With Proton’s boast yesterday that it posted its highest single-month sales in eight years in July (13,216 units), it was a matter of time before the big guy stepped out of the room. Perodua almost never shouts first, but these days, the market leader isn’t shy to respond to press releases from Shah Alam.
So, here it goes. P2 says that it registered 23,203 vehicles in July, beating June as its best sales month so far this year by 9.2%. Year-to-date (YTD) sales for the first seven months of the coronavirus-affected year is 97,373 units.
The calculators in Rawang estimate Perodua’s July and YTD market share to stand at 40% and 42% respectively. The dominance is spearheaded by the Myvi, Axia and Bezza, which are Malaysia’s top three best-selling vehicles YTD, with 29,313, 28,107 and 25,416 units respectively. Now how’s that for some context?
Anyway, monthly sales fluctuate according to stock levels and promotions, but YTD is the current league table, and at the end of the year, it’s the annual tally that counts.
“Since our operations restarted after a two-month MCO closure, our volume has rebounded swiftly, aided by the government’s sales tax exemption which will run until year-end. Should this encouraging trend continue, the healthy volume will enable us to further bolster Malaysia’s automotive eco-system of suppliers and dealers in this time of need,” said Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.
According to Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) estimates, a total industry volume (TIV) of at least 500,000 units is needed this year to ensure the continued survival of the automotive ecosystem.
“Amidst the Covid-19 crisis, we understand that we must work to our fullest capacity to help shore up the Malaysian economy and ensure jobs are protected,” Zainal Abidin said, adding that all of Perodua’s current models have over 90% local content, and with its economies of scale, spare parts are affordable and readily available.
Perodua recently gave the Myvi a refresh. The Malaysian favourite now comes with the latest Advanced Safety Assist (ASA) 2.0 suite of systems in the top 1.5 AV variant as well as the 1.5 H and 1.3 X. There’s also a new Electric Blue colour – gallery below.
GALLERY: 2020 Perodua Myvi 1.3 X with ASA 2.0
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Solid proof that smart rakyat prefer jimat minyak and not China cars.
Terima kasih Perodua !!
Smart rakyat picked jepunis tech and good RV,
It is amazing to hear that the top 3 best selling cars in 2020 are all Perodua GCs. The Myvi, Bezza and Axia are indeed the perfect cars for Malaysians because of its quality, nice design, complete safety features and fuel saving engine. Moreover, people buy Perodua because it’s affordable price tag
Sell Myvi at Yaris pricing lah! See if still got customer or not. Ada bran?
if i sell X70 at CRV pricing oso, then no one will oso buy la
both p1 and p2 survive due to expensip tax on foreign cars
Siapa cakap? X70 high line is sold at CRV starting prices and yet buyers still flock to Proton, proving you wrong. I am one of them.
Before NAP2020 price increase, Honda CR-V cost very close to X70. And yet X70 still shot up to be C-segment SUV leader. How do you answer that?
Sell saga at vios price la. Ada berani ke tak?
When Proton X70 debuted, it was within a few Ks of CR-V, and yet 15,000 went for X70 within the first month of sale. 15,000 people made a conscientious choice to go for X70, including our own Hafriz, so I am calling BS on your story there Yawnz.
@Brian no brain. Vios is Bsegment, Saga is Asegment….. why compare cars from 2 different segments? No brain?
Aruz mana? ZERO sales???
Why nothing said about it? Dah kalah teruk to X70! Aruz better stop produce cos very lousy car nobody wanna buy anymore. So kesian.
Funny. The reason why smart rakyat picked Perodua… they cant afford something better.
I am still waiting 20 years for Myvi Hybrid. 17 years ago, your CEO promised us Kenari Hybrid. Kenari had since been replaced by Myvi but we still don’t see where is your Myvi Hybrid. Proton has came out with Iriz EV, so I don’t even wanna ask where is your Myvi EV when hybrid habuk pun tarak. Where is your promised hybrid car?
