Malaysian vehicle sales data for March 2018 by brand

Malaysian vehicle sales data for March 2018 by brand

After a slow month in February, vehicle sales in the country climbed in March. The 49,985 vehicles that were registered during the month represented an increase of of 9,407 units, or 23.2%, over that managed in February. The stronger performance was largely due to March being a longer working month and also from companies rushing to deliver cars, specifically those that ended their financial year on March 31.

Here’s a quick breakdown of how most brands performed in March. All but one of the top 10 registered an increase in sales, with Perodua (+21.0%), Honda (+29.3%), Toyota (+30.2%), Proton (+9.0%) and Nissan (+53.6%) remaining firmly placed in the top five.

Other strong performers in March were Mitsubishi (+38.0%), Volkswagen (+55.0%), Subaru (+30.4%), Peugeot (+30.4%) and Renault (+73.5%). Only a few brands saw a dip in sales then, with Kia (-7.5%) being one of those which had a softer month.

Another was premium segment market leader Mercedes-Benz (-20.3%), and Porsche (-24.4%) also had a slower month. Others in the segment fared better, BMW registering a +6.1% increase in sales, while Volvo managed a +53.2% climb over that managed in February. Lexus, meanwhile, showed a +92.9% increase, effectively nearly doubling its sales from February.

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Malaysian vehicle sales data for March 2018 by brand

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Comments

  • Toyota overtook Proton!

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    • hahaha on May 02, 2018 at 12:32 pm

      Hahahaha that’s commercial vehicle, look at pessenger vehicle, Toyota still below P1

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      • How come foreign car like Honda can overtake local car like Proton? Where’s the logic?

        Btw, Toyota is catching up in passenger vehicles

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        • kzm (Member) on May 02, 2018 at 1:24 pm

          market is more open not like couple decade ago

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          • enigma on May 02, 2018 at 1:30 pm

            Market more open? How come car prices are still not the same as Labuan or Langkawi?

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      • Not Toyota Fan on May 02, 2018 at 3:27 pm

        Kesian Toyota. Only 7% market share. Even PT bashing boy Proton do better, 10% market share.

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      • Why don’t you narrow it further to a category called Suprima where Proton scores 100%.

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      • Mimak volvo on May 02, 2018 at 9:03 pm

        Bye bye volvo. Sales is worse ever.

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        • Bobby on May 02, 2018 at 10:48 pm

          Sayo nara to Audi . Audi sales is pathetic 40 units todate. how to survive ? so Lexus total sales is even worst ever than Volvo in comparison.

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          • Mimak volvo on May 03, 2018 at 7:52 am

            Have not seen a single s90 on the road yet.

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        • Imelda on May 03, 2018 at 12:43 am

          Even Volvo trucks sell more than Audi even though it cost much more than Audi. Audi sales is the worst ever compare to other premium cars. Volvo sales went up by 53.2% and Lexus went up 92.9% . These two premium had nicely shown sales improvement till todate and congratulation to both of these two desirable brands.

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          • Audi’s truck – MAN & Scania are doing well too…even its bike – ducati are desired by many..lux brand bugatti/.bently/porsche/lamborghini …and all its bread & butter brand skoda, seat, vw….yeap, the evil empire ie VAG are doin well

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        • Still better than audi

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    • benedict cumberbatch on May 02, 2018 at 12:39 pm

      First Honda, now Toyota, next would be Nissan overtaking Proton

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      • John Gagal on May 02, 2018 at 7:51 pm

        Slowly Proton is selling sports cars that’s why the low volume sales.

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      • halloha560 on May 02, 2018 at 11:02 pm

        Toyota and Honda designs are much better design than Mitsubishi design. The reason is because Toyota and Honda design looks very stylish, more elegant and nicer whereas Mitsubishi design looks very boring and look very outdated. Not only that, current Mitsubishi models doesn’t have more advanced safety features, Mitsubishi equipment also too outdated including engines and current Mitsubishi models is not even concept at all compare to current Toyota and current Honda model have more advanced safety features, more concept and better equipments and other features and engine is also updated. I recommend you to buy Toyota and Honda and sales will go up. Lastly, hopefully Mitsubishi sales will keep on dropping

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    • truth is-mesidis down,,p1 up..as true malaYsians,,we should sokong whatever made in here..its more highly valueable kot,,u could see more p1 than p2 on the road now..not some ‘indah khabar dari rupa jer mesidis! ooo waiii!

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    • Highlight of the month. Well done UMWT. Next, will ETCM have a chance to bertaubat and change their sleepyheads?

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  • Loler on May 02, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    Well done Audi up 50%!!!
    Mesidis drop 20.3% LOL

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    • Not Toyota Fan on May 02, 2018 at 3:22 pm

      Porsche sell more than Audi. LOL.

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    • Gordan on May 02, 2018 at 10:51 pm

      Audi fan boys syiok sendiri sahaja as it is already a dying brand in Malaysia.

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    • rjmsfire on May 03, 2018 at 12:36 am

      Why is Audi such a low volume brand in Malaysia? Its cars are peers with Mercedes and BMW.

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  • Fake News on May 02, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    So where is that P1 salesman who said jepunis salesmen are in fear eh? I guess he is a messenger of ‘Fake News’, or more accurately ‘Fear News’

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  • Firdaus on May 02, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    Does this include grey imports?

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  • Jonn Dol on May 02, 2018 at 1:17 pm

    What happen to Audi? It’s almost slipping away from the radar , behind Volvo & Lexus ??

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    • Digidigi on May 02, 2018 at 1:42 pm

      Volvo give value of money, Lexus give peace of mind, Audi give crap

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  • Ron75 on May 02, 2018 at 3:23 pm

    PT, Honda: Total Sales=24,180 but passenger vehicles=24,182?

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  • I didn’t know nissan is still that popular

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  • Buy perodua, toyota & honda better. Tak payah pikir x payah pening kepala. Beli aje.

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  • Bravo proton! Can achieve 250k unit end of this year!

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    • sikulidi on May 02, 2018 at 9:21 pm

      Haaaaa…. agreed… 1 year proton sales still unable to catch 3 month perodua sales. P1 supporter will says wait for boyueapakejadah… a game changer bla bla.. same story for persona & saga.

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  • rjmsfire on May 03, 2018 at 12:38 am

    Why are there no figures for Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamboghini, Citroën and DS?

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    • seancorr (Member) on May 03, 2018 at 2:22 am

      They opt out from the group. Sales figures posted here are not mandatory for all brands.

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  • seancorr (Member) on May 03, 2018 at 2:22 am

    Holy moly Hino managed to sell more trucks then Subaru selling passenger cars and Jaguar looks dead to me with 7 vehicles YTD. Guess that F Pace isn’t moving sales at all. Better luck with the E Pace me thinks. Also quite surprising to see Mercedes slowing down but with the upcoming A class launch they should be on track again.

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