Vehicle sales in the country dipped last month compared to that achieved in April – a total of 42,983 units were registered in May, and the total was 4,106 units, or 9% less, than the previous month.
The slow movement was attributed to the government’s announcement to set the goods and services tax (GST) rate at 0% in mid-May, resulting in customers holding back on their purchase due to uncertainty.
Here’s a quick breakdown of how most brands performed in May. There were not many gainers, but market leader Perodua (+10.2%), Honda (+4.4%), Proton (+2.3%) and Nissan (+29.8%) were brands that showed positive movement. Based on Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) figures, Perodua’s share of the market 51.1% for May, and its closest competitor was Honda, which had 18.7% of the pie.
Notably, with last month’s numbers, national automaker Proton is now back in third spot in terms of year-to-date numbers, edging in front of Toyota – Proton’s market share is just under 10%. Elsewhere, Kia was also one of those ending up with a green arrow, though the gain was marginal, by just one unit more than that it managed in April.
Meanwhile, brands that saw a decline in sales were Toyota (-63.3%), Mazda (-45.3%), Ford (-45.9%), Mitsubishi (-59.2%), Subaru (-53.9%), Volkswagen (-68.2%), Hyundai (-56.9%) and Peugeot (-56.2%).
As expected with the 0% GST announcement, sales of premium vehicles went out the window in May, with Mercedes-Benz (-26.5%), BMW (-40%), Mini (-36.4%), Volvo (-78.2%), Audi (-86.4%) and Lexus (-92.5%) all recording a slump in numbers. Jaguar ended May having shifted zero cars, from nine the previous month.
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Pointless to tie oneself with another car loan commitment if your current one still in tip top condition. Spend when it’s absolutely necessary.
The government’s announcement to set GST at 0% in mid-May, was totally unexpected by everybody, seasoned experts and think tanks included.
Unicorn event.Took all by surprise. Good surprise
If BN won, car prices would have reduced by 30% and car sales would have increased by 300%
True dat. If BN won, GST & fuel price, income tax orso down. DANGG
Volvo can really out from boleh land. Volvo > all in term of low sales
another fake news that car sales would increase 300%
again john is spreading fake news. BN had 5 years to reduce car prices and honour their promise. But they didn’t.
Or have you jumped ship and now supporting PH?
50% DRB share proton is NOT management
38% umw share perodua is management
TunM is right about malaysian education :lol:
How can Perodua sell 5X the amount of cars than Proton?
5 kali ganda wei
This is shocking. Proton sales is going lower and lower and lower. Like this, end of the year, sell 40,000 also very lucky
Becoz they have same mgmt as UMW? Oh wait then ur logic taboleh pakai wor…
Proton same management as DRB selling Honda? wait your logic tak boleh pakai too.
Nope. P1 mgmt is now Geely. Din read the news kah? Still inside cave isit?
this is first time i see john got thumbs up hahaha
Toyota sales is going lower and lower and lower.
Pipu buy P1 becoz its cheap, not becoz its gud
Toyota = P2 = UMW, so overall sales is going higher and higher
umw toyota says they are ok. let dealers tanggung everything. UMW now running HQ only.
and at a different level, perodua.
And you point is?
I bet you did not know that NAZA and INOKOM is also a NATIONAL CAR?
And their combined sales is ZERO?
Why pipu want so many car loan?
Most are kampung pipu upgrading from dua roda. Deswai u only see the cheap cars sales increased.
Gaya ada…
Smart pipu are learning from PH on how to jimat wang. Those who spend frivolously will end up like BN.
Mana Toyota fanbois & that salesman now? Hahahahaha!
Other Japanese brands with dinosaur engineering are still selling much cheaper than obsolete Toyota models
That is why all dinosaur Toyota models sales drop like waterfall.
So according to your logic, Volvo, BMW and Mercedes sales drop like waterfall is becoz it’s selling dinosaur engineering?
What a stupid logic
Mana Volvo fanbois & that salesman now? Hahahahaha!
Only 2.3% want to crow? 10% increase also never shout. This kind of arrogant attitude is the reason for the downfall of your party.
mana Proton fanboys dan salesman….oooops, dulu john Proton supporter dan BN kan? selalu kutuk Tun M
Alih alih now support Tun M. Ha ha ha ha
Kudos to Nissan! the new king, proven tech with seamless customer experience.. and DAMN good RV yo!.
New Nissan Serena Hybrid C27 seems to me, it is still very boring design, basic technological features, not enough safety features and New Nissan Serena Hybrid C27 design look very ugly. Not only that, there is no much difference compare to Previous Nissan Serena Hybrid C26 New Facelift and it is almost the same as well as features and safety is same as previous Nissan Serena Hybrid C26. Moreover, All Nissan Models interior and exterior designs is too outdated, boring and ugly. Also all Nissan Models doesn’t have more safety features, technological features and other features were very basic and too outdated. Whereas Toyota, Mazda and Honda are much better than Nissan because Toyota, Mazda and Honda are much better quality and looks more spacious, elegant and looks more unique compare to Nissan. Not only that, Toyota, Honda and Mazda have advanced safety features and have more advanced technological features compare to Nissan
Toyota -63%? Wooooooo…
P2 Toyota keta national
P2 keta pemansangan national
P2 sales > P1
Kereta pemasangan national > Kereta rebadge China
Orang beli P2 kerana murah bukannya kerana ia bagus
Orang beli P2 kerana murah dan bukan mahal dan tak bagus macam P1
Pipu buys P1 becoz its safer and more value for for money than P2
This is expected. See who runs UMW. Same type in GLCs and Putrajaya. They expect everything to come easy to them.
The ones who run UMW is the same one that runs P2 wor. Ur logic taboleh pakai wor.
