New car sales in the country continue to stutter, with sales dipping again last month on the heels of an already softening April. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) reported that a total of 46,663 vehicles were delivered last month, which was a 11,249-unit (or 19.4%) drop from the 57,912 units sold in April.
The association attributed the drop to a number of factors, not least the nationwide implementation of the third movement control order (MCO 3.0) in the second week of May. It was also a shorter working month due to the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive period, and the ongoing global chip shortage continued to affect production of some makes.
The dip in total volume meant that just about every brand ended up with a red arrow last month. Market leader Perodua sold 17,973 units in May, 11.9% (or 2,426 units) less than the 20,399 units it managed the month before. Despite this, it continued to widen the distance between it and second-placed Proton, which saw its sales drop by 40.2% to 8,771 units last month.
Toyota sales also dropped by 18%, with the 7,495 units sold last month being 1,641 units less than the 9,136 units achieved in April. It is however still pulling away from fourth-placed Honda, which was the only top-five brand to see growth last month. The company sold 5,113 vehicles in April, resulting in an 0.5% increase, but this is taking into account a revised April total of 5,090 units (vs the 5,389 reported last month).
Isuzu (+40.9%) was the other bright spark last month, the rebound very much due to the introduction of the new 2021 D-Max in April. Elsewhere, all other players saw reported lower numbers for the month – these included fifth-placed Mitsubishi (-16.1%), Ford (-24.7%), Volkswagen (-36.0%), Subaru (-30.6%), Hyundai (-52.7%) and Renault (-58.7%).
Likewise in the premium segment, with Volvo (-29.8%) and Lexus (-30.6%) registering lower numbers last month. Having switched to a quarterly reporting system, we’ll only be seeing BMW Group Malaysia’s April-June figures in July. Again, still no sign of anything from Mercedes-Benz, which had indicated to the MAA earlier this year that it would resume sharing its sales data.
With the country being under full lockdown for the entire month and showrooms – as well as production plants – closed for the duration, expect next month’s sales numbers to be almost non-existent, save for the carrying forward of May registration units not invoiced in the month.
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Next few months will be worse….many Johorian are begging for foods on the streets
Many are saving money so they don’t need to begging for food on the streets lah.
They got ppl sponsor for food..just pack your food in trolley and standby
Isuzu is grabbing sales from Triton n Hilux…good job
Of course! MITI said current economy is the best in decades
Terbaek!
But…..
Hilux is king
Dmax is king son
Navara is queen
The best three:
1. Hilux
2. Dmax
3. Navara
It’s time to remove some of the ridiculous excise duty to help boost sales and economy. No sales = no tax at all. Think win-win
Cheap cars here have little to no excise duties only punitive duties are on luxury cars… taxing the rich so what? I see no problem.
Axxx on Jun 04, 2021 at 3:55 pm
Predict
Perodua sold 17,300 units in May
Toyota sold 7,800 units
Honda sold 4,800 units
Very close to my prediction.
What’s the prediction for this month & the following months until end of this year?
wonder how kia guys eat
How can honda up?