National car brand Proton has exceeded the 100,000-unit marks in vehicle sales for the third consecutive year, brought by overall sales on 14,187 units in November, domestic and export sales combined, bringing the year-to-date figure to 100,566 units.
November sales this year for Proton was a 6.2% gain over the preceding month, while representing a 24.3% increase compared to November 2020. This was also reflected in the 4.3% increase in sales year-to-date. Domestic market share has been estimated to be at 24.5%, while market share year-to-date has grown 1.9% to 22.8%.
The Proton Saga reclaimed the accolade of the nation’s best-selling car in November with 5,666 units sold, charting its best month of sales since December 2020 and once again making the sedan the best-selling car in Malaysia and therefore also the best-selling A-segment sedan, an achievement it last held in September this year.
Meanwhile, November also became the Proton X50‘s record month for sales with 4,010 units of the B-segment SUV delivered. This figure has bettered its achievement of 3,839 units sold in October, making it the best-seller in not just the B-segment SUV category, but also for the SUV segment overall.
Stepping up a size category, the larger Proton X70 continued its strong performance in the C-segment SUV category with 1,901 units sold in November. Further along the Proton range, the Exora MPV continued its fourth month of sales volume growth in succession with 434 units sold, as well as being the best-selling MPV in its class.
Component supply issues however continue to put pressure on the sales performances of the B-segment Iriz hatchback and Persona sedan, though both managed figures of 642 units and 1,534 units, respectively.
“Crossing the 100,000-unit threshold with a month to go in the year is a high point for us after another year disrupted by Covid-19, [and] we are confident of ending the year with an increase in total sales. This will make Proton the sole national brand to grow sales and market share this year, and give us a strong base heading into 2022 as we look to consolidate and improve our ranking both domestically and overseas,” said Proton Edar CEO Roslan Abdullah.
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proton and geely shubbe developing or using existing B segment platform using shared components for the next Saga / Iriz / Compact Suv / budget 7 seater family
or something like this is already in the works
The double cab segment is something Proton need to enter, which currently no geely product is available.
If they did some changes to the CVT and OCH on Exora with few cosmetic changes like grill and bumper design. Exora may not only lead C segment MPV but the entire MPV category. Unfortunately Proton just doesn’t care regarding the miss opportunity cost in MPV…
Thorbaik
There are more X50 than the new compact Sedan Vios City and Almera now.
Have to combine domestic and export then can 100k? Domestic only?
What’s the difference between making money for domestic sales and making money for exports?
Pls sapot both P2 & P1 , demi rakyat. Ini kalilah!!
It is still a very long way yet to achieve the goal of topping perodua as the bestseller in Malaysia.
To do that, Proton needs a car that malaysians would gladly prefer over the Myvi, which is a monumental task to do.
Sun Tzu style warfare, you kill a larger enemy by taking out its supporting forces one by one, dominating all other segments, and finally leaving only 1 to kill; the myvi. Proton strategy is working well.
109,716
That’s the number to beat.
Very challenging year for PROTON, but PROTON short and long term strategy for local and overseas market seems to give a positive result to PROTON product, quality and after sales . This will result to positive growth in PROTON sales year by year.
Finally happy to see proton on the right track. I hope they produce newer engines to replace their ageing VVT engine. Come on proton, use the power of friendship.