Vehicle sales figures shot through the roof last month compared to that in May, when the government announced that the goods and services tax (GST) rate would be set at 0% until the return of SST, resulting in customers holding back on purchases for the rest of that month.
With consumers taking advantage of the ‘tax holiday’ as well as Hari Raya festive season promotional campaigns and offers, a total of 64,502 units were registered last month, up 50% from the 42,983 units managed in May. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) said the sales mark for the month was the second highest monthly TIV ever in local automotive history.
Here’s a quick breakdown of how most brands performed in June. As the chart shows, every passenger car player – with the exception of market leader Perodua, which registered a -10.8% drop – had a green arrow last month.
As mentioned, positive growth for every company, including Honda (+41.9%), Proton (+50.9%) and Nissan (+47.6%), but in some cases the percentage increase was quite staggering, as shown by gains made by Volkswagen (+676.8%) and Renault (+1,100%).
Other brands that did very well in a month of sterling sales included Toyota (+466.5%), Mazda (+145.8%), Mitsubishi (+380.6%), Subaru (+436.8%) and Hyundai (+258.7%).
Toyota’s performance meant that it outsold Honda last month (11,482 units to 11,418), but it still has a way to go before it can catch up in overall numbers – in terms of year-to-date figures, it’s at 31,709 units to Honda’s 51,354 units.
Sales of premium vehicles also increased – there’s really nothing better than paying less tax, and it doesn’t matter which part of the spectrum you’re in. Mercedes (+141.2%) and BMW (155.6%) continued on their merry way, but other brands had plenty to smile about.
Porsche (+477.8%) and Audi (+483.3%) vehicle sales went from single-digit to double-digits last month, and Volvo (+625.9%) sold six times the number of cars it did in May. The largest percentage gain in the premium segment was managed by Lexus (+3,166.7%), sales moving from six units in May to nearly 200 units last month.
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UMW sales really turbo-boosted its way last month. Not bad.
Consumer can complaint this or that. In the end, price says ALL
hey uolls! Toyota overtake p1 total sales by more than 4K units! officially no. 3 in MY!!
So shy, Toyota can overtake Proton despite Proton getting all the Government orders and help.
Top-15 passenger car brands:
1. Perodua**
2. Honda
3. Toyota
4. Proton**
5. Nissan
6. Mercedes
7. Mazda
8. BMW
9. Volkswagen
10. Subaru
11. Mitsubishi
12. Kia
13. Hyundai
14. Peugeot
15. Lexus/ Volvo
Where is John, he says Toyota sales are like water fall.
Today I see, Toyota doing so well. The jump in sales in unbelievable!!!!
Toyota and Jepunis is surely doing so well…..
Yeah it is show off deals to tell villagers they have made it in cities. After Raya got many been towed off. Banks should put stricter regulations to loan jepunis car buyers
Toyota jump from 2000 to nearly 11,500. I really want to see john face now
Most showrooms sold out already. No more stocks in Q3
Perghh Toyota laku kerass
UMW,come Sept after SST introduction,if u can achieve such sterling sales,I quit this forum .
A tax holiday is never a true indication of routine sales.
Actually Toyota is a reliable and trusted brand with a reliable after sales service.The only problem is UMW is a PREMIUM PRICE LEADER with skeleton specs.
The car with the most quality is the biggest winner!!!!
Hidup Toyota!!!
I cannot see any quality on its takata airbags, it is fatal
Only the passenger car like Vios becomes dominant sales not because it is good but because it is cheaper to own. The rest of line up are not so saleable even corolla sales is like dead.
On the commercial side , it is only Hilux and the body van that sells which is more than Vios. If Toyota commercial sales is down HABISLAH. Toyota.
The people had spoken the facts . It is not Toyota is good quality but still worried over New Takata air bags danger and issue again still.
Proton may have power window problem of the past but that had been rectified nowadays which is still safer with no issue air bags unlike all Japanese cars using and fixing with TAkata air bags.
Toyota is never the trusted brand when it comes to telling the truth.
