Proton has announced its sales performance numbers for December 2019, reporting that it sold 11,117 units last month, a jump from the 9,643 units it managed in November. Those numbers made December the best performing month for the brand in 2019, and also the first time the company has sold more than 11,000 cars in a month since July 2014.
It was also good enough to help the national carmaker reach its target of 100,000 units this year. The company reported that total sales for 2019 closed at 100,821 units (domestic + export), an increase of 55.7% over 2018 and the first time it has crossed the 100,000 unit threshold since 2015. Overall market share for the year is estimated to be at 16.7%, the highest figure since 2014.
While the figures released by the company has in the past included both domestic sales as well as exports, the automaker should have achieved its 100k domestic target. As of November 2019, total sales stood at 89,066 units, and the December figure would bring it to 100,183. There should be no deviation, given that its reported numbers for October and November 2019 matched the official figures released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) in its vehicle sales data sets for the two months.
In terms of model-specific performance, the Saga was the company’s top seller. Sales in December amounted to 3,892 units, and total sales for 2019 closed at 38,144 units. The X70 was the second best performer for the brand, ending 2019 with a total of 26,331 units sold. As for the Persona, it contributed to the final tally with a total of 21,876 units.
“The X70 and the Saga are two major ingredients to Proton’s sales success this year. We are humbled by the popularity of the X70 and would like to say a big thank you to all our customers for their support, despite it being a brand new market segment for the company. As for the Saga, with over 41,000 bookings and counting, it remains our core product and a popular choice regardless of a buyer’s age, status and purchasing power, making it a car for all Malaysians,” said Proton CEO Li Chunrong.
No specific numbers were offered for the Iriz and Exora, but the company said that sales of the Iriz nearly doubled for the year and grew by 97% following the introduction of the updated model in April. Meanwhile, the refreshed Exora saw a 40% growth in sales last year.
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Of course Saga top the A segment. Who wants to buy Bezza tin cola.
Hahaha! Time to close Honda shop. And promote for Mazda, Proton, Mercedes, BMW, Mitsubishi or Toyota. No point of saying badmouth to Mazda
I hope the Proton fanboys does not come here and claim that Proton success is without anybody’s help. Without China, Proton would have already gone bankrupt and Game Over several years ago.
Proton so malu, last 3 days of December get order by MOF for 700 X70. ha ha ha ha. Until today also, still need tongkat so that can achieve 100,000 to boast to the world.
Nahhhh nvm bout tat. Let them syiok sendiri. They just butthurt especially when they know P2 is 100k ahead. Which is impossible for p1 to catch up, not even in many many years. Until close shop oso nvr can beat p2. True fact.
But apa2 pun, thanks to china+geely+li chunrong for saving p1 from lingkup. Sudah bankrap pun before geely came.
700 out of 100,000. That is 0.7% if you don’t know how to count. Oh and this figures doesn’t go into 2019 sales as the cars haven’t been delivered yet. So all 100,821 sales are from private consumers. Need I say more?
Sorry to say. Alot ex p1 salesman jump ship to other product admit since lastime p1 trick and lie always using pre booking model to add up to their monthly sales performance. As long they got customer ic number then all kaotim. Pre book sure need ic number for record. So free2 only no car person become got car even loan not even submit yet and not even lulus, cos their name listed as owner of the car they book. Loan no approve, e-hakmilik not out yet sudah p1 kompom dlm list.
If loan rejected they dun car pun, as long sales performance up. P1 sales actually only around 50k-60k only 2019, not including kuminis car x70.
Just like Government departments, only a few non do most of the work, then the whole department syik sendiri and say all the work is done….
Affordable price, handsome design, complete safety, excellent FC and advance features. With these Game-Changing factors, Proton Saga FL will for sure Game the Bezza FL Over in 2020
You can bash Honda like you bash Hyundai last year but if Proton decided to use Honda’s technologies for their car, then you will be Game Over again…
yup, last year bash honda and hyundai. Then tak malu, now Saga use Hyundai transmission.
So funny, we like to bash other people, then we crawl to them for bantuan
Yeah so funny that you are crawling to Proton for vacancy after bashing them. How the irony….
Such a shame that after 30 years of automotive experience, Proton still need to rely on foreigners help. What have Game Over Proton been doing for the past 30 years?
Such a shame that after 25 years of automotive experience, Perodua still continue to rely on foreigners help. What have Game Over Perodua been doing for the past 25 years?
Such a shame that after 100 years of automotive experience, Toyota still need to rely on foreigner help with cars like the Supra.
What have Game Over Toyota been doing for the past 100 years?
