It was another solid 12 months for Perodua last year, with the national carmaker reporting that it sold 227,243 units in 2018, its best-ever yearly sales performance. This is a 10.9% – or 22,343 unit – increase over the 204,900 units it managed in 2017, the improvement in numbers brought about by the strong performance of the Myvi and the three-month tax holiday when GST became zero-rated.
The company is expecting 2019 to be an even better year, projecting a marginal 1.7% increase to 231,000 units, with the push continuing through the Myvi and the recently-introduced Aruz SUV.
“Perodua’s aim to boost its sales this year will not only strengthen the brand but offer some relief to the Malaysian car industry, which is forecast to grow very minimally this year,” said newly-appointed Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.
He added that the company has collected nearly 5,700 bookings for the Aruz since order-taking for the SUV began on January 3, a good jump from the 2,200 bookings reported on January 15 “Given that our sales target is 2,500 units monthly, the figure is very encouraging indeed,” he said.
In terms of specifics, it was no surprise that the Myvi was Perodua’s best-selling model last year, with 82,122 units registered out of 117,844 booked over the course of the year.
The automaker also revealed that from its November 2017 launch to date, the Myvi’s numbers have exceeded 91,500 registrations and 147,000 bookings. Meanwhile, the Axia, Bezza and Alza – which was given a facelift last year – contributed 70,821, 49,911 and 24,389 units to the 2018 total.
In terms of production, over 219,000 vehicles rolled out of the Perodua Manufacturing and Perodua Global Manufacturing plants last year, and the company says it is aiming to better that figure by 10.5%, to 242,000 vehicles, in 2019.
The carmaker is also expecting to increase its component purchases by 20% from RM5 billion last year to RM6 billion this year. This is in line with the demand expected in 2019 and will directly benefit local automotive suppliers.
After-sales also set new records last year, with an increase in service intakes being among these. In 2018, it accomplished 2.17 million intakes compared to 2.1 million the year before, making for a three percent increase.
The sales of parts and accessories also increased, with RM320.8 million managed in 2018, a 11% increase from the RM288.5 million registered the year before. Its body & paint and pre-owned vehicle businesses also saw growth.
“After-sales is just as important as sales to us, as it sustains us in this ever-competitive market. We want to improve in this area further as it is with customer care that we will be able to further strengthen our brand in this country,” Zainal added.
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Still no shame. Selling more unsafe cars is just that, selling more unsafe cars. It’s the car users that have to risk their lives and limbs using a Perodua car since their cars are lacking in many safety items. This is more evidently that their best sellers, Axia, Bezza & Alza are the most unsafest of them all. This is not something to toot your horn. Please instead give safer cars to your customers.
227,243 but none can achieve their claimed fuel consumption of 20km/L. I wonder, what else are they not telling the truth.
20KM/L for their test drive most likely is for testing that they performed on speed below 90KM/H. It may be around 70/80KM/H in city drive. Any speed more than 90KM/H will not able to achieve 20KM/L. Even Paul Tan has conducted the test on highway with speed 110KM/H for 400KM test drive, it can achieve approximately 17KM/L. Hence for specification that claimed by the manufacturer, please take it as a pinch of salt, as its test drive depends a log of different factors, for eg. road surface, speed test, distance test and also driver’s habit. If you have a heavy foot who likes to accelerate, don’t ever think you can achieve the claimable distance with a same 1 litre of petrol.
Never trust manufacturer claimed data. Based on fuelly.com:
bezza = 16.2km/l
axia = 15.4km/l
new myvi = 13.7km/l
new saga = 11.9km/l (mine achieved 12.5km/l)
iriz = 11.9km/l
new persona = 9.9km/l
They selling in heavily protected market, and rebadging Daihatsu, noting to be proud of, anyone can be CEO and sales up every year coz P1 helping them by being mediocre
227,243 P2 owners made the wrong choice.
Our resident BN cybertrooper john today malu. Don’t know what to say.
See how well Perodua has done. Japanese workers work hard. Malaysians in Perodua also follow Japanese work ethics. All work hard
No such thing as goyang kaki, lepak, tuang kerja, MC, rilaks and tengok awek kilang.
The Aruz already beating Proton. Proton very scared to announce their cancellation figures.
Can Proton pls tell us how many people cancelled orders for the X70? So senyap. Thousands of people have already cancelled their orders for X70 to buy the Aruz
That is why Proton pandai pandai said only 2000 has been delivered.
How come? Got thousands of Boyue in the yard in China cannot be sold according to Reuters and Bloomberg. So supply is no problem.
Perodua….time to change name to Pertama.Perodua is Jurassic now.
Where is the fake news king who always tell us P2 is not doing well and P1 sales are higher than P2?
