February has traditionally been a weak month for vehicle sales in general – besides offering a shorter window of opportunity, that for 2018 also had Chinese New Year smack in the middle of it this year, and so the holiday period added to what turned out to be a sluggish month. With just 40,578 vehicles being registered, sales for the month dropped by 9% (or 3,997 units) compared to January.
Here’s a quick breakdown of how most brands performed last month. Nine of the top 10 registered lower sales numbers in February, a good indication of how things were. Brands that saw a drop in numbers included market leader Perodua (-3.1%), Honda (-14.0%), Proton (-19.4%), Nissan (-35.2%), Mazda (-22.0%), Hyundai (-34.1%) and Renault (-42.4%)
Not every company had cause to complain – of the top 10, Toyota was the only one to register an increase (+11.1%) in numbers last month compared to January, and Ford (+9.1%) and Kia (+19.9%) also managed to do very well.
It was also a soft month for premium segment leaders Mercedes (-0.4%) and BMW (-3.0%), along with Volvo (-10.1%), but there was a lot of cheer for Lexus, which saw sales climb by 110%, as well as Audi, which registered a 33.3% sales increase last month. Porsche also had a good February, with registrations climbing by 28.1%.
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Deswai new launchings by lambo, porsche, maserati… MY high income country incoming.
The volvo brand is not going to work here again and again and again. Audi sales will pick up once new model is out
OMG OMG Proton only 3000 plus sales. This is crazy. Aiyooo….maybe this year 40,000 from 70,000 sales
Vwry soon Toyota will back to No1 again this year after acquire Perodua shares …
Potong got 19.4% drop. wow!!!
Nice job Audi. Let’s go
Yeah way to go Audi …. to Timbuktu… Timbuktu
How is Proton going to pay its workers???
Geely China will solve it.
Our tax money and gst money lor
Obviously it means the rich are not affected whereas the poor get poorer.
Yes, that’s how it is. It is the same everywhere.
Work hard or drive Baoteng.
Proton says by 2020 sales gonna be 200,000 and by 2025 sales gonna be 500,000
Masih lagi dibuai mimpi indah.
Feb 2014
MY Total – 50,718
Perodua – 15,609
Proton – 10,684
Feb 2015
MY Total – 50,390
Perodua – 18,589
Proton – 8,254
Feb 2016
MY Total – 37,876
Perodua – 14,014
Proton – 5,947
Feb 2017
MY Total – 42,455
Perodua – 16,603
Proton – 6,099
Feb 2018
MY Total – 40,578
Perodua – 17,137
Proton – 3,857
Nobody want campro vvt & campro cfe from proton right now
To make any economic sense all these will be ditched and replaced by Geely products very soon.
U think china made car will surpass perodua sales volume or even proton model itself?
Stupid question asked
All china makes cars sales in China and Russia had already surpassed Proton and Perodua sales by leap and bounds already.
You are still living under a lot of coconut trees which are aplenty in Malaysia.
Im talking here in malaysia sir. U can give number anywhere in d world. Would u buy china made car here in malaysia?
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Well done Lexus too. 110% up
Lexus sales is only 42 units Feb 2018, 20 units recorded January 2018 and sales is running 20 years behind Mercedes.
Lexus in Malaysia is a dying brand .
Keep it up Lexus.
Congrats Toyota and Perodua!!!!! Malaysians know where to get top quality cars!!!!
Syabas untuk apa? Look at the bigger picture. Toyota didn’t even sell half as many passenger cars as Honda did (2607 vs 6998) despite their huge CNY promotion. The brand is dying under UMW.
The brand is dying under UMW.
https://paultan.org/2018/03/10/umw-to-nearly-double-its-stake-in-perodua-to-70-6/
Near but year so far dowh…
In 3 months audi sold 35 cars…..thank you DRB for your hard work!!!!
Hope they can insaf and introduce good products this year to go third, hehe.
Vios byak added accessories and features, plus new facelifts year 2018..Byak org beli kereta Jepun yang dipercayai ke ??
This mean more ugly and lousy car on the road
P2 sales in 3 months just one one product Myvi is same as total sales for entire range of Proton for 1 whole year
With Honda jazz selling at 75k against myvi and iriz at 50k, already Honda sells double than proton. Honda jazz sells for 45k in Saudi Arabia, I wonder what may happen to proton if govt allows open market to take place. Remember 10 yrs ago, Toyota altis in Thailand was selling at 800k baht (80k ringgit). now thailand and Indonesia somehow had raised vios prices to malaysia level. Which shows nothing wrong with malaysia prices.
Jaguar only 3 units? Wow. Sisma is lucky they also sell land rover, range rovers and volvos.
yup P1 heading to 50K units pace..
luxury market ( Porsche and Lexus ) is increasing, Volvo and Audi still irrelevant brand, especially Volvo, despite everyone in paultan praising how good their car is.
Audi is reliable man…go learn about cars first
Most cars are reliable as ever not only Audi alone
No buyers are as stupid as you to only say only Audi is reliable when other are not only reliable but efficient too.
I think Audi more irrelevant than Volvo. It’s the lack of distribution for both brands. But still Volvo doing better than Audi, which is dying in Malaysia.
Audi is fast becoming a dying and irrelevant brand in Malaysia currently
Blame it on Audi and not the Malaysia dealerships simply because Audi cars are not in the shopping list of the majority Premium brand buyers nowadays.
