Malaysian vehicle sales data for July 2018 by brand

Malaysian vehicle sales data for July 2018 by brand

Vehicle sales in the country climbed for a second month running as a result of the goods and services tax (GST) rate being set at 0% for three months until SST returns on September 1.

Consumers continued to shop for cars like it was going out of fashion, resulting in 68,465 units being sold in July, an increase of 6% or 3,963 units from the 64,502 units managed in June. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) reported that July recorded the second highest monthly TIV ever achieved in the history of the local automotive industry, just a shade short of the 69,371 unit record set in December 2015.

Here’s a quick breakdown of how most brands peformed in July. Unlike June, in which just about everything had a green arrow, it was a case of more downs than ups on an individual brand basis, despite the increase in overall numbers.

Perodua was one of the rare brands in which sales dipped in June, but it snapped back in July with a 21.5% increase. Second-placed Honda’s numbers also went up by 12.2%, while Nissan also managed a 9.8% improvement. Of the top players, the highest gain made in July was by Proton, with a 31.2% increase from June.

The rest of the passenger car field saw sales dip in July – for many companies, the movement of ready stock would have surged in June, and with demand rapidly exceeding supply, inventory would have been severely curbed and nowhere close enough to allow the pace to be maintained. Mazda looked like one of these – despite managing 1,200 vehicles in July, sales dipped by 20.7% compared to June. Similarly, Toyota was down by 20.5%.

Sales of premium vehicles also reflected this pattern, and following the spike in June Mercedes (-10.7%), BMW (-14.4%), Volvo (-14.8%), Lexus (-46.4%) saw a dip in monthly numbers. Audi’s sales figures, meanwhile, were not available.

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Malaysian vehicle sales data for July 2018 by brand

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  • “Of the top players, the highest gain made in July was by Proton, with a 31.2% increase from June.” Lolz!

    Meanwhile, Toyota got -20% & Lexus got -46%. Double lolz!

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    • Pilihanraya Kalah Teruk on Aug 21, 2018 at 11:12 am

      Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.

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      • Akoolm on Aug 21, 2018 at 11:50 am

        P1 macai still in delusion mode.
        P1 sales 400% worse then P2. Lols.

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        • Volvo fans on Aug 22, 2018 at 10:58 am

          Omg. What happen to Volvo and Peugeot? VW continue to perform at same category

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          • Audi Fans on Aug 23, 2018 at 12:09 pm

            What the heck!

            Audi sales is totally dead in Malaysia which is trailing behind Lexus and Porsche sales. In return ,Lexus and Porsche sales are trailing behind Peugeot and Volvo sales already.

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          • PV Summary on Sep 26, 2018 at 2:47 pm

            Top-15 passenger car brands:
            1. Perodua**
            2. Honda
            3. Proton**
            4. Toyota
            5. Nissan
            6. Mercedes
            7. BMW
            8. Mazda
            9. Volkswagen
            10. Subaru
            11. Kia
            12. Mitsubishi
            13. Hyundai
            14. Peugeot
            15. Volvo

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      • MIB III on Aug 21, 2018 at 1:17 pm

        Proton will be stealing from Honda Sales because Honda Service quality and Customer Care are lousy. Even Honda Assembly models quality also very lousy. It means that Malaysian is cheated by Honda Malaysia

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      • John Baoteng on Aug 21, 2018 at 8:29 pm

        2018 Jan-July car sales: Toyota 40k units vs Proton 35k units…

        Alamak apa sudah jadi Proton?? How to hit target 300k by yr 2020??

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        • Monada on Sep 07, 2018 at 3:17 pm

          Toyota car sales only 28k. 40k total with commercial vehicles.

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    • rizal on Aug 21, 2018 at 11:23 am

      Got myself whole brand new Proton Saga 1.3Premium due to zero GST. Saved 1 year worth of car instalment. Many thanks to Pakatan gov, Lolzz!!

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    • 4th place is not considered top. Sports also give medal to 1st, 2nd and 3rd only. People don’t celebrate 4th place, what’s more caught using steroid.

      Btw, others has exhausted all their stocks while Proton still have full yard of stocks.

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      • Wow, people just saying Proton had the highest % increase in sales enough to trigger this unstable guy to talk about 4th place no medal lah, use steroid lah. Take a chill pill, dude.

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        • No worries bro. He just worried why others sales r increase but his went down. Somemore if this continues to final month then Toyota whole year sales will go down compared to to others. Hes trembling with fear cuz once this is over, Boyue will next come it to gip P1 second wind in its sails(sales), so dun mind him.

