The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has released vehicle sales data by brand for the month of September 2019. In total, last month saw its members shift 44,666 units, which is 6,482 units – or 12.7% – less when compared to the 51,148 units registered in August.
According to MAA, the decline is largely attributed to the number of public holidays that saw a shorter working month, as well as consumers withholding their purchases in anticipation of the Budget 2020 announcement. However, when compared to the volume for the same month last year, the total is 13,426 units – or 43% – more. This is due to September 2018 being right after the “tax holiday” frenzy, where car sales went into hangover mood.
Year to date, total industry volume for the first nine months of 2019 is at 442,991 units, which is 11,864 units – or 2.6% – less than the corresponding period in 2018.
Breaking down the figures by brand, we see that all main players saw sales fall compared to August – Perodua -15.4%, Proton -4.8%, Honda -24.1%, Toyota -2.5% and Nissan -7.3%. Behind perennial leaders P2, Proton seems to have solidified its grip on second place; its YTD lead over Honda is now 4,797 units, up from 1,864 units in August.
The gainers in September are Subaru +31.0%, Renault +43.8%, Ford +4.0% and Isuzu +0.5%, with Subaru’s big jump likely due to the introduction of the new Forester in late August. Renault is now dabbling in a car subscription programme, which may explain its boost. Mazda (-55.1%), Hyundai (-44.7%) and Mitsubishi (-22.4%) lost the most last month.
In the premium race, BMW had a good month with a 21.2% gain, in contrast with arch-rival Mercedes-Benz with a 8.0% drop, although the boys from Stuttgart are still leading the YTD race by around 400 units. Elsewhere it’s Volvo -6.3%, Lexus +4.0% and MINI -19.0%. Click on the table below to enlarge it.
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September aje 178K… wow Perodua Baguz 1.0T
Predict Malaysia vehicle sales data for September 2019 by brand:
1. Perodua @ Mumm-Ra 15900 units 16978
2. Proton @ Thundercats 8934 units 8685
3. Honda 6200 units 5752
4. Toyota 4900 units 5282
5. Nissan 1800 units 1583
Honda jem already.. Kena cut sana sini…
where is AUDI?
Honda Malaysia consider this your warning to bring up product quality and reliability.
Brace for “Game changing”, “RV”, “China Rebadge” comments.
Wow..renault doing well! Guess their subscription is well received by consumer….yeap, if i wanted to drive a Renault, will only thru subscription instead of HP….no need to worry about RV
Popcorn time.
Bashers & Sheeps all furiously typing. Plotek Plotek kau kau.
So Proton export figure is 249 for September. Which countries are that?
Where did it say Proton exported 249 units?
Proton release its figure for September is 8934 unit, both for domestic & export.
https://paultan.org/2019/10/02/proton-sales-result-september-2019/
Isuzu sales comes from their NPR range or Dmax registered as commercial?
AUDI?
Habislah Malaysia Kali Inilah!
New Mazda 3 is selling at wrong price
Since Subaru is going to sell 7-seaters Ascent here, why not convert Forester to be 5+2 and increase 15-20% price…
Infiniti?
Hmmm….
Perodua – Aruz + MyVi; others are stock clearance
Proton – Saga + X70; the rest too ugly and outdated
Toyota – Vios + Yaris + Hilux; same old (engine) Altis + overpriced Camry
Honda – City + Civic + CRV; HRV need refresh
Nissan – Serena for Aunty. the rest boring.
BMW – best car to show off before lelong/sambung bayar.
Mercedes – MLM, insurance agent & lawyer favourite.
Isuzu – 1.9L steal sales from Hilux.
Mitsubishi – new face Hilux but get bored real quick.
VW – Tiguan for pple that want Pug3008 but scare of Pug. Vento/Polo 6AT for pple dont want CVT Honda/Toyota.
Ford – Hilux for non-Japanese.
Mazda – cheap low spec CX5 mainly. The rest overpriced.
Subaru – XV and Forester cheap sale whole year promo.
Kia – Sportage mainly I guess. Some Sorento, and Grand Carnival for big family.
Renault – Captur promo in most ETCM outlet steal sales from Nissan.
Peugeot – 3008 and, 208 for music/artistic teachers. Still haunted by Prince-BMW engine.
Volvo – buyer waiting for upcoming models?
Hyundai – Elantra for kpop fans that don’t want City/Vios.
AUDI customer always say “Aduuuuhhhh”