Toyota sales jumped because most of Honda cars were fully booked through next quarter. So some customers had no choice but to buy Toyota to enjoy this tax-free period
I guess Japanese cars have proven that it is the No 1 choice in Malaysia
Kesian bashers who bash Japanese cars all the time.
The people have spoken
Please I am one of the people who does not need you to speak for me.
I hate Japanese cars especially Toyota and Honda.
I do not why but just that I hate both of these Japanese brands.
lol Audi, no gst lexus Volvo all pick up , only u forever irrelevant
466% increase in sales can only mean one thing, Toyota is truly a trusted brand in Malaysia
Malaysians trust Toyota and Perodua. This is why both have sales so strong. Perodua uses Toyota engine. For RM50k, you get a Perodua with a Toyota Vios engine in it!!!
True Audi sales is a lame duck nowadays.
Frankly most Audi design are rather Dull and boring couple with russian dolls effect across its line up.
IAudi will be lucky if they can sell overall 400 units this year otherwise Audi please close shop fast in Malaysia to avoid further losses.
Your car brand is not appreciated by most Malaysian middle class
Huge congrats to UMW Toyota on their spectacular sales last month. I cannot recall the last time UMWT surpassed Honda Malaysia’s monthly sales. Or when UMWT cracked the 10,000 monthly sales mark.
Special congrats to Bermaz Mazda, VPCM Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz Malaysia too. Most of the other companies also did reasonably well.
Unlike the rest, Perodua’s sales didn’t surge because they have limited stock for certain models, especially the new Myvi. But unlike certain companies, Perodua will not rush production and compromise quality control in favour of short term sales. Perodua is in it for the long-term. Unfortunately, that could mean a 3 or 4 month waiting list for new buyers. But as they say, good things come to those who wait.
June 2014
MY Total – 58,561
Perodua – 16,814
Proton – 10,060
June 2015
MY Total – 57,737
Perodua – 16,475
Proton – 9,267
June 2016
MY Total – 57,358
Perodua – 20,044
Proton – 6,961
June 2017
MY Total – 50,275
Perodua – 17,821
Proton – 7,225
June 2018
MY Total – 64,502
Perodua – 19,611
Proton – 6,173
Top sales Lexus, Toyota and VW. Tells you what people really want to buy when they are given a good choice and deal. Not Honda, Perodua or others. Does this reflect the true buyer? Yes it does!
Actually real buyers want to buy Toyota and VW. Only thing is offer not good enough. So when the price is right, every body rush to buy.
more like honda, perodua no more stock, customers go to other brands. brands who is not selling well before this are clearing old stock that that couldnt sell before this.
contrary to what you said, consumer now no choice actually. alot brands no stock.
If that was the case, given the best chance to buy a car in Malaysia history, all Toyota stocks would have been cleared in June, and YTD total would surpass Honda’s. Lexus’s would surpass Mers/BMW, etc.
Why don’t you call both Perodua and Honda SA now, check if they still have stock of popular models before the tax holiday ends?
By the way, these two brands do not offer commercial vehicles like Toyota does.
Get your fact straight and stop being a fanboy ;)
Everybody is laughing in Toyota. They say in PT got resident basher always bash Toyota kaw kaw but sales in Toyota gone up so much. So how come?
Everybody buys Perodua because it uses a Toyota engine inside. It is a trusted brand.
Between Daihatsu Terious (Perodua SUV) VS Geely Boyue……which do you think Malaysians trust more?
1) Toyota is sold in over 200 countries worldwide so Perodua is safe here.
2) Geely is sold mainly in China. Hardly sold anywhere in the world
Guys, some of the percentage calculations are wrong. For example Mazda’s %. Please check back.
“Harga barang boleh turun kerana GST!” – Ahmad Maslan
Yet sales only increase when no more GST. BN want PH to apologise to rakyat? BN should apologise to rakyat!
Why should Ahmad Maslan apologize? A quick search of PT articles after GST was implemented did show a decrease in car prices. So in essence he was correct.
This increase is because you remove taxes but didn’t replace it. Psychologically people will buy now to beat the SST introduction. Just you watch when SST is introduced, the sales number will drop again.
A quick search of PT articles after GST was abolished, did show a stonking 50% increase in car sales.
