As has been traditionally the case, February has never been an outstanding month for vehicle sales, and so it was again this year. The short working month and the Chinese New Year holiday period made for a slow month, with just 39,838 vehicles delivered, an 18% reduction (or 8,612 units) from January.
Here’s a quick breakdown on how most brands performed last month. Most brands saw lower numbers last month, including eight of the top 10. Market leader Perodua (-14.3%) as well as second-placed Honda (-20.2%) and third-placed Proton (-23.0%) all saw a drop in volume, as did the likes of Nissan (-44.8%) and Mazda (-56.6%).
Other companies that saw a drop in numbers were Mitsubishi (-42.0%), Volkswagen (-53.1%), Hyundai (-61.5%) and Renault (-69.8%). Among the few brands that had cause to cheer in February were Toyota (+49.7%) and BMW (+5.6%).
The latter was the only one having a strong showing in the premium segment – the soft month for Mercedes-Benz (-44.5%) sees it just ahead by a whisker in YTD volume terms, but there’s still a long way to go, of course. Elsewhere, it was also a softer month for Volvo (-11.9%).
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Proton only 5283?? OMG OMG OMG. That is more or less same as last year Feb
What happened to all the hoo haa and glamour of the Proton X70? Fanboys say got 21,000 sold etc???
Super stronk sales of Toyota Camry & G20 Bmw 3Series made other carmaker Green of envy.
…green WITH envy…
Copy paste: “Perodua only 17249?? OMG OMG OMG. That is more or less same as last year Feb
What happened to all the hoo haa and glamour of the Perodua Aruz? Fanboys say got 30,000 sold etc???”
Without x70 they gonna close shop d
Can u see the increase in Toyota sales!! more and more people buy my toyota cars. high class, high RV, reliable, etc…
u can never go wrong with a Toyota! honda is for ah bengs.
Looks like Ah Bengs have more following since Honda is out-selling Toyotas 2 to 1. UMW not doing a good job. In other countries Toyotas outsell Hondas.
I only see falling Toyota sales.
1000 Toyota SA bought the new Vios, bravo.
Toyota only 7.8k??? OMG OMG OMG.
Proton got 12.1k already.
You are the definition of Ignorance.
Proton’s 6 months hype already over. Usually any new car launch, by 6 months, the car will sizzle down. No more hot.
From now on, Proton sales will be very biasa only for X70
21,000 waiting list now extended to over 25,000 is hype already over? Err okay. Some kids haven’t learned the meaning of “hype”, “already”, “over”. I understand.
There is no point to explain the concept of supply and demand to a kindergarten level mentality.
P2Nissan Salesman Detected
Should have been 9283 with the help of x70, no?
25000 units booking already. U still can Hoo Haa
Where are all the Proton fanboys who action saying Proton got 21,000 orders?
Yes, 21,000 orders for Proton X70 but super bad sales for Persona, Saga, Iriz and Exora
End of the day, back to square one. Can Proton really make money???
Time for Paul Tan to show us the Profit and Loss accounts of Proton
The 2019 Alliance of Volvo Mercedes and Proton.
Copy paste: “Where are all the Perodua fanboys who action saying Perodua got 30,000 orders?
Yes, 30,000 orders for Perodua Aruz but so many has cancelled after hearing all the bad quality defects from Aruz owners.
End of the day, back to square one. Can Perodua really be allowed to make money for their Japanese bosses without caring for their car owners???
Time for Paul Tan to show us the how much Profits were repatriated back to Japan to make Japan richer”
Toyota Sales are so good!!!!! Touching close to Proton !!!!
https://paultan.org/2017/03/21/more-than-70-of-local-university-grads-choose-to-buy-foreign-vehicles-rather-than-the-national-car-proton/
Last year Proton sold less than 60,000 cars. It was losing money.
This year, Proton must sell how many cars to make money?? I think at least 120,000 – 150,000??
1 sale of X70 equals to Porfit gained by selling 8 Saga.
It does not matter to Proton, as long as X70 is selling well.
You can see how bias it is. It is carrying more report about Geely & Lynx, cars that has no present in the country then cars sold here. For eg, Toyota Yaris pricing has come out but you don’t see any post about it here.
You just noticed bro? This has been going on for months and years.
Hik,hik,hik…
Take a deep breath…have a drink of cold water.
I know its hard to accept that people are buying China cars more than the ‘usual’ cars.
I understand its hard to accept at first. Dont worry, the cycle will be like this : Bashing – state of denial – syok sendiri – roll over and die.
Unless therr is a ‘realise and change’ in the cycle.
Last year feb, Proton earn 3857 x RM1k = RM 3.85 million. This year feb, Proton earn (2460 x RM1k) + (2823 x RM10k) = RM 30.69 million
Time for P2 to show us how much profits were sent back to Jepun for 30 years.
Toyota Bmw = GR Supra!
Toyota so expensive also yet sales are nearly SAME SAME as Proton!
At least last year, whatever profit Proton made went to Proton itself. This year, whatever Proton X70 sales made, all profits go back to China completely because car is CBU China made
I don’t mind sending money back to China because we know they will use it to develop Proton further. They will also make Proton R&D as the hub for vehicle research here.
We gave money back to Japan for 30 years and what did we get? Still the same lousy cars that Japan don’t use. I went to Japan and I never seen a single Rush anywhere that I traveled. Why is Japan treating us like second class human beings?
Early days yet to see any trend, what with some new launches coming.
The only sure bet is P2 will continue to be volume leader due to the cheap/affordable pricing.
So Audi really close shop alr?
Like getting a car here, paying taxes also inevitable.
Perodua sales is 3X Proton…..where is the PRoton X70 magic? Worn out?
Perodua sell more only mean more profits goes back to Japan. 100% of Perodua profit goes back to Japan. I wonder if Perodua is making any money?
Can someone compare the February 2019’s sales data with February’s previous years data? Just wondering whether the current Malaysia’s poor economy is having any impact on vehicle sales.
Feb only 800 plus pax bought Rush, Fortuner, C-HR and Harrier. Toyota can make money or close shop soon?
where is audi?
Where is Haval.
where is audi? Never sell any car last month ah?
Audi still hv stock from 2016 A4
CPI down, lelong housing new height, hold on tight…It’s.coming
Nissan, Mitsubishi and Ford could have closed shop if not for their pick up trucks.
Which dealer is still selling Chevrolet?
This is main reason why our resident troll have so much free time to spend here trolling in every news article. His Nissan sales are doing so badly yet he still doesn’t care.
Go go go Perodua..
17249 units x RM10000 profit = RM172 million. Earn so much of money!!!
What happened to Audi??