Audi is problematic when comes to maintenance and costly compare to Mercedes and BMW.
So Audi fanboys say bye bye to your dying brand in Malaysia and does not shine anymore.
Do not forget to mentioned Lexus is also Malaysia dying brand too.
No matter what happened Volvo brand will still live longer than Lexus and first to go off Audi brand from Malaysia
Same goes for Lexus and Audi fanboys praising and talking how good their cars are but yet their sales are much lower than Volvo always..
and yet i still see many recond audi for sale, and many audi driving on the road. looks like there is strong customer demand for audi in malaysia.
Not because it is prestige but it is cheap to own compare to new Volvo , Mercedes and BMW .
Well try that on new Audi sales , virtually cannot sell unless it is price 25% to 30% cheaper than any new mercedes , Volvo and BMW . buyers can then consider.
Recond Audi is rubbish ( second hand status)
Waiting for this stat just to see proton sales, wah still no improvement, geely proton must be sleeping and dreaming sweet things. Very little sales, still OK for them.
Geely wud dump P1. Its lossmaking & insolvent, One less headache for geely.
42% market for perodua, wow!! Seems like the new myvi boleh jual punya..
Proton 3857 units only??????you got how many models???perdana,suprima,exora,preve,ertiga,persona,iriz and safa..8 models -each model not even reach 500 units/month..how they can survive???pity to all vendors then…no wonder vendors now claiming don’t have enough financial for a new car development….then after this geely,all vendors will close their factories coz u give money to foreign vendors…shame on you!
Now, only 1,000 units separate Nissan and Mazda. At this rate, Mazda may well overtake Nissan soon. In addition to the new CX-5, Mazda will also launch a CKD CX-8 and an updated Mazda6 this year.
Meanwhile, Nissan will launch the new Serena and Leaf (and maybe the Kicks) this year. But until the Almera’s successor arrives, Nissan’s prospects are looking dim.
hahahaha. this is up to 2nd month of the year.
Mazda will never outsell the top 5 because mazda was never a volume player. they niche market. which is why they can spec and price higher than others and still have customers.
the top 5 tend to go mass volume.
anyways, Nissan will have new Serena coming in which should help.
Next year heard more new models coming in. should be better.
Go toyota go.. beat proton geely.. toyota good rv. Proton turbocor
Look like toyo have a tough job to overtake honda, very tough.
But in passenger cars, p1 leads toyo. Only becos of add in commersial vehicle toyo leads p1.
P2 well done.
Can Hondo’s after-sales facilities, skilled technician and parts can cater for their sales? Noticed lots of compliant about their cars and services
Naza should be ashamed! Never expected them to sell so little picanto’s. But due to lack of publicity and also bad perception, they sell even fewer cars compared to BMW.
My god! What happen to proton after geely take over. Become worst & worst.. i dont think proton boyue can make impact to proton. No body want to proton at rm70k above!
It is not like changing diapers. It takes some time to make plenty of physical and cultural changes in Proton. Moreover Geely based Proton cars are still in gestation.
U got how much money to donate to p1? Syukur lah if no Geely p1 already closed
Better close shop
Proton at this rate,will achieve only 50000 units before Boyue is launched…..still red ink.Maybe,Geely is thinking of bringing smaller China cars n ditch the entire current unprofitable range into the straight s of melaka.
I will not spend my hard earned money into buying chinese car, not in malaysia to be exact.
Toyota sales went up due to intense promotion with.price cuts.Now,they become 70 %owner of Perodua very soon.Can start counting profits n shake leg,..relax…Aminar’s machai bringing in record profits..mAh….
Wow I didn’t know Audi is in such a not good position.
wow! even with a dip, Honda is still number 2. my strong advocate for honda doesn’t go to waste. people are getting more awareness and influenced by me. LOL…
Kudos to DRB honda!
The report card of ONLY 6 manufacturer are in GREEN while the rest is in RED = Bad total sales
No. Malaysian can buy lexus & volvo now a day..
Toyota are clearing the vios for the coming new facelift, proton saga,ertiga,iriz cannot sell while new myvi selling like hot cakes.
Wonder why there’s no Haval? Saw quite some units on the road now.
Go proton go, hope with 3000+ uniy per month, proto can achieved 500k unit for this year.. yes.. proton boyue can sale more than 400k unit end of this year..
Haha.. scarsm at it best!
Let the figure speak. All sembang pasal adopting quality standard, how great their parent company buying shares and achievement of sister companies are useless if your own car cannot sell.
Pipu buy P2 coz it is cheap not because it is good
people buy perodua because it is reliable engine & transmission dont forget, good aftersale service. People smart oredi, dont want old tech campro & lousy punch cvt..
P2 power window got problem it is deal breaker
Haha.. proton cheaper than p2 beb.. see price tag of saga n iriz..
Sebenarnya parts yang proton guna lebih mantap daripada perodua, cuma enjin campro jer tech lama kalah dengan perodua.
parts apa yg mantap beb?. Aircond kaput, power window NG.. deyy
You think people buy Proton because it is good? But wait, how many people buying Proton?
3k laast mth. And they aim for 200k by year end after long awaited boyoue launch.
proton not cheap?
Wow. Mercedes sells more vehicles than Mazda both this month and also YTD. That is really interesting, is Mazda really that prestigious to be the same level as Mercedes or is Mercedes that affordable nowadays ? Points to ponder.