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          • 12yrsold john on Aug 21, 2018 at 3:21 pm

            Why should imoa worried? He is not an owner of any car company. He is just merely stating facts.

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          • You have been saying the same thing since iriz, ertiga, perdana…. people won’t buy a China car, worst if it’s Proton made China car.

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          • Toyota no fan on Aug 21, 2018 at 6:09 pm

            Obviously Toyota depends on commercial vehicles for sales number

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        • Albert Yong on Aug 21, 2018 at 2:52 pm

          john is the No 1 fake news spreader for past 3 years.

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          • Engineer on Aug 21, 2018 at 5:16 pm

            You mean like how you claimed that Ertiga was sold in Japan? We clearly know who the fake news purveyor is, and it’s definitely NOT john!

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      • Lets See on Aug 21, 2018 at 12:49 pm

        This is a car site. It is not a steroids site. You want to talk about steroids go to that site.

        Here we talk about cars (& motors).

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      • Zakaria Abdul Majid on Aug 21, 2018 at 1:17 pm

        Toyota sales again beat Proton. Cannot bilip this. Toyota is so expensive also yet, Malaysians try hard to get a Toyota instead of a cheaper Proton

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        • Albert's Fake News Pvt Ltd on Aug 21, 2018 at 2:28 pm

          Honda sales again beat Toyota. Cannot bilip this. Honda is more expensive than Toyota also yet, Malaysians try hard to get a Honda instead of a cheaper Toyota.

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        • Monti on Aug 21, 2018 at 4:14 pm

          Toyota includes commercial vehicles such as truck, lorry. Just count passenger cars only lah

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          • That’s right! Purely on passenger car sales, it far trails Proton.

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          • Oh.. Proton can do the same by selling more bicycle.
            Commercial or not, those are vehicles and they are making money. Their sales are not only higher than Proton in Malaysia but also higher than all your Geely companies combined. Eat your heart out. Hahahaha

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  • Wow despite selling 8k this no th, Proton still trails behind Perodua and Toyota and Honda proton used to be the 1st now it has became 4th. By next year it will become 5th.

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    • P1 got no waterfall sales unlike Toyota. Lolz!

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      • Of course Proton no waterfall. It already fell to the bottom.

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        • Then the only way is to go up and up, like Superman!

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        • tokmoh. on Aug 21, 2018 at 3:56 pm

          So the worst is almost over.

          From here on, the country will know the might of Geely! Dread it, run from it. Destiny still arrives!

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          • Heard it with Mitsu lancer, Suzuki, Honda… sama je. Those big brands also cannot help you. What jack a China brand can do? This is not mobile phone or power bank that most in Shenzhen can do.

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      • halloha560 on Aug 22, 2018 at 8:23 am

        Bro by the time next year, you won’t never see Waterfall Sales for Toyota Sales, Proton Sales, Mazda Sales anymore

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  • Ben Yap on Aug 21, 2018 at 9:41 am

    Honda placing number 2 yo… i told you, many malaysians dream own the car that powers your dream.

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    • Shouldnt buy Honda on Aug 21, 2018 at 12:59 pm

      Dear Malaysian, there are reason why people shouldn’t buy Honda models in Malaysia. It is because Honda Malaysia is an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition. Moreover, Honda Service is very terrible as proven by JD Power Malaysia Customer Service Index (http://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/jd-power-2017-malaysia-customer-service-index-csi-study) – [take note that Proton and Perodua JD Power Malaysia Customer Service Index will improve in the next few years]. Furthermore, there are also having problem about faulty part for some Honda models. I am Civic owner, I just bought it last year. After one year, there is also having problem about my Civic. EPS (Electonic Power Steering) got problem. Also when I drive at the low speed, I heard that there is a crackling noise from Drive Shaft and also Relay on/off for more than 10 times in 1 second which gives problem. Therefore, as I went in to the Honda showroom, Honda people didn’t greet me. This shows that Honda Customer Care is very terrible as well. This is actually why Malaysian is cheated by Honda Malaysia

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      • dugongx on Aug 22, 2018 at 4:12 am

        Ah Shaddap la toyota salesman. If you stop trolling here and start serving your potential customers maybe you stand a chance to beat proton. If no mega sales you would even lose to nissan

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        • Dugongx Fake News Sdn Bhd on Aug 22, 2018 at 8:46 am

          Ah Shaddap la Honda salesman. Do you know that it is the good truth of what he says. But I think you are actually bashing Toyota, Proton, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Nissan. And many people have detected that you are Honda Salesman

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  • Mikey on Aug 21, 2018 at 9:44 am

    Yawn ZZZ. Boring lah. Why P2 always No1?!

