In addition to announcing its sales tally for 2022, Proton also revealed that three of its models were segment leaders last year, adding that five out of the six models in the current line-up saw an increase in deliveries compared to 2021.
In December 2022, the X50 continued to be Malaysia’s best-selling SUV with 3,764 deliveries, which contributed to a new annual sales record of 40,681 units. This represents a 41.4% year-on-year increase for the model and ensured the X50 reigned over the B-segment SUV space.
Meanwhile, the X70 retained its positioned as the best-selling C-segment SUV for a fourth consecutive year with total sales amounting to 18,533 units, of which 1,787 units were sold last month. According to Proton, sales of the X70 increased by 13.1% compared to 2021.
The third segment leader to wear a Proton badge was the Exora in the C-segment MPV market. With 4,275 units sold in 2022, the MPV, which received minor updates last August, saw sales grow by 5.9% compared to the previous year.
Other models that saw deliveries increase year-on-year include the Saga, which climbed 31.1% to 55,878 units (5,913 units were delivered in December 2022). The carmaker said this was good for second place in the A-segment sedan market, despite the Saga being the model most affected by the disastrous floods that occurred at the tail end of 2021 that disrupted deliveries heavily – only 76 units were delivered in January 2022.
The Persona also saw an increase in sales, albeit marginally by just 1.3% with a total of 16,357 units sold (2,322 units were delivered in December 2022), with the company citing chip supply issues affecting production.
As for the Iriz, it continued to be plagued by production supply issues and suffered a sales decline of 14.9% in 2022 to 5,708 units (526 units were delivered in December 2022), which is 1,000 units less than the 6,708 units reported in 2021.
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Iriz was a bomb right from the start lah. nak lawan myvi, how la?
Which better quality?
(Like) Proton X50
(Dislike) Yaris-G
Perodua lebih jimat minyak and less problem tapi yg auto brake dgn eco ape benda tu hang tak guna.
Proton persona headrest belakang boleh tak tambah panjang and exec boleh bagi seat leather tak? hang nak upgrade saga i.
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They have to do something about the Iriz to increase sales numbers, so hopefully the Iriz is the first Proton to get the 1.5 turbo from the X50.
Easy solutions for Iriz sales:
1. Change to Saga auto gearbox (Hyundai).
2. Redo rear design, put number plate on upper bonnet (not on lower bumper). Trust me it’ll look way much better, like it should’ve been done since day one.
3. Sack the chief designer. Seriously.
Strongly agree with the 2nd solution for Iriz!
Rubbish article.
Dah kata dah. Nak lakukan Iriz. Pair with Conventional auto gearbox. 1.3 Dan 1.6…Proton kan, mana nak dengar pendapat pengguna
Proton just can’t manage so many models with sheetload of different variants. Look at the number of complaints at their service centre. They simply don’t have the capability with such small sales number.
congrtas to geely and china this show how powerful is china even us malaysian cannot get enought of their car now even cherry, gwm and byd are coming back and selling like hot cake.
Come on proton.. please release Iriz 1.6 Manual again..
Bro just plug in that 1.5 TGDI your building in Tanjung Malim and plug that in an Iriz. Call it, iriz R3 sell 70k for entry and 80k for full spec. Confirm will sell like hotcakes.
design belakang buruk naw, how to sell like hotcakes?
Design belakang macam tampal koyok hitam panjang.
Kerja pemalas, bagai melepas batuk di tangga.
Entah bila Proton nak sack the chief designer!
This Iriz was pretty handsome looking with projector light and look sleek right back when they launch it in during 2014. Actually just refine gearbox, refine fc, refine interior will do. Then they make it ugly and cut back the iconic projector light, change to uglier bumper, add some thick black piece of metal at the rear and do a lot unnessary modification and literally kill its iconic aesthetics positioning. Now they sell it cheaper and cheaper, but sales fall lower and lower. And wonder why.