Haha. You hit the nail on his head! Spot on the truth!
After months of bashing Hyundai in 2019, Proton suddenly decided to use Game-Changing Hyundai gearbox for their Saga FL. What a shame!
agak malu kan? ha ha ha ha ha
Shame? At least Hyundai gearbox for newer Saga is more reliable than Honda
Klopp at the Kop, Dr Li Chun in Proton. The best most capable guys at the helm,
So shameful. 30 years of automotive technology and transfer of technology and yet our abang abangs could not understand the transfer of technology by Mitsubishi.
30 yrs later, we end up just a rebadger. Geely now owns Lotus plus the RM5 bil Shah Alam land by Proton despite buying everything for RM170 mil
Oh yeah. Mitsubishi were trying to transfer the whip and chain locks technology plus the slave labouring knowhow but you see, Proton workers are too ethical and respectful of fellow human beings to comprehend what these Japs were trying to teach. Once Proton management board found out, they kicked them Japs all the way back to Nippon and disallowed them to come back for 10 years. Eventually they returned back via Tan Chong Motors, another bloodsucker of their employees. I’m glad Proton didn’t follow their culture of slavery.
So malu, even until 2020 also, we need Gomen and MOF to make orders from Proton.
700 Proton X70 ordered last few days of 2019 by MOF….mana nak tanggung malu wei?
If close Honda, DRB got no money. Then more jobless people. For DRB workers hard to get job as most are UiTM grads
Looks like most malaysians cancelled booking for their HRV and book X70, CX-30, CX-5, Vios, Yaris, Mercedes C Class because of more safety car and reliable. Even they also don’t want low safety standard upcoming Honda City Turbo with low reliable. Honda, can close shop.
Honda close shop, less money for DRB. DRB GLC need money from Honda to pay their workers. Most of them got big families with 6 to 12 children each
No problem. Retrench DRB Honda workers can easily transfer to DRB Proton plant and get better salaries, better incentives, better future and better career growth, they can even proudly say they are making Malaysia’s best cars.
Dude… Bezza face-lift is coming and again.. Perodua die hard fans will have the last laugh again
end of the year, P2 sales always 3X or 4X that of P1. This without orders from Government departments. PDRM alone orders 8000 cars per annum every year.
Senang hidup P1. All ordered by Gomen departments.
Why jealous? Butthurt feeling ministers not place order the unsafe Perodua?
I notice Proton nowadays do facelift a lot different than Perodua. How different? Well, simply to say Proton adds more features but the lower the price. While Perodua, did you read the news about their Bezza facelift? They add a few items and increase the price.
We haven’t seen the full Bezza facelift yet but from the teases, I’m liking some of the “lift” particularly the headlights but since I’m quite sure the drive experience will remain the same as my current Bezza, I’ll pass. Now, you can’t quite say like that with a Proton.. because a “Facelift” on a Proton almost feels like a different car even if its the same model+generation.
Everyone have to thank Game-Changing Geely, China and Li Chunrong for giving their Boyue to Proton to rebadge it. Proton will not be able to achieve such achievement if there is no X70 and China’s help in facelifting the Saga
We thank Proton because they have been giving us great & safe products since Iriz. Well done Proton!
We must thank China for saving Proton completely as the Iriz also could not sell
Nope. Iriz is selling well.
People didn’t buy Perodua Bezza last year because they are waiting for the facelift. By the time Perodua release the Game-Changing Bezza FL this year, we will see Proton Saga sales going down to the drain and Game Over
Ha ha ha, yeah sure dude. Just like we believe you when you were so proud to say Perodua sold 4X of Proton then you now turn around and said Perodua sold 2X. End of this year? Proton will succeed to sell as many as Perodua? Proton did well.
Lose is lose, talk so much is useless dy. SH
U mean lose is lose like p1 loses sales to p2. 220k sales real winner.
Perodua make us feel good because RV is very strong. Proton, you buy today, next year sell, can only get 50% of car price.
Resale is only important for people without children.
Xiexie Geely , terbaeek Dr. Li Chunrong!!
Proton reaches 100k becos pre-order cars also count in ask sold and listed into monthly and year to date sales.
Means today 10 customer booking proton cars, they immediately add into Y-T-D sales figure.
Source: Insider P&C.
As PT mentioned, Proton sales closely matches MAA data hence no differing with other makes. What you see here is what was sold.
Proton always cheat with their figures. We all know that from years ago.
