Proton has announced that beginning May 1, 2022, all orders placed for its vehicles will not be delivered before July 1, 2022. According to the national carmaker, this is due to production delays arising from the global semiconductor shortage as well as supply chain disruptions brought on by the lingering effects of the pandemic.
As such, Proton vehicles ordered from today onwards will be subject to sales and service tax (SST) as they will only be delivered after the current SST exemption period ends on June 30, 2022. The company apologised to those who are affected by this issue and said it is focused on maximising vehicle production to make deliveries as soon as possible.
It added that a new price list will be issued soon, once all factors including the reinstatement of SST have been calculated. The SST exemption was first announced by the government back in June 2020 as part of its short-term economic recovery plan, with 100% exemption for locally-assembled (CKD) cars and 50% for fully-imported (CBU) cars.
Originally scheduled to end on December 31, 2020, the SST exemption period was was later extended to June 30, 2021, and then to December 31, 2021, and again to June 30, 2022.
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There is an old saying that :
“Every Cloud has a Silver Lining.”
That means that with criticism (yeah both destructive criticism and constructive criticism, although the majority are destructive compared to constructive) and haters that like to spitting in their mouth cursing and mocking Proton so harshly, then good luck to work hard to overcome those …
I hope you guys focusing the real problem that i, well tired to say it over and over again, lol …
Spare Parts availibility issues and backlog orders, those two should be primary in 2022 for Proton’s Agenda, hopefully ..
Work hard for it will ya, and i hope when you guys at Proton (again and again) read this comment. I hope you guys are serious about what i just said before, so don’t take it lightly….
If you guys want for a change, then change ! For the better ! P1 !
Lol typical fanboi fetish…just buy Ativa, problem solved.
Agreed. Ativa is so outdated it is unaffected by chip shortages.
Before anyone complains, yes chip shortages are real, yes not just proton facing that problem but nearly all makers except P2 cuz their cars are so outdated they do not use any tech, yes it is not a illuminaty/freemason conspiracy by proton to delay deliveries, yes they are doing the best to cope and they did not skimp or remove features like BMW did, yes these still the best value car your money can get, nope paying agents won’t make deliveries faster just wait your turn, nope nothing you do can make it come faster unless you own a semicon factory that supplies to proton, yes just wait patiently and your ride will come soon enough.
Very true. Actually Malaysia is considered lucky. Asian countries are facing less chip problems. In America and Europe, they got it bad. I think proton is over coming it very quickly
the only reason asian countries is less affected, because US and Europe countries workers are affected and fell sick. so the car makers are using that ‘chip shortage’ as an excuse. thanks to their herd immunity policy.
ask yourself, since when asian countries will get priority shipment than US and Europe.
You said Perodua is outdated…yet Myvi is now the industry leading car in terms of Safety with ASA 3.0. There’s no other car that offers it at this price range. Have you wonder that maybe Perodua with better management and the Japanese connection just able to secure their critical supply chain more efficiently? Kek
industry already called out the semi con factories bluff.
x70 MC ( aka facelift) is launching in May22 anyway.
Yes and it’s gonna be with 1.5 tdgi similar to the x50..More fuel economical and cheaper road tax.. But 3 cylinder. U want which one?
Spare Parts availibility issues can be External and or strictly only Proton Internal issues
External Causes are suppliers disruptions these effect entire auto brands not just Proton alone
Chip stortage are external issues
Internal are poor inventory control and or specific to certain management culture
Reorder Level (Initiate part order before Quantity reaching Min Level)
Lead time (Time needed for parts to reach store upon issue of Part Purchase Order)
The general public consensus is that Proton Spare Parts issues are internal problem
P1..pls dont use chip shortage as excuse .
All car distributors are no spared from parts shortages.
You cant absorb the SST ,say so lah.
What to apologise ? Just announce new price and give the fanboys improved and better products,thats more important.
The general public consensus are that parts shortages are unavoidable, if big names ie VW, GM, Ford, Toyota, BMW, et al, faced these problems it not an internal issue but a global problem. This compounded with supplier side having to cope with Covid breakouts last year badly affected supply and on top the devastating in Selangor meant months of downtime for machinery repairs.
