Perodua has announced it has begun exports to another new market, the brand making its debut in the Seychelles with the official introduction of the Axia in the capital, Victoria, yesterday. The brand’s distributor in the republic, which consists of an archipelago of 115 islands off East Africa, is SF Hybrid Motors.
Four variants of the Axia are available in the Seychelles, a baseline Standard E MT, Standard G AT, SE and AV, priced at a promotional rate of 235,000 (RM71,500), 265,000 (RM80,600), 275,000 (RM83,700) and 290,000 (RM88,300) Seychellois rupees respectively. The cars sold in the republic come with a three-year/100,000 km warranty.
The Axia, which was facelifted in 2017, is powered by a 1KR-VE 1.0 litre three-cylinder engine offering 67 hp at 6,000 rpm and 91 Nm at 4,400 rpm. It’s paired with a five-speed manual transmission in the E and a four-speed automatic on the rest of the model range.
Seychelles becomes the second African export market for the automaker after Mauritius, where it has been present since 1996. Perodua Sales MD Datuk Zahari Husin said the automaker was excited about the potential of its latest export market, saying that its popularity as a tourist destination will open more export opportunities through brand exposure.
“The Seychelles offers a good opportunity for us to expose our brand to people of various nationalities who travel to the island nation for their holidays. We believe that this will give us greater prospects for future markets,” he said.
Acknowledging that Perodua’s export performance was still not significant at the moment, Zahari said the company was looking intently at expansion. “We are working with our partner Daihatsu by leveraging on their experience and extensive network to map a sustainable and profitable export plan,” he said.
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Hahahaha…no 2nd hand value, ppl there won’t buy.
Go sell recond axia rm60k, untung weh. krik3
I am so happy to read this news. Our game changing second national carmaker are going international. This is the proof that Perodua are selling changing cars, and a lesson for Proton to learn after Proton already game over in international market.
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Trying to sell is one thing. actually selling is another thing. In that sense, Proton is miles ahead of the game. They could even remanufacture and sell their older generation cars.
Really Char Siew u r, Perodua last year international total sales only 400 but Proton got 1000 units. Changing what?
Don’t be like Proton, set up expensive showrooms in many countries but sales are so bad.
One good example is Singapore. Singapore showroom alone takes millions in rental and expat pay for the staff. But in 2018, they sold a grand total of 1 car.
In other words, 1 car sold with expenses running to millions.
Brilliant Business 101
Perodua for past 20 years have been contributing company tax to the tune of billions per year to LHDN. I am proud of Perodua as this money helps our Government to run the country
Proton has been getting company tax exemptions and waiver every year for the past 20 years as they are not making money.
Perodua is very clever. Not only their sales are 220,000 per annum in Malaysia and they are making loads of money, they are not resting on their laurels. They are looking aggressively overseas to do even better
If Proton does well in sales, immediately award 12 months bonus to all staff and just rest on their laurels.
A good message to all of us. Work hard to improve your life despite you currently doing well. Always aim for better.
Hahaha! Nice freezing fantasy. Brr! No matter how much Perodua sells, all their profits goes back to Japan. They continue to stagnate and until today rely on Toyota and Daihatsu for donor cars. Proton had never rest on their laurels, they had always strive to improve on their cars. They always challenge themselves to make any cars, whether be donor or their own, better and better. The proof of the pudding, is the more and more customers flocking back to Proton.
Axia 1.0 RM88K. MY kereta, minyak smue murah.
Aiyooo…..so expensive even though Axia doesn’t have ABS, HSA and no ESC. Better go for Saga
Lolz! Axia more exp than Anuz. Conlanfirm sure ZERO sales this year. Hahahahaha!
At least the game changing Axia is sold there and expected to have an amazing sales. Where is Proton? Konfem ZERO sales as Proton doesn’t even exist there
Fist bump john. Good one. Hahaha
Idiot. Only E variant doesn’t have ABS,EBD, & ESC. Crawling out the cave will you?
Its not really about exposure, tourist attraction, brand exposure, etc.
Its sold there coz it cant be sold in developed nation as it cant comply to most regulation.
There is always market for cheap cars worldwide. P1 was doing well in UK coz they are quite cheap until they fail to evolve with the more stringent regulation.
Even Indonesians won’t buy the Axia if still Perodua badge, need to stick on Daihatsu badge. Shows that Perodua is only a jaguh kampung, something only its salesman troll proud of.
Stop saying our cars are expensive.. lol
wow, p2 extended to a whole new market where I believe most Malaysian won’t even know where the archipelago state is on the map
Like if you need to Google where is Seychelles…
Hidup Perodua
The Seychelles have 93.186 citizens (Penang island has 722,384) and 526 km roads combined. I doubt it’s a big market for cars…
Anyway, good luck for them.
Seychelles ppl may see Axia as capalang brand car. I doubt there will be any sales.
With such big price tag, even more difficult to sell.
there got roads one ah
So expensive…. kasi ketuk kaw kaw. if perodua didn’t ketuk and sell cheap, sure kena kutuk kaw kaw by malaysians.
Waiting for ‘Malaysia-is-the-most-expensive-place-to-buy-car’ comment from Toyota/Honda driver wannabe
The population of Seychelles as of 2018 is 94,228.
I wonder how many Perodua cars can be sold there.