Proton has announced its sales performance for February 2021. The national carmaker delivered 11,873 units (domestic and export) last month, which was 5,909 units (or 99%) more than that managed in January, when it sold 5,964 units.
Compared to the same month last year, volume has grown by 19.9%, though the overall total of 17,837 units for the first two months of the year is 643 units, or 3.5%, behind last year’s cumulative total of 18,480 units. The company added that the month was its best February in over a decade, and estimated its market share to be at 27.1%, the highest for the company since September 2013.
The Saga – which became the first Proton model to go on sale in Kenya on February 25 – continued to lead sales for the brand, with 4,217 units delivered last month. Deliveries of the X50 amounted to 3,345 units, while 1,475 units of the X70 were registered last month.
Elsewhere, the automaker claimed that the Persona regained leadership in the B-segment sedan category, with 1,818 units delivered, while Exora sales for the month totalled 361 units and 650 units of the Iriz were delivered in February.
“February continued to be a difficult month for Malaysia’s automotive industry, but it turned out very well for Proton. Thanks to the efforts of the government to ensure a continuation of economic activity during the MCO, we were able to produce more cars and in so doing started to clear our backlog of orders. This is important as we need to consistently deliver on the bookings made to avoid a rush before the Penjana incentives expire at the end of June this year,” said Proton Edar CEO Roslan Abdullah.
“The automotive sector continues to be vibrant with exciting new model launches sure to spark consumer interest andcreate healthy competition amongst Proton and other brands, but we will continue to be cautious even as we push forward to avoid infection rates flaring up again and disrupting operations,” he added.
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Every new P2 car launch, haters say it is a game changer that will game over P1 and they predict P1 will selling only 3000 cars today. If they were a betting person, they better not go to Genting after MCO or else lose their pants and underwear to Unker Lim.
Congratulations to Proton
Back to 11k
January delayed delivery, park to February,
Able to get record 27% monthly shares.
Nothing to shout lah…P2 sales in Feb is 18000 units,also didnt blow trumpet yet.
Make no mistake,with interdistrict travel allowed in march,Perodua’s affordable n brutal blockbuster suv launching will outstrip and cannabalise X50 ,exora sales .
The spare parts issue for P1 is still a concern,among many current X70 buyers to date.
Geely is such an inspiring carmaker. Every dying carmakers bought by Geely are being revived with their experience, knowledge and management. Thank you Geely China for saving our Game Over Proton!
Thank you China for buying over Malaysia. Same right?
Data clearly shows that Saga is the best contribute, why P1 did not bring in an affordable Geely model to the local market??
Geely no more plays at the bottom segment so they do not have a small affordable sedan car in that range. At same time, Dr Li deduced that PIES can still sell well with some updates here and there. The bones of these cars are solid, you can say, so need to replace them aren’t yet a priority compared to moving into new market segments like B- & C-segment SUVs.
I think the timing of Proton’s aspiration to move upmarket works well with Geely also moving up the chain.
BS. Geely’s jingyuan series still top 3 in their entire lineup. And jingyuan is same range if not cheaper than saga.
Yuanjing you mean. That is a small CUV not a sedan. Brian is right that Geely no longer has small sized affordable sedan. That is what asked by the poster above after all
Yuanjing series is actually 4 models. From sedan to mini suv (x6).
When you used to get D for your exam, and slowly gaining a B+, that’s a stellar achievement. Strive hard and smart to get A or even A+.
Imho a notable success is still something to be congratulated for moreso in this difficult times. Besides, who did better anyway, who got that A or A+ to judged with?
Someday the one who always get A+ might tripped to A- or even worst. You’ll never walk alone..
That wish is pure fantasy from Beemer fansies, A+ student Merc will never surrender their top dog status.
You should look at Liverpool. Last year top dog, this year doggie.
@Casual reader please note that @azrai is complementary of Proton and not bashing them. All he’s saying is that in time A or A+ is achievable.
You see i dont get the comparison. Based on what benchmark did he grade it was D and now moving to B+? And what is A or A+ level?
In business there is no such thing as grading, either they make money or make loses. Proton that had been losing money had turned profitable last year, what grade is that? Even then losing money is neither an absolute benchmark nor a gauge how a company performs.
Throughout whole of tesla existence, they have been chronically losing money til recently, is that a reflection they are an A or B or C or D company? What is the benchmark?
Terima kasih Geely to
A proper b segment sedan like vios or city under rm60k please.
2 model nearly there..
Myvi – small boot.
persona – high maintenance timing belt, cvt oil changing fees. Not really fuel economy.
Your Persona change timing belt every quarter or every 10,000 mileage?
Of all the issue to bring, timing belt gets picked. Lol
Fuel economy can consider la, but it is cheaper than both Vios and City (hell, base spec is cheaper than Bezza top spec, lol)
Changing timing belt only once in your car ownership is consider high maintenance? Do you expect your car to come maintenance-free?
Have you changed your Myvi’s a.k.a. TheKing’s fuel pump recently? Persona owner does not.
For normal driving, most likely you only need to change timing belt once every 5years(110k km), and cvt oil once every 3years(60k km). You call that as “high maintenance”??
Estimate Perodua sold 18,000 units in Feb 2021.
If the saga was the Saga was the best seller then there are a lot of new police cars and taxi’s I would assume?
If business has significantly improved, why do they need to do this?
https://paultan.org/2021/03/02/proton-offers-up-to-rm7000-tax-rebates-for-new-cars-saga-iriz-persona-exora-get-12-month-free-service/