News like this is giving false hope to those that booked their car in April to get theirs before end of June / tax exemption. Keke
First they blame the flood and now they blame the chip shortage. What is next? Putin facing sanction? There is always excuse for delaying production without actually acknowledging it is their own problem.
https://paultan.org/2022/04/29/volvo-cars-sold-148k-cars-in-q1-2022-20-less-y-o-y-due-to-russia-ukraine-conflict-and-covid-lockdowns/
Yeah am sure Volvo Cars in the global world are just giving excuses for delaying production without actually acknowledging it is their own problem. LOL
Ada saja benda nak blame, covid, banjir, chip, vendors, dealers… just anything under the sun except themselves.
See my comment above. Nuff said
What is so great about your comment that will change ones mind?
Nothing will change a paid hater’s mind obviously.
Booked X50 Executive on November 2021. Until today, 3rd May still haven’t received any. Delay after delay, promise after promise, When booked the car they said within 3 month, after that another month and another month and another month. And today they said I should get the car in 2nd week of May. Sound super crazy super ridiculous right? This nightmare remind me in those days when Proton having a serious quality issue such as the falling side screen, leaking tailgate lamp etc. Today management issue … long Q, spare part supply chain etc. Or maybe in my case integrity issue (jump Q)?
Any order that can’t be fulfilled in 60 days is a shit sale.By July 1, u pay SST some more. You should have plan B to buy other cars whether new or used,dude ,without SST.
There is no plan B when buying cars. U already chose the best of the pool before u made booking.. For value, for style, etc. The plan B is sub standard and u know it deep inside. I would just live with the 4% hike after June to get what I really wanted
Copy paste: “Before anyone complains, yes chip shortages are real, yes not just proton facing that problem but nearly all makers except P2 cuz their cars are so outdated they do not use any tech, yes it is not a illuminaty/freemason conspiracy by proton to delay deliveries, yes they are doing the best to cope and they did not skimp or remove features like BMW did, yes these still the best value car your money can get, nope paying agents won’t make deliveries faster just wait your turn, nope nothing you do can make it come faster unless you own a semicon factory that supplies to proton, yes just wait patiently and your ride will come soon enough.”
I ordered X50 before it’s off its official launch. Waited for 9 MTHS answers was what your LOA date 3 MTHS after that and LOA dates keep renewing. End of the days Proton unable to inform customers with accurate answer.
Cy,
The next excuse p1 gives ,is Dr.Li going on holiday after 3 years of non stop work.
So,spart parts for production units all affected,not to mention those already delivered ,waiting for warranty parts.
P1 has a reputation now,as the “Not sure when delivery” car distributor.
Yes I order civic rs for my son in Feb 22 and supposed to receive it before raya. Unfortunately was informed by the dealer that will only arrive after July due to chip shortage.
Yes I order civic rs for my son in Feb 22 and supposed to receive it before raya. Unfortunately was informed by the dealer that will only arrive after July due to chip shortage.
honda models will be 4-6 months wait
For toyota vehicles, it will be at least 7 months wait (except vios & yaris).
Heard that is between 3-6 months for most toyota vehicles, like corolla cross is between 3-5 months. Yaris & Vios is not longer like most of toyota vehicles
Just end of last month loan approved for the new saga,salesman said within 1 month get the car and sst exempted,looks like additional sst pymt expected,it’s been almost 30 years since I first bought proton car,not sure whether want to proceed further with this purchase as loan agreement luckily still not sign yet
Don’t worry. P1 surely absorb it. Trust me.
Booked Iriz Active on December 2021. When booked the car SA said within 1 month but until today nothing. When asked SA keep saying for almost 2 month that car already in list for to receive. Hope that can use the car for Raya but cannot. Maybe consider for cancelling the order after Raya week.
same situation here. book iriz executive early october 2021, more than 7 month waiting, still nothing and dont know when to receive the car.
Heard from some SA said, they don’t think this is chip shortage issue, is about government…as per that SA mentioned, government purposely order car manufacturers to delay all the delivery hence government can earn SST after that…I’m not sure weather this it true, but sound macam true…
I’m interested in either the Proton X50 or the Proton X70 let me know the pricing for both in a white color show me the colors must be automatic
Why my order saga premium s, already 3 mnths but no delivery ?