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  • 12yrsold john on Aug 21, 2018 at 9:47 am

    How come Toyota beat P1 for the 2nd month??

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    • kzm (Member) on Aug 21, 2018 at 12:10 pm

      Commercial vehicle save Toyota..look at table.. Toyota oni sell 6k car, p1 8k car last month

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      • Yup. Basher conveniently ignored that. Remove the commercial vehicles and Toyota straight get 4th place medal.

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      • 12yrsold on Aug 21, 2018 at 3:25 pm

        Should ask MAA to exclude commercial vehicles from the list then Right!

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        • Open ur eyes, its right there. Just see column for Passenger Vehicles.

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  • tokmoh. on Aug 21, 2018 at 9:52 am

    Proton, Geely > all

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  • Haidi on Aug 21, 2018 at 9:54 am

    What happen to Toyota?!

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    • Their salesmen spent too much time crowing about their huge sales the month b4 and too much time come here to bash other brands, that they forgot to maintain the momentum. So it waterfalls while others increased.

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      • Pilihanraya Kalah Teruk on Aug 21, 2018 at 12:03 pm

        UMW never beg bailouts from Malaysian Government. This is something Toyota owners is proud off. No tongkat

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  • kevin on Aug 21, 2018 at 10:15 am

    Audi 0? No sales at all?

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    • Hafriz Shah (Member) on Aug 21, 2018 at 10:38 am

      Audi sales figures were not available to the MAA. No reasons were given.

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      • Victor on Aug 21, 2018 at 11:51 pm

        Most probably Audi sales figures are bad to avoid disappointment for their fanboys

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    • BM Merc Not Audi Lexus on Aug 21, 2018 at 1:28 pm

      Should be trade secret, lol…

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  • Otosan on Aug 21, 2018 at 10:34 am

    Audi shy to reveal sales figures ?

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    • Audi-DRB Malaysia dealership taken over by Audi Singapore. So they are making some changes to the management team also. Maybe thats why.

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      • bavaria on Aug 21, 2018 at 2:53 pm

        Audi mega 4S showroom in Setia Alam sprucing up nicely, powered by Rimau International.

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        • Audi No Rv on Aug 21, 2018 at 11:56 pm

          Just not building 4S showroom make sure Audi can sell and be accepted by Malaysian otherwise this sort of investment will generate very little return.. no matter how grand the showroom is

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  • seancorr (Member) on Aug 21, 2018 at 12:33 pm

    Everyone else went down as they don’t have the stock to sell. August sales data will be bleak.

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  • Sam 'Ohwai' Loo on Aug 21, 2018 at 1:14 pm

    Middle of the year months are always extra high, somemore with tax holiday. This is because the abang abang need to show they got ‘luxury’ Ponda and Toyotaik or other new car (esp. new jamban Poodua) when they balik kampung. This is to show the kampong folks they have done very well in the Bandar and their migration from kampung was worth it.

    This is a well known fact. Ask any banker and they will tell you, 1 month before Raya or other festive season, sales are very high and the banker will tell you, it is to berlagak tak ingat dunia when going back to kampung.

    Mark my words, after 3 – 6 month, as with the other years for the past few years, car repo guy also no time to rest as there will be lots of tarik balik and it will be sky high in this year or two.

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  • Same L0rr on Aug 21, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    Toyota better tha Proton. Good RV.

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  • Amran on Aug 21, 2018 at 4:16 pm

    Cant bilip. Proton just can sold 35k unit oni. But Perodua make money sold 141k oredi..

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  • Happy on Aug 21, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    Can’t believe that out of the top 5 brands, Toyota is the only one registering negative sales. Something must be seriously wrong in there.

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    • Fareed on Aug 22, 2018 at 12:07 am

      Apa lagi Toyota mahu dengan Dinosaur Technology dijual dengan harga yang lebih tinggi berbanding dengan kenderaan jenama lain (yang lebih tinggi teknologi di jual dgn harga lebih murah dan berpatutan.

      — Sudah pasti Waterfall Sales untuk jualan Toyota.

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  • wilson smith on Aug 22, 2018 at 9:13 am

    china took control of proton, next it will be perodua. we european are very concern about the chinese, koreans and japanese taking over our businesses. We are not concern about other Asian countries because they are too weak, backward and slow but these three we have to monitor carefully.

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  • Same L0rr on Aug 23, 2018 at 7:46 am

    Proton 8 models sale 35k units plus gov buy. Perodua 4 models, sale 140k units with no gov buy… wth Proton?

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