Perodua has revealed its Q3 2023 sales and production figures and things look very good for the market leader. Q3 sales are up 28.3% year-on-year and sales for the first nine months of 2023 is 18.8% higher.
For the final stretch, Perodua and its two Sg Choh factories are going full throttle to produce at least 30,000 units per month, which means that the sales target for 2023 of 314,000 units – which would be a new sales record to beat last year’s record – will surely be surpassed. We talk about production because that is the key – P2 generally sells whatever it produces.
But there’s an unlikely hero this year and his name is Bezza. With 65,158 units sold as of Q3 2023, the sedan is Malaysia’s outright best selling vehicle, both in Q3 and YTD September, never mind segment battles. For context, it’s currently nearly 14k units ahead of the Axia, which is just ahead of the Myvi. Bezza sales is a whopping 41.3% higher y-o-y with one quarter to go.
That means that the sedan is virtually guaranteed to wrest the sales king crown from the Myvi, which was Malaysia’s best selling car in 2022 (with 74,840 units, it was also top in 2021).
The Bezza topping Malaysia’s (full-year) sales charts for the first time is almost a certainty with one quarter to go, barring a sudden change in trend or catastrophe, as Perodua VP Datuk Ahmad Suhaimi Hashim said on the sidelines of the Japan Mobility Show that the Bezza is the most produced car in the factories now to suit market demand. And the market seems to really like the Bezza now.
Suhaimi also revealed that the Perodua Global Manufacturing plant (PGMSB is the newer of the two in Sg Choh) had upped the takt time for the Bezza three times this year. Takt time a manufacturing term to describe the required product assembly duration – basically how fast a company can make a product.
It’s an unlikely hero because the Bezza is the oldest car in P2’s range – the compact sedan was launched back in July 2016 and is still in its first generation, having received a facelift in early 2020. Sibling Axia has since moved into the DNGA era, but the Bezza remains, not just surviving but thriving. Wouldn’t have guessed, would you?
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Full throttle? 30k a month? and the result is crappy quality. Dashcam problem settled already?
Their stubbornness for refusing to accept that Axia is expensive causing it to fall behind despite being a newer model. More features konon. People buying Axia looking for fancy features? Pakailah otak sikit.
Brain is to be used, not worn. Anyway, the top sales of Bezza speaks for itself as there cannot be too many stupid ones making wrong choice. And you see the dashcam as a major problem for performance of the car? What a crappy comment!
Their decision to stick to the same dashcam despite so many issues speaks about their decision making. What about faulty oil filter? What about faulty head unit?
People buying this brand for its performance or because lack of options? Look at how acia is doing now with just slight price increase. Nak defend pun agak-agak lah.
Best choice to start e-hailing business, the only cheap & cheerful option, more space than Axia, less fuel than P1 alternative. Every cents counted.
Need another sedan from Perodua. I am sick of seeing SUVs and pickup truck conquering our roads
Totally agreed. Carmakers aren’t even making an effort to make decent SUVs. Every SUV looks like it was copied from a global template.
Axia used to be best seller until the new generation freaking upcar price that made it no longer affordable so now the cheapest car is also the bezza so unsurprising that it is today selling better than before. Meanwhile Myvi is a victim of our gomen failure to control inflation and dropping of RM like stone. Less and less B40 can afford better cars these days.
The DGNA Axia is an answer to a question that nobody asks.
The 1st gen Axia was perfect as it is, with high demand.
The latest Axia is butt ugly (literally) with the bitten by a dog rear styling concept. It is also much more expensive than the old one, which did not help.
old axia looks better than new axia
old alza looks better than the new alza
old vios looks better than the new vios
what is wrong with toyota/perodua styling nowadays?
the new corolla/altis is an exception. the GR corolla hatchback is so beautiful.
Wait, don’t we always refer to our cars as “HER”?
LoLz…
Bezza gets the N0.1 spot not because Myvi has lost its luster. It is because Bezza took over the Axia’s market share as the cheap car option, after the stupid pricing from the Axia.
But yet, interest rate for the new Axia is still higher compared to the cheaper Bezza. Interest rate for Bezza ranges from 3.0 to 3.3, depending on the DP. But for Axia, it ranges from 3.6 – 3.8. Whaaatla… Banks, please take note that Axia is no longer the cheapest model…
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Boy stfu you thought you ate that? Lmao
I don’t understand ,why
-Value to value saga seems like a better deal.
-It definitely didn’t felt safe to drive in
-The interior quality is soso
-God bless the 90 degrees rear seat
-looks are abit repulsive from rear, front oklaa
-poor nvh, compared to saga
-got that npc car vibe
Pros
-very fuel efficient
-very fuel efficient x2
-very fuel efficient x3
It tells you what the requirement of the segment, is first and foremost, cheap and reliable.
You mentioned fuel efficient… that’s cheap.
And arguably people that experienced P2 generally feels more reliable than P1, no thanks to the history of P1 and carry that perception till this day.
Also this generation of Saga has its roots back in 2008… is a very very very old product.
I suppose u dont hv any frnds that is sending the saga to service center every other month for weeks.
Its a headache.
You sure? because I send once every 6month for service..so does my friend that own Saga..For user perspective, I don’t found any major issue for Saga..One issue is of course its fuel consumption. Others than that, it worth every single cent spend on Saga especially its handling..maybe your friend is on Google or FB?
You can be certain you don’t need tow truck for at least 7 years. With saga or even X70? haha.
PS: Put your imaginary parents siblings, friends, coworkers story aside. We know the script.
Action speaks, not imaginary stories.
actually even the Axia does not need the new version to be there.
The new Axia is horrible looking and offers very little extra to the old Axia. It is understandable that somebody that previously wanted to buy a high spec Axia would now buy a Bezza instead.
I chosed axia because bezza shitty 90 degree seat is a back killer lol
The burukduas
If maintain myvi 4at, it will still be top seller. Myvi is a full size car whereas axia is not. Everyday driving still 4at better. Even going up shopping ramp dcvt is a big problem. Malaysia not all flat land, hilly area everywhere.
this!!!
was waiting to see if anyone mention this at all. The 4AT is reliable too. I myself wanted to get to Myvi only to find out they updated it by removing the good old 4AT to a trashy DCVT which is an absolute turn off
not suprising. cheap, more space than axia and myvi, fuel efficient. no matter how it looks.
Malaysian still prefers sedan after all.
Just stop the suv fanfare coz suv basically less aerodynamic, heavier, consume more fuel, weaker handling and cost more to maintain versus similar size / class sedan.
I think bcoz people buy Bezza to go Grab car service. Thats why it became the most best selling cars. Nothing else …
Only bezza x variant free from eco idle and asa at the moment. Those features are useless.
Bezza still using reliable 4AT and budget option of 5MT too. Spacious, cheap maintenance, affordable monthly. If they can up production for Axia E or give it atleast a 4AT gearbox option, that would surely sell like no tomorrow. Demand will be so high because the market speaks for itself, affordable vehicles