Things continued to pick up for the auto industry in March, with car sales in the country climbing by 49% from the month before. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) reported that a total of 63,878 units were delivered last month, which was 21,094 units more than the 42,784 units sold in February. This was nearly 201% higher than the 21,242 units managed in March 2020, which was when the movement control order (MCO) began.
The association attributed the improvement in sales last month to a number of factors, including the introduction of new models as well as from the rush of deliveries by companies having their fiscal year ending March 31. Sales also continued to be aided by the SST exemption that is in place until June 30. While just about every brand saw an increase in sales last month, let’s take a quick look at how some of them performed.
After suffering a slight dip in February, it was a return to regular service for market leader Perodua, which sold 24,431 units last month. This represented a 47.3% increase from the 16,583 units it accomplished the month before. Those numbers also widened the gap between it and second-placed Proton, which delivered 14,770 units last month, a 26.4% improvement over the 11,686 units sold in February.
The tussle between Toyota and Honda for third spot remains tight. Honda had the upper hand last month, selling 8,925 vehicles (+103.3%) compared to Toyota (+61.9%), which managed 8,136 units, but the latter is still third overall in YTD numbers.
Mitsubishi continued to cement its fifth-place position with another strong month of sales, its 1,688 units representing a 27.9% gain over February. Meanwhile, Nissan (+79.6%) and Mazda (+72.5%) are going at it hammer and tongs, with slightly more than 350 units separating the pair at this point. Elsewhere, Subaru (+102.3%) and Hyundai (+80%) also had a good month.
In the premium segment, as it was in February, Volvo (+87.0%) and Lexus (+100%) continued to do very well. As usual, there are no figures for BMW and MINI, as BMW Group Malaysia is only releasing its numbers quarterly, and while Mercedes-Benz has indicated to the MAA that it would resume sharing its sales data, it did not indicate when it would do so.
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when will the ativa effect kick in?
Its already included in there. They sold 4k+ which include a significant number of advance registration to inflate Ativa sales figures.
While Honda continues to lead the private cars category (non-national brand). Handicapping Toyota by 50% YTD sales. Honda, the resale king!!!
Used Honda dont have AEB,
used Hrv also don’t have led lamps
Like buying very old used cars, no safety.
Better buy new, lower interest and got warranty for the quality issues
At one glance, these brands are dying:
Subaru (lack innovation)
Hyundai (leaving for Indon)
Volkswagen (Volvo closing in)
Lexus, Peugeot (nobody care anymore)
Regime change(distributorship)is no longer a myth.
Hyundai..Sime darby..omg..72 units..with 40 outlets..the sales man makan maggi mee,roti chanai,tosei to survive.
Funny how a fanboy said VW sales in Malaysia were good just yesterday
I think the Koreans, Kia and Hyundai are dying in Malaysia. Dont know if Berjaya can help Kia? But looks like Sime Darby gave up on Hyundai. Subaru also poor sales. I think Malaysian market prefer Japanese and European cars. VW not bad la, still no 11 since last two year. Volvo doing much better compared to last two years.
Volvo, which don’t have any cars below rm100k, is only 3 cars less than VW. In terms of sales performance VW is doing far worse than Volvo!
I think comparing premium car to non-premium, both Volvo (premium) and VW (non-premium) are doing well compared with Ford, Renault, Subaru and the likes.
Seriously who cares how the car makes do in the Malaysian market? How they perform in the global market is what we are looking at. Just like Hyundai, Kia, VW and Tesla. All are powerful globally.
Peugeot maybe late this year or early next year… Suspect lot of rethink n preparation is needed by BAASB. Maybe PSA also need time for some adjustments to be made.
Hope Citroen and DS will come back as well. These brands are enjoying good resurgence in Europe with better improve offerings.
Pug is too slow to react. Imagine if Proton went with PSA instead, what will become of it. OMG!
Will be 30k per month if ativa kicks in.
Perodua sales will be 30,000 units this April cos Raya is just round the corner.
Together with brutal blockbuster Ativa,Myvi ,Aruz sales will go up.
The cheapest of the lot,Axia will also become blockbuster cos some folks can only afford this model.
P2 fanboys were shouting 4X sales!, 4X sales!, 4X sales!
Now? Only 10k more and majority are Axias, Bezzas. Malulah! Shout for what!
Their sales in the higher segments is dismal compared to Proton. Why is that happen if their cars are truly brutal blockbusters? Can please explain.
So if we follow your rational, then Proton should be more malu because majority of its sale went to Saga which is cheaper than Bezza and even some Axia.
Even its high end offering is losing to Aruz and now comes Ativa.
Okay, see how it performs next month
OK, see how it performs next month.
Well done and bravo P2.
Soon bcos alot x50 standard model buyers r cancelling their booking n switch to ativa due to longer waiting period.
Doesn’t Audi report any numbers, or are their sales zero?
Audi’s distributor Euromobil is now under Audi Singapore, so the numbers wont count
To avoid the possibility of contracting covid19 by sharing rides with strangers when using public transport & e-hailing, more people are returning to driving their own vehicles.
Mitsubishi is doing really well too, they have almost 3 percent market share up to Q1 ! Very impressive considering the bulk of sales were probably driven by just two models, the Xpander and new Triton. If MMM can keep up the pace and deliveries, they will probably reach all-time-high sales and market share this year. I believe MMM’s best-ever performance was back in 2014, with about 14,000 sales for 2 percent share.
Coming 2022 the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV , Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Exceed & Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross blockbuster launch..
3 months passed,
4 brands made into >10k cumulative sales,
No.1 surpassed 50k cumulative sales.
Congratulations to Perodua and Proton.
Why BMW and Benz alway 0
Maybe got no fans
Read the article:
“As usual, there are no figures for BMW and MINI, as BMW Group Malaysia is only releasing its numbers quarterly, and while Mercedes-Benz has indicated to the MAA that it would resume sharing its sales data, it did not indicate when it would do so.”
Should be ‘na’ or not available
Um, I can’t see Haval/GreatWall?
Sulah ada Geely X70 & X50 maa.. Buat apa mau beli Haval lagi?
Honda will continue to be hot demand even though no matter how PT readers criticized the brand, the real market opinion is determined by the sales.
If budget 100~130k – buy civic 1.8s./x70
If budget 80~100k – buy city/vios/x50
If budget 60~80k – buy ativa/yaris
If budget 50~60k – buy persona/myvi
If budget 40~50k – buy bezza/saga
If budget <40k – buy axia
If budget <30k – buy second hand 2gen vios.
Korean hyundai/kia better dun buy, becoz aftersales services sucks.
Just my 2 cents.
Malaysia car not recommended buy very low quality also manage by busted person
how many unit honda city were made in 2015-2020? i need the data for my assigment.Please help me out