And P2 sales still more than P1 from UMW management. Ur logic boleh pakai arr?
Boleh. Geely made over 2million sales of passenger vehicle. So what?
This is Malaysia. Does Geely sold 2 million vehicles here? Ur logic tak boleh pakai here wei.
So what? If u wanna equate UMW with P2 and Toyota, then u shud equate DRB with P1 and oso Honda. And Honda sales is trouncing ur Toyota to smithereens
Volvo forever teruk, Audi forever irrelevant, coming few month should be good overall but after that will be super teruk
What will Li Shufu do?
Like some says, change the gweilo boss to mainland China lah.
Better change the gweilo boss to Malaysia lah.
Basher says MY boss taboleh pakai wor, need to use brains from Mainland wor.
Also LEXUS is Forever Teruk & Irrelevant Too !!
Not to mention Chevrolet,Jaguar
VW AND PEUGEOT SALES ALSO DROP LIKE HELD !!– will soon be natural death..
OMG, toyota sales number without commercial vehicles is like mercedes lor. After this toyota is rare like Merc and drivers can claim it is ady luxury
As I predicted, Toyota waterfall sales until Nissan overtakes it. No wonder their resident troll go so much free time come here create many dupes and post nonsense.
i tell my fren who want buy new car do not consider Toyota brand
Toyota sales bad means UMW will get less money. This means, your own people will get less money and unable to balik kampung more often.
But according to ur logic, bad sales & losing market share is means work hard and doing gud job wor….
Most of the decline comes from expensive brand & then some. It show that those people who wait & see are wiser & willing to wait after 9/5.
Those who are patience & wiser are benefiting from 0 rated GST. Am sure June to Sept will see an improvement on the sales of expensive cars.
As for the top 4, congrats & Bravo for achieving improve in sales given the challenging climate.
Top 5 lor, pls gip face to toyota (even if it heavily depends on commercial vehicles)
Kecian toyota….
Tok moh? Ada increase a bit. Say something lol
Syukur, rakyat now trust Proton better. Complaints about quality have dropped by 40% throughout this year. Wanna go service, walk in also can, unlike super crowded perodua and Honda.
Volvo XC90 now also has 6 months waiting time, syukur very high demand.
Proton, Geely, Volvo > all
P1, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, VolvoTruck, Lotus > all
Xc90 can get pre reg at 320k like last year? Got plenty of stock? Can advise?
because everyone is waiting for MRT and LRT loop to complete and no one wants to buy cars. getting a grab is also easier.
I don’t think Toyota Motor Corp will put up with 3x less sales than Honda and 5,000 less units vs Proton. Well, at least some Malaysians have woken up to being sold bargain basement junk at high prices.
Raya promo they alredi throw prices. Vios can get Rm20k diskaun.
Tak nak!!!
Are u serious?
Up til Raya saja. But some SA may still gip when desperado.
In April, Toyota surpassed Proton’s year-to-date sales, and then in May, Nissan surpassed Toyota’s monthly sales. Meanwhile, Perodua cracked the 50% market share milestone. All three are unprecedented in recent decades. There might be more surprises in June…
10 new cars on the road, 4 would be New Myvi, 1 another Perodua model, 2 Honda, 1 Proton, 1 Toyota, 1 Nissan Serena!
Porsche sales also very much like Audi which is irrelevant.
C-HR interested buyers potong stim and just yolo HRV.
great movement,. better lesser car still…. this help to reduce traffic jams…
Nissan increased… Not bad! The Serena proved to be the gamechanger. Waiting for the X Trail updates!
Once PH won, note luxury car sales dived, many gov linked crony company bosses suddenly faced reality. With PH, this will continue further, no PH politician will be caught dead driving lux even if they can afford it.
Basher so proud that his Toyota now “ranks” with luxury brands. How sad.
I want to buy VW car; ie Passat.
Can anybody suggest to buy or not to buy.
Coz fm statistic purchased of VW vehicle was quite slow. Tq for yr reply
Buy perdana better. No DSG!
Buy with mind and heart only . Do not listen to others.
Everyone deep pocket power is different.
Most important you must know where and how to get a good and reasonable VW mechanic near to your working place or residential before you land yourself into purchasing any VW when the warranty run out.
Proton with campro vvt & cfe cant sale. No body want..
Lagi nobody wants dinosar toyota. 63% sales drop, like waterfall. Lolz!
78% waterfall sales drop tu dinosar kah? Lolz!
But Perodua get 50% market sale! With dual vvti & 4 speed gearbox!
Why people abandon Toyota cars here? It’s got one of the best quality among the cars in Malaysia. Or perceived, at least.
Perodua salesman always claim that Perodua’s quality is on par with big sister Toyota. And that sales trick worked with the entry level buyers.
But not with Toyota? Maybe something to do with the UMW’s planned take over of Perodua’s shares?
Buy perodua better! Tak pening kepala..
Byk pening oh~~~, kereta tak stabil, goyang byk kuat di atas jlnraya, bahaya kan? sy tak teruja bila Perodua lancar kereta baru sbb kereta tu jual mahal dgn spesifikasi kurang. Beristirahat dengan damai
Ya, meter temperature pun langsung tak ada, Myvi3 lagi teruk, buang macam jadah (banyak pening kepala oh, takut enjin bila-bila boleh meletup atau terbakar tiba-tiba)
I think once the Proton SUV is launched Proton sales will increased by 2000 units a year. Still not enough to beat Toyota to get the 3rd place. But Geely has plenty of money to burn. Being 4th also ok.
The sales of Porsche , Audi and lexus is totally extremely LOW in sales in boleh land !! virtually DEAD HAVING SINGLE DIGIT SALES FIGURE..
Pity ..soon be out from Boleh Land in the making,,
Even Volvo and Renault sales are way better…with double digit sales