Most of us are cheaters. And you know it yourselves when you looking for cheat codes in you games or when you copy your friend’s answer in exams or when you promise yourself to sleep at 9.00p.m but when you look at the clock it’s already 9.00p.m you thought to yourself, just another 30 minutes, I’ll for surely sleep at 9.30p.m and repeat until you realize it’s 2.00a.m already or when you’re driving and you’re in the wrong lane and you won’t suppose to change lane because it’s double line but you see there were not “a lot” of cars so you change lane anyway and you get honked by someone but you act like you didn’t do anything wrong or you honk back and reacted angrily like stupid.
So, yes. But I don’t know about a public listed company how well they can cheat their figures. Also, isn’t it if they have more figures means they have to pay more to investors?
Proton give fake figures. 10,000 booking also included into year to date sales figure. Loan not even approve yet also included.
Blacklisted buyer also can be approve loan for proton. Lying is their game. Proton own cars only sold 60k only in 2019. The rest are pre-booked units tat not yet even approve loan, and boyue or x70 not even proton car, its all cbu from china.
Well done Proton. Lucky China came and helped you. Li Chunrong and Geely, within 6 months could identify all the leakages Proton had, what local abang abang CEOs could not identify in 30 years.
This is why we need more foreign CEOs from Mainland to come into Malaysia to help run our GLCs and even Putrajaya. We will see a 10 fold increase in productivity and we will become FIRST World soon.
Already 2020, our vision to be FIRST world tak jadi, nevermind, never too late to get brains and intelligence from Mainland to help us achieve this goal
tanpa China, Malaysia sudah bangkerap lah. Sejak dulu dulu pun zaman Parameswara, India dan China yang tolong orang tempatan dan bagi duit kepada pemerintah
Proton could not perform before because top management were all Uitm, Mara and AIA graduates. They could not produce any sustainable results.
Now, the management and input come from China top Universities. This is why Proton is doing well.
From before to now, we always need orang asing and pendatang to make money for our country
Our Uitm, Mara and AIA grads in Petronas top management have proven you wrong that they can perform. Which other fuel and lubricant manufacturer in the world could lay claim in wining 6 consecutive F1 championships.
It has nothing to do with where the education is from but who was running the company. Proton have been run to the ground by Atok advisor and only after he was kicked out that Proton revival can be done.
syiok sendiri that is why we are way behind in the world map for education and development of nation
We are behind because of our useless PH Education Minister. I blame it all on PH. Now see they have to sack him as Education Minister. I am so embarrassed our country turned into a laughing stock all because of PH.
Don’t worry, thanks to you and your dupes, abangs2 knows where to put X on ballot paper in next GE.
Keep pushing them away from you. You’re doing a great job.
Dun worry about him and his bollocks bro. U see the more he bollocks, the more P1 sales goes up, so Im happy for him to continue bollocks all he wants with his trash dupes talking. By the time he wake up and realised his bollocking wuz helpings P1, P1 sales will alredi outsold P2.
So let him bollocks cuz P1 sales is going up. Im loving it!
most employers in private sector will never take such grads. Only public sector take them
China saved our HSR, ECRL, Proton etc etc etc etc…..the list is never Ending. Malu malu malu malu.
I wonder what we have learnt since Merdeka??
In other countries, people are learning Java.
In malaysia, people are learning calligraphy
We learnt something much2 more valuable – your true colors.
Last time before Li masuk, Proton workers boring to work on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and Sunday. They just say they cannot focus on those days especially Thursday.
Li said no such thing and whipped them into place.
Today Proton is doing so well!!!!!!
You make it sound like LCR is a slave driver (like you I presume). But the reality is that none of the so called ‘whipped’ workers are complaining or leaving in droves- which could mean that they like it with LCR- they like learning new stuff and putting it in practice and seeing the results. Which blows the myth of the malas pit people sky high.
Even today, Friday also, so many GLC workers don’t want to work after lunch. All say Malas nak kerja
Saga still use Korean gearbox….ha ha ha ha. Even that, we cannot get it right
Toyota Supra is using BMW Z4 engine, gearbox, & chassis. So even that, they cannot get it right? Lol!
The grill is designed by hardworking Japanese engineers.
Malaysia should be a protectorate state of China and under China. Then we sure to become first world very fast.
Proton fanboys not shy? China do all the hardwork and provide the produk buta buta ie the Boyue, and all you do is rebadge and then syiok sendiri claim glamour and fame?
Then why are you so happy that Perodua has been relying on others hardwork for 25 years? You tak malu ke to syiok sendiri claim glamour and fame?
you are right. Abang abang in Perodua also lazy and always want bantuan from foreigners.
So it boils down to the lazy attitude of locals not wanting to learn anything and start doing what they learnt
Butthurt feeling?