Price dropped yet sales also dropped. Check TIV since 2015, it keeps dropping thanks to GST, people focus their resources elsewhere.
And don’t “but perodua, honda, merc, bmw pecah sales record”, yes they did, yet overall TIV still dropped. So the few who still buy are more conservative and stick to those brands only, the rest fell of the cliff.
Btw, price drop thanks to GST was a scam. Toyota even raised their price! Perodua meanwhile showed recently that if they sell rm60k car during GST, it will cost rm62k if SST. Yet I checked on 1 April 2015, the cloaest to such scenario was Alza 1.5 Adv which only dropped price by rm95 lel.
So perodua saved rm2k going SST to GST, pocketed rm1.9k into their pocket, then mudah puas hati people syukur harga turun less than rm100 lel.
Car price may increase during SST, but I’d expect sales will pick up from before tax holiday started. Since SST is narrow scope, people’s cost of living will not increase, or even drop as businesses replenish stocks, now cheaper with no GST, it will take time to adjust. As SST collects rm20bil less than GST, that’s rm20bil being circulated in the market for the people. So even if car price will get a bit pricier, people have more money and can spend more.
All go up, except P2, bro tokmoh. Lolololololol!
Proton up, Volvo up, a glorious day for Geely empire!
Perodua should be worried, be very, very worried muahahahaha.
Can you explain to us why Toyota jump 6X? You often say Toyota is lousy. Looks like fake news again
Volvo and Audi can close shop with this type of sales result
So goes for Lexus to close shop much faster than Volvo since overall sales Volvo is more than Lexus( to close shop) , Audi (the worst) , Renault, Jaguar, land Rover , Mini (to close shop) and Porsche ( to close shop)
So Miss Tokmok , for all we know you are just a Dumb Ass …spreading Fake News.
WHAT!!?? Perodua sales down last month? This must be incorrect as number one TIN-MILO car maker must always be increasing their sales, not drop… Must recalculate again MoT
But still Peloton punya sales cant get any closer to Perodua’s, even if Perodua’s sales dropped 50%
Lolz! Hahahaha! Agree 100%
For Perodua buyers…the GST exemption is not significant saving for them to rush to buy..lol..They are actually rich! ..rich ppl drive small cars
Perodua capacity already almost maxed out so no significant increase. And some customers decided to ‘upgrade’ to a non-national car instead during this tax-free period
Nope. Upgrade if previously P2. ‘upgrade’ if previously P1. Jepunis cars handling is terrible.
No no no. This can’t be happening that Toyota +466%, Mazda +1,458% & Lexus +3,166%. If we read PT.org daily, U will notice all 3 manufacturer received bad publicity/bashing.
How can this happen !! Maybe those who buy Mazda, Toyota & Lexus don’t read PT.org !!
It’s quite easy. Those that top the sales chart monthly wouldn’t have much leftovers. Those that were struggling earlier can thank PH for reducing gst to 0%. If you’re going to save 6~10K, you’ll have much more choice, even going for cold brands like VW, Renault, Mazda or Koreans that have unsold older stocks.
Nonsense
Perodua and Honda already no stock. Waiting list until 1st september in which they will need to pay SST by then. Thats why ppl move to other brands. Toyota got tons of vios rusting in the storage yard which buyers can get almost instantly. Same for Lexus biscuit. Just go to the showrooms and see for yourself.
ha ha ha, the famous anti toyota troll is hiding today
True these type ignorance and less intelligent buyers listen by word of mouths without doing any research before buying.
Later on complains with eyes without tears.
July will see the charts drop like flies because they have no more vehicles to sell and the trend will continue until the end of the year. Same goes for vehicle tinting sales too.
Similar lineup of vehicles on sale, only longer waiting list.
In the meanwhile, proton still bersorak for 50% sales increase in relation to their puny number of cars sold.
Pipu buy P2 because it is cheap not because it is good
Wow lexus 196.from 6 thats impressive.
Wow!! Proton dropped to 4th place after Perodua, Honda and Toyota!! Bravo!!
TRD
Toyota Rakitan Daihatsu (perodua)