKC to not only learn about manufacturing, but to acquire the “spirit” behind the efficient Japanese factory.

      https://paultan.org/2016/01/12/perodua-global-manufacturing-plant-officially-opened-rm1-3bil-eev-factory-based-on-daihatsu-kyushu/

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  • Tee For on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    Why need to worry which brand sold the most unless we are the owner of the company.

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    • sohai on Jan 24, 2018 at 7:41 am

      even it is your company, it doesn’t exist in a silo.
      and performance is also relative. it has to be compared with your peers (read competitors).

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    • No, we just want some good laugh.

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    • rally_fan (Member) on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:32 am

      best comment for me. as a consumer.. it really doesnt matter to us.

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  • Still. Perodua at the top.

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  • tokmoh. on Jan 24, 2018 at 12:24 am

    Syukur Volvo sell more.

    With XC60 and XC40 this year, Volvo will continue to prosper.

    Bao Teng did well to weather the storm. Soon, they will be able to reap the fruits of their labour, beginning with Geely Boyue!

    Geely, Volvo, Bao Teng > all

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    • George Abdul on Jan 24, 2018 at 12:49 am

      Luckily Geely mgmt came & took charge early. Else Proton sales cant even hit 50k cars last yr

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      • rally_fan (Member) on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:34 am

        actually.. we still have not seen anything yet from the new mgment. dont forget.. new ceo only started in OCT 2017. i believe we will only see some actual results (sales wise) by 2019 if any from the new mgment.

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        • tokmoh. on Jan 24, 2018 at 2:57 pm

          Not long after Dr Li came in, Proton released service cost schedule on their website for most current models.

          The new service cost became much more affordable too, the grand total of 5 years/100,000km for models like Saga, Iriz, Persona is literally on par with Perodua!

          Syukur Geely turun harga servis, kenapa tak puji kerajaan?

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  • rjmsfire on Jan 24, 2018 at 12:35 am

    Why isn’t Citroen and Ferrari on the list? Is it because they are not members of the Malaysian Automotive Association?

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  • If we consider Perodua is half Toyota then Toyota remains no1 forever lols

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  • heyheyman123 on Jan 24, 2018 at 6:48 am

    Well done Volvo, BMW, Mercedes Benz. Keep improving and moving forward

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  • common sensor on Jan 24, 2018 at 7:51 am

    The winner is TOYOTA GROUP ie combination of Perodua and Toyota as they can offer models of all segments. Honda as a stand-alone will never be able to beat the TOYOTA GROUP.

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  • Kuinosan on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:54 am

    It’s no surprise that Honda is eating into Toyota passenger cars share of the market. Just look at the range of vehicles Honda is offering compared to the old and boring ones in Toyota showrooms. If UMW Toyota doesn’t wake up, it’s no.4 position will be in jeopardy too. As of Mazda and its KODO styling vehicles with its ambitious attempt into luxury car status, doesn’t look like their strategy is working though. A long story short, if Mazda is pricing its vehicles so very close to the German Marques, buyers wouldn’t mind forking out the extras and venture into the entry level luxury car market. Mazda must realize that they should make quality cars but must price them at prices which are in tandem to its brand status. As of Perodua/ Daihatsu, they are doing a good job with their design and marketing job. They deserve to be in no.1 in Malaysia, no contest!

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  • LOL at Proton.

    Some dreamers saying Boyue will help Proton.

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  • Jalalludin on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:55 am

    lots of propaganda but local grads all prefer non proton.

    old timers all confirmed no more proton for 2nd time

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    • Lots of propaganda to push for P2 sales but in the end still end up -1.1% sales year on year. P2 now so exp, pipu can afford to buy non-nationals now, all confirmed no more P2 for 2nd time.

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  • longjaafar on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:24 am

    Nissan and Mazda were disappointments. Mazda portrays itself as a high end Japanese product. Nissan does not seem to have a direction.

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    • And yet some pipu says Nissan is doing gud job cuz they no tido. I wonder what their results will be like when they do tido.

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      • Show us the people who say ETCM tak tidur so I can show them pictures of the X-Trail and Teana facelifts. Sylphy? What’s that?

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  • How i can get the info how much ncp150 sold as 2018? Tq

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