Perodua 2021 sales at 190,291 units, short of 200k target – Covid-19, chip shortage, flood impact cited

Perodua 2021 sales at 190,291 units, short of 200k target – Covid-19, chip shortage, flood impact cited

Perodua recorded sales of 22,940 units in December 2021, which is 13.0% higher than the 20,299 vehicles recorded in November. This is attributed to countermeasures on intermittent supply disruption due to Covid-19.

However, last month’s sales was short of the 30,000 registrations needed to take the overall 2021 tally pass the 200,000 units mark. If that happened, it would have been the highest ever monthly sales in P2’s history, surpassing the 27,858 units from October 2021.

As things stand, the market leader sold 190,291 vehicles in 2021, which is a 13.6% drop from the 220,154 units recorded in 2020.

Perodua 2021 sales at 190,291 units, short of 200k target – Covid-19, chip shortage, flood impact cited

“It’s below our target of 200,000 units for 2021 as the challenges in 2021 was greater than anticipated,” said Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad, who cited the impact of Covid-19, the semiconductor chip supply disruption and the recent floods as major hits to P2 production.

In November 2021, P2 announced that the company will not be meeting its 2021 sales target of 214,000 units, and that breaching the 200k units mark would be a good result for the year considering the difficulties. The 214k figure was already revised downwards from the original 240,000 units. That revision was announced in September.

Of course, the Myvi continued to lead the overall Malaysian car industry with 47,525 units, followed by the Axia with 43,080 units. The Axia is No.2 in both Perodua’s range and nationally. Just slightly behind is the Bezza sedan with 42,698 units. That’s actually higher than the Proton Saga’s 40,786 locally registered units, but P1 has the habit of claiming leadership by including exports, and now, the exports of CKD packs.

Elsewhere, the Ativa contributed 26,847 units from 10 months of sales and the Aruz did 15,313 units. Surprisingly, the super long in the tooth Alza – which production will come to an end this month after slightly over 12 years – recorded 14,828 units, not far from the more modern and bigger (but costlier) Aruz.

Zainal added that Malaysia’s total industry volume (TIV) for 2021 would also see a similar impact with an estimated decline of 4.5% to 504,536 units, from 528,172 units sold in 2020.

It was probably the most difficult year ever for the carmaker in terms of production (P2 typically sells everything they make, so sales figures are determined by production), and it could have been worse if not for creative countermeasures that also involved P2’s vendors.

Perodua 2021 sales at 190,291 units, short of 200k target – Covid-19, chip shortage, flood impact cited

“Despite the lower than expected performance for 2021, our countermeasures for the impact of Covid-19 has proven successful so far as we and our suppliers are dynamically cooperating and coordinating our efforts to ensure interruptions are minimised.

“These efforts include having a ready team of personnel to take active countermeasures at an alternate site if a supplier is under lockdown and also by allocating Perodua staff to shore up any suppliers that need temporary manpower replacement,” Zainal explained.

Moving forward, Perodua has forecasted a 240,000 sales target for 2022, but this will be reviewed later this month. “In December, we forecasted a 240,000 sales target for 2022, however, we will likely review that figure later this month as we are taking into account the latest developments and events into consideration,” the P2 chief said.

Perodua 2021 sales at 190,291 units, short of 200k target – Covid-19, chip shortage, flood impact cited

“The local automotive supply chain had taken a massive setback in recent years, however, there is a silver lining as the order bank for Perodua vehicles remains healthy as consumers are still responding positively to the sales tax exemption introduced by the government,” he added.

In tabling Budget 2022, the government extended the sales tax exemption for cars to June 30, 2022. The tax break was originally scheduled to end on December 31, 2021.

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Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • iThink on Jan 04, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    2022 is an ever better year for Perodua and Proton

    Year of Tiger

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  • Lets See on Jan 04, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    40% of Protons sold are from higher end cars.
    80% of Peroduas sold are from the lower end cars.
    Quality over quantity.
    Those proud of higher volume is just proud about more shitty cars.

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    • leoRNado on Jan 05, 2022 at 1:11 pm

      P1 sells quality.. haha.. u made my day

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      • Spin Too Much on Jan 05, 2022 at 11:29 pm

        P1 never had fuel pump malfunction that needed a mass recall which perodua never did admit.

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        • jusknittin on Jan 07, 2022 at 8:52 am

          I vouch for this, if I didn’t go the authorized service center, I would never know that they had a recall for Bezza 2019 model. It never made the news. I wonder what if some people don’t even trust authorized service centers and went to their preferred service center instead. How will they know there’s a recall?

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          • Celup King on Jan 07, 2022 at 10:59 pm

            They will know when the engine suddenly seizes while driving. The perils of buying a P2 is you win a dice game against Death constantly.

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          • Contradiction on Jan 08, 2022 at 11:45 am

            IC engine seizes due to insufficient lubrication when the oil pump malfunctions & has nothing to do with the fuel pump.

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          • Engineer on Jan 08, 2022 at 2:52 pm

            When your fuel pump fails you no longer have fuel going into your engine leading to flame out and hence engine seizure.

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          • Contradiction on Jan 10, 2022 at 12:46 pm

            Engine seizure is the irreversible damaged condition whereby its internal moving metal parts had welded themselves together after being heated up so much due to friction caused by the lack of oil lubrication.
            In the case of fuel starvation due to a malfunction in the fuel feed system, the engine simply stops running, but there is no irreversible damage and it is possible to be repaired.
            Even the term ‘flameout’ is mainly used for jet or gas turbine engines to describe the loss of flame in the combustor.

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  • Celup King on Jan 04, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    King export berapa? Telor?

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    • Rakyat Malaysia on Jan 04, 2022 at 6:35 pm

      Harap king bukan ekspot lebih dari 2 biji..

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      • Amran on Jan 05, 2022 at 12:03 am

        Memang betul. Setiap org ada maksimum 2 biji.

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        • PlainBS on Jan 05, 2022 at 9:21 am

          But P2 no balls to export using their own brandname.

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          • They once did export to UK but later they exported to neighbouring country as Daihatsu.

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          • Amran on Jan 05, 2022 at 11:21 am

            Kalau keta tak pakai ball bearing, mesti ada roller bearing.

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  • Please don’t just target on local market only. Beside isn’t the government wants to push for more usage of public transport?
    If keep pushing selling cars in local market only is no wonder all roads are jamming even on highways. This should not happened in the first place!

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  • iThink on Jan 04, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    Malaysian deserved AEB equipped cars.

    Well done.

    With Alza ending production, Perodua will not have any models without AEB, VSC.
    A new milestone soon.

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