That shows how outdated Perodua became relying on ancient Jepunis tech. While there many hybrid Jepunis cars in Jepun, they are stingy to share it with Perodua, squeezing money from us with their outdated tech while taking all profit back to Jepun. Only stupid rakyat willingly to be cheated.
It is always “Others” doing for Perodua. Thank you to these Daihatsu & Toyota.
Lucky they saved Perodua by donating their dinosaurs for rebadging, otherwise, the company will be in the drain by now
Isn’t that ironic for you to say that? Proton rebounded because of Geely. Thank you Geely Boyue, not X70.
Proton was 4th before Geely, after foreign carmakers.
China cars is nothing else except big! No one there is really looking to build efficient people movers or small cars, because they think Chinese will look down to them. But we think differently. We want reliable, practical and affordable without afraid of being looking down…
Proton can sell China cars at higher than China local prices and still got people buy but Perodua ada bran nak jual Myvi higher than Yaris pricing? No way, because people have no reason to buy their cars then. People only buy Perodua cars because they are cheap.
Logically deduced. P2 tolong jawab.
Myvi and Yaris are 2 different model. Bukan rebagde
Pls read laa. Where did Brian said Myvi rebadge from Yaris laa…
Ya, no wonder Haval sales very low.
Perodua simply refuses to do the only reasonable thing and that is simply cut prices for current offerings. This is why they are bleeding value & marketshare.
Thanks Danny for sharing the real news unlike the shiok sendiri china company cherry picking stats to boast macam mereka bangus sangat, LOL.
We can see a real company that conducts years of successful business without resorting to begging and eloping with multiple car brands. Be like Perodua, dari dulu sampai sekarang masih partner with Daihatsu. Not like the castrated tiger, LOL.
Long live P2. But seriously, just kill that sh*tty Bezza already.
the Proton fanboys here are even worse. They blindly jilat anything that is made by Proton or Geely. anything else is just bad or outdated to them LMAO
It is easy to be successful when one don’t spend a lot (and I mean A LOT!) of money doing R&D unlike their competitor. I wonder if they really can justify their nametag as National Carmaker because they certainly aren’t one, so would they still be as successful when all the incentives and tax breaks were removed with their status as “National” revoked? When their car prices has to compete with Japanese makers that is the proof of the pudding for success.
Yeah suuurrrrreeee, like the average buyer cares about the annual R&D spending of the automaker when choosing which car to buy. Keep your nonsense to yourself and make sure you don’t breed.
Copy paste: “Puh-lease, Daihatsu will only give outdated products for P2 to rebadge and reskin. Proof: P2 still using 4AT and still no hybrid after 20+ years. RAV4 for P2 to rebadge? Maybe can get RAV4 from 2 generations ago if Daihatsu and Toyota feel generous.”
Syabas pemilik2 Myvi, Axia and Bezza yg bijak!
no matter what, a perodua is always a buruk-dua
Syukur.
Perodua ada ADAS ASA 2.0
Sales continue to naik due to better features, LED front and rear lamps, push start, etc
My town ppl they love the perodua Axia cross style, more of the silver and white color version
Maybe they suka R15 with rugged style and the denim texture sofa
If we can’t compete in month, we share ytd figure. If we can’t win in ytd figure we highlight last year achivement number…hahaha..x mau kalah attitude
Perodua memang trying pusing the reality but they are losing grip on the market segments to Proton’s resurgence.
The fanboys should give all praises to GC Daihatsu and Toyota. Without them donating their outdated dinosaurs to Perodua for rebadging, from Day One itself Perodua will be heading to longkang before it even started. Otherwise, there is nothing to be proud of GO Perodua.
Proton should avoid CVT in the first place and should start to add AEB in their OWN cars. X70 alone is not enough.
In the first place which Perodua cars has AEB, a proper AEB that works at highways speeds?
Bezza is the unique A/B segments, 15inch Sport Rims, best value for money.