Saga still use Hyundai AT. Lucky China and Korean come and help us….
Wow like seriously you have to come here and reply with 8 fake account names just so everyone can see your butthurting now? Well I wish, and many other readers too wish, that we can unsee your idiocy.
Proton must be doing something good for you to come and and continue throwing your hate-filled shits over and over again.
Haiya…why u so stupid one??? Even big Euro and Jappo players using third party tranny like Aisin, ZF, Getrag, Both Warner, Ricardo. Why you no hentam them osso,? Coz u stupid….
Keep pushing abang2 away from you. They help tilt the last results to put your Masters in place and you thank them by insulting them. Thanks to you PH will be a single term thingy.
Don’t say that, those P2 BTSH will be butthurt feeling and then you will be attacked.
U mean like p2 being bashed and attacked from bawah tempurung by kataxxx bawah tempurung? Muahahaha. Eat ur own words.
China is the best!!!! Always help Malaysians!!!!!
Thank you China, Geely and Li Chunrong! You guys have helped Proton to go to the right direction. Without you all, Proton would have already Game Over and have no direction at all
China mari, not surprised once all their rebadged cars come from tongsanland.
Thank you to our abang-abang locals for developing good cars like the Saga.
Thank you to DRB for giving the freedom & full support to abang-abang locals that enable them to excel.
Thank you to our awakened rakyat for seeing the merits of buying Proton and not the other.
Thank you to Najib for giving a good partner in Geely and finally breaking Proton free from its chain of burden to an old hack.
Thank you to Geely for giving the freedom and full support to our abang-abang locals management team to run the company with some professional guidance by Dr Li.
Thank you to Paul Tan for continuously covering the latest news of Proton and for your no-holds bared positive feedback on Proton’s ever improving levels. Especially when one or two writers are even willing to buy a Proton for their loved ones, this is a testament to their confidence in the car and in the company.
And lastly, thank you to the online supports that is ever unwavering that gives a huge motivation for Proton to achieve this success. All of yours endeavour in putting the spotlights onto Proton’s ever improving efforts, our abang-abang locals engineering, R&D and production capabilities, and of course highlighting Malaysians silent love for Proton goes a long way to lay bare the fake news, lies, myths, spins and negativity about Proton, Proton cars, and Proton staffs.
To Proton, well done and kipidap!
Geely and Li Chunrong right place, right time!
Pok najib made the right choice. He the best Menteri Pendidikan but worst PM ever. notMyPm
Proton took RM20 bil in bailout, TH also has taken about RM10.3 bailout. LTAT and PNB also so much of loses
Why are the CEOs of these organisation so lembap?
When you fail your exams but you are given a pass because you are the Prince of the Earth……..
Better than failing your exams and paying under table to pass just becoz you are the nons….
Let’s not be racist here…
you are free to bash the kerajaan/pembangkang but no need to go this far and insult a certain group of ppl
When you “graduated” and out to faced the real world. You gostan and gobek to hide in your pampered delusion syurga…. full of subsidi, bantuan, kontrak, dedak & sbg2nya. Syukur NEP
I will feel so shy if someone did my homework and I got an A for it.
I won’t even tell people my results.
But you have been so proud to be telling here others have been doing your homework and getting your A’s for 25 years. Tak malu ke?
I will feel so shy if the someone I sakit Hari n keep calling names like stupid n malas, scores just as good as me when properly nurtured.
Fist bump bro!
Double bump!!!
Pretty obvious you didn’t get an A. I’d be more embarrassed than “shy” if i posted something benign like this
Proton models end 2019 as segment leaders.
X70 leader within C segment SUV.
Saga leader A segment sedan in December.
Persona leader B segment sedan in December.
And proton also leader in,
Leader X70 in C segment most no value n problematic high fc car.
Leader saga in A segment most no value n problematic high fc car.
Leader persona in B segment most no value n problematic high fc car.
All will end up in junk yard.
Buy saga rm30k today. Next year resale rm15k oso people think twice to buy.
Resale only important for people who don’t know how to make children.
U truly right bro. Without geely n china help we not gonna see proton anymore by now. Proton even need borrow govt money to cover loses and to keep survive. Without the loan lastime proton lingkup already. Luckily china wanna buy. Thanks so much to mr li chunrong geely china. Without them proton no sales. Thank you thank you. Local cannot harap one. Goyang kaki only can harap.
Waiting for Jason…
X80 Bila mari? …..
bring in x50, whole year 2020 proton will sell 300k units, overtake and become no.1 in malaysia
all proton staff will get 8 months bonus this year
Ye ke. Macam x percaya jer. Average 8k sebulan. Tetiba jer jadi 11k. Nampak sangat. X baik menipu tau.