This same guy told us Malysia has the cheapest petrol in the world and cheapest car prices in the world.
Waiting for the jealous guy who talks about axle coming out
If this is true, why sales of P2 cars are so good and high? There are 1.5 mil Myvis running on our roads no problem
Perodua is 6 months sold 100,000 Myvi. Proton in 6 months sold 3000 Iriz only.
So much for the fake news that Iriz is better than Myvi. The rakyat has spoken. 100,000 people cannot be wrong. I rather believe 100,000 people than 1 frutrated keyboard warrior with 20 dupes
Perodua makes us feel so proud. Even in Indonesia, people have a high regard for our Perodua car
True that! In Indonesia, pipu there always praise Perodua for redesigning their current daihatsu cars into a better one and adding more featutes with cheaper price. Meanwhile Proton sales in Indonesia is ranked the last. Can not sell 10 units of Iriz even with the cheapest price in it’s segment. So malu john! Proton jaguh kampung only
Ya ya give the money to Japanese make you proud.
You can choose buy proton and money to mainlander also..
You are proud for unsafe cars endangering road users lives? Do you work in Nirvana by any chance?
Millions of Perodua owners testify it is a safe car. Only 1 keyboard warrior say otherwise. Looks fake news to me
You only see how much they sell. Above are telling you how unsafe their cars are, so sales number doesn’t mean anything only that more unsafe cars are on the road. If this is how Perodua treats their customers, then you should be shameful.
Millions of Perodua owners already moving to underground garage. Only YB Kunta Kinte still alive because he didn’t own Perodua car. Hot news to me.
At least Perodua does not sell 50% of its company for only RM170 million and losses Lotus and loses RM5 billion Shah Alam land
Proton now does not have Lotus and does not have its RM5 bil Shah Alam land. Sold both including 50% of Proton for a mere RM170 mil
2019 Proton Iriz RM55k
2019 Perodua Myvi RM55k
In 2022, three years later you sell
Proton Iriz can get RM21k
Perodua Myvi can get RM41k
this is why people buy Perodua. China car even worse. Expect the X70 from Rm123k in 2019 to be RM43k in 2022. This is based on Haval prices in Malaysia and its RV
Can or not oh another 4% jump this year? Don’t forget the baseline in 2018 was artificially high due to tax holiday… I put 50 dollar on the table u will miss target given the poor market outlook for next couple of yrs kaka
Aruz – 40k
Myvi – 80k
Axia – 60k
Bezza – 40k
Alza – 10k
Shhh… some people here jealous their china brand can’t even get it up… to a third of our proud national carmaker P2’s annual sales. Syiok sendiri buat prediction tak masuk akal.
Congrats perodua
Won’t happen, 2019 will be less than 200k. Probably 180k to 190k.
Record this statement until next year.
Nop u r wrong. It gonna be 250k this year. Myvi is all time rakyat favourite car now. Sibling in 1 family even buy 2-3 myvi. Record this statement until next 5 years.
5 years? You are no longer exist that time.
Axia sales alone more than Proton total sales. Bravo Perodua!!
Bcoz its cheap.
kapchai sales alone more than Axia total sales. Bravo consumers!
Well what bashet gonna say now?
Pipu buy p2 coz it is cheap not because it is good
i thot saga lagi cheaper? i otak kosong la… huna la sikit… nanti rosak bro
What is there to brag about this?? Only shows that most people are forced to get P2. Let’s be honest here, ALL Malaysian bash P1 for the reason that car prices are high, but if they were to be equal to all parts of the world, P2 will not even sell as well. Don’t get me wrong, I am an avid P2 supporter, but there are times we need to not cross the pathetic line. In other words, this post is like bragging “Oh look how poor most Malaysians are by our sales figure! 1% is from brand loyalty, 99% is from low income earners!”
P1 bashers are toyota/p2 suppoters and salesmen
This is calculated, educated and practical forecast. Unlike some that predict to have 200K sales from 50K.
Perodua will outsell Proton. Aruz will outsell X70.
You lot are stating the bloody obvious. Fanbois are so shallow.
Hey, Malaysian Champion, how many units did you export in 2018? By export I don’t mean shipping of rebadged cars to Daihatsu Indonesia.
Past record show less than 200 units
Number speaks it self.. Perodua is the best
Ya, Toyota passenger cars are lousy. Number speaks itself.
Yup. Numbers never lies..
Yes. Boon Siew Honda must be best of the best because their numbers never lie too.
Toyota is the worst, number speaks itself.
5700 ppls will regret after saw X50 launch in Malaysia.
It all started with kancil….Built a right model FIR the targeted market
Hi Anthony Lim, did you know what the different Datuk and Dato before you write this article. Or you just copy paste/recycle from other sourcing.