Fuel saving, driving with Gear3 is responsive and fast for over taking and hill climbing.
interior and boot space as good as MK2 Dugong Vios and Siti. no need buy second cars. has stability control, better leather seats and AEB.
For me, it be interesting to also see the total RM value side by side with total number of units. Wishful thinking, I know.
That way, we can truly see the sales of P2 Vs P1. Units doesn’t truly reflect the entire picture.
Proton knows there is no need to boast it’s 13k sales in July when P2 did 23k.. But it has to do so to impress the CEO. This is also to.show to the country and govt that it is progressing well. Though still far away from the no.1 car brand in the country.
Perhaps proton should try to tackle the JD power CSI score – something that it never did right since the past 15 years.
JD Power? You mean the one that is exiting our region because nobody can trust their survey findings because it is, like, you know, paid? Sure matey.
Copy paste: “when times are bad, people buy budget cars. so there is no surprise.”
OMG. I about to…
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Proton always 10k behind perodua. Sap sap sui.
Myvi, axia, bezza beat iriz, saga, persona sap sap sui.
Perodua set 2020 sales target of 240,000 units, YTD only 97,373 units. Remaining 5 months can catch up?
142,627 units / 5 = 28,525 units per month, nope sap sap sui lo.
Coz they planned before covid duhhh. April, May, Jun slow ma
YTD 97K? Easily la reach 100k++ by end year even during pandemic.
While proton only 52k.
97,000 x RM 4,928 profit = RM 478,016,000
52,000 x RM 6,014 profit = RM 312,728,000
Both company make money, any problem?
Do Perodua really have to answer every LCR’s Proton statement one day after?
Congratulation Perodua..Sweet and made shot at boaster with a silencer..truly Malaysian style..i love myvi fan
You’d have to ask P2 fanboy trolls about that.
P2 ni memang potong stim. Proton baru nak rasa euphoria record sales in 8 years.
amusing to watch 2 jaguh kampung duke it out
if honda jazz and honda city priced the same as myvi, perodua’s position in the chart will change.
Kid, stop borrowing your mom’s phone and go do your damn homework. One day you will grow a brain. One day.
Ben yap should just get a used sunset orange g30…
Honda BR-V vs Perodua ARUZ
Aruz win
Personal Iriz and Saga sales will flop when Jazz and siti rm50k
Simple
Nope! The other way round, boring honda jazz and city and city hatchback will flop when proton persona, Myvi and other b segment is cheaper. Simple
Rarely do I agree with your pov but this one of the times. I doubt will sell as much if their car prices are par with Japanese makers.
No I doubt it they will sell any. Who would pay extra for a poorer clone? Go ask the fools who chose Supra over Z4.
If Ferrari priced the same as Honda, Toyota, Volvo, none of these will be sold.
Yeah and sooner or later T/H close shop. Haha!
And yet li chunrong thinks he can beat perodua with chinese rebadges and obsolete models. Not to mention low RV and high FC.
Aruz also low RV and high FC.
All Malaysians thinks X50 can beat Aruz.
You folks say Proton won’t turnaround in a year, but was proven you wrong.
You folks say Proton won’t sell 100k a year, but last year proven you wrong.
You folks say Proton won’t make profit, but last year proven you wrong.
Time will prove you wrong again and again.
We have been proven right for decades. Until now we have not proven wrong yet. This foreign owned company is enjoying national car status protection to stay alive.
You only proved that even after 60 years, many Mesians still have mindset dijajah. To these cavemen, nothing we do is right but everything the outsiders do is never wrong, even when their airbags are exploding in the face. Thankfully the number of cavemen are getting extinct and likely soon only left you alone.
tho i kind of dislike perodua for the sometimes-odd designs and unremarkable driving experience, but they have proven yet again that their cars are worth the money especially on reliability and fuel efficiency. no wonder malaysians choose to support perodua which is also currently the sole national carmaker after Proton (1985-2017) RIP.