Proton in May 2019 with sales of 10,611 vehicles. Why you want to deceive others?
Kete booking je yg loan belum approve pun kira sold bro. Butthurt P1 taktik.
If include booking units, total is 130000 units.
To the basher: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
The taste of winning, never gets old, doesn’t it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
ALL HAIL GEELY EMPIRE!!!
Vengeance is so sweet bro. Fist bump!
Tumpang glamer geely chinas,
Thanks so much to geely china i would say. If no geely china help, p1 are kilang terbengkalai. Geely china came in the right time to save p1 Ssesss. Too bad p1 have to lelong to geely. Sad sad p1.
Butthurt feeling? Dun sad, just buy Proton and it will give you the best shelter.
Last year goal achieved.
This year target 130,000 units.
Thanks to spanco also for buying proton
You mean this???
https://paultan.org/2020/01/02/finance-ministry-to-decide-on-government-vehicle-fleet-supplier/
Since when did Velfire and Accord belongs to Proton?
Ya, because Ministers dun believe in Perodua quality. Furthermore, 8000/5 years only 1600 units per year or contribute 1.5% only. SH
No match with P2 where hardworking Japanese engineers design the best cars money can buy.
How come Malaysian cannot design a proper good Perodua car and needs the Japs to do it?
Furthermore, how can Malaysian be proud of their second national car ( perodua ) when it is engineered by Japanese and not Malaysian.
Malaysian Tak malu ???
No you are wrong. Many of us are ashamed to call Perodua a national carmaker when there is nothing Malaysian about it.
Why? Butthurt feeling? LOL
Rakyat now prove to you, they love Proton more than Daihatsu clone.
Perodua records 19,800 registrations in December AND Toyota & Honda total of 13,500 units sold in December.
Li Chunrong said: “Proton launched 4 models with intelligent features in last year and received warm response from consumers. At the same time, we focused on improving product quality. As of the end of 2019, our internal quality review GCPA score was 1,190 points, which is 6 times improvement over the first use of this scoring standard in 2017. This is also higher than Geely’s existing quality score, proving that our efforts have paid off and the competitor has only 4,500 points. “
Get Saga pn Januari 2020, Mac 2020 sambung bayar please…
Malaysian are the dumping market for outdate technology. Why petrol and diesel car?
Because Bomba don’t have the equipment to extinguish all the burning EV cars.
Well, we should not just focus on the facts it was Geely who revived Proton, but the questions is why Proton wasn’t do well in the first place? The problem was the management of the Company!
Geely revived P1 but it was P1 own models, the humble Saga & Persona, that brought it to glory. So the glory belongs to P1. Geely was just the wind behind P1 backs.
lazy and always expecting bantuan kerajaan. that is the main problem
You sure no demand supplier to buy?
Got so many suppliers to buy 100,000 Protons? Are you mad or inability to count?
Proton reported its total sales achieved 100k mark this year and while total sales for saga, persona and x70 were 38k, 21k and 26k respectively … Bear in mind x70 got 15k bookings in 3 weeks of December 2018.
Which brings the total number x70 sold in 2019 was actually only 11k. Or about 800-900 units per month.
Li chunrong cannot lie about this fact, the total 26k for x70 was actually the number of cars registered and sold since they don’t have immediate stocks upon launching.
Someone comment “can’t count bookings into sold, is cheating” while you comment contradicts that. So which one is really correct?
Since you mention it like that, I begin to wonder about my recent bought from Perodua. My loan was approved on October 2018 but the salesperson keep telling me that they don’t have stock yet. When I received my car, it was on January 2019 (road tax is also Jan 2019 but I’ve been told the model I get was a 2018 model. I didn’t think too much about it then but now I begin to think, could it be that they purposely pushed it to Jan 2019 just so they can include that into 2019 sales figure? Also, why is it that they keep on saying there’s no stock but gave me a 2018 model?
Your logic got something fused bro? Even if bookings are done in Dec 2018, sales can only close when deliveries are made in Jan 2019 onwards. So it is reasonable to include whatever booked in Dec 2018 and delivered in 2019 as 2019 sales.
If I follow your logic, can I say that whatever booked in Dec 2019 should be included in 2019 sales figures? Then you will cry as Saga still has 41,000 bookings undelivered yet.
Use some logical deduction bro.
15k booking in Dec 2018, because of the maximum shipment is roughly 2,000 plus units, it takes 6 months to be delivered to the new owner, SH.