Here’s something quite interesting – Perodua has revealed its Units in Operation (UIO), or all-time sales by model nameplate, as of end-2024. Since its 1993 birth, the national carmaker has sold 5.1 million cars – pretty amazing when you consider that Proton, which is 10 years its senior, only built its five millionth car mid-last year.
That’s an average of 164,516 vehicles per year compared to its abang’s 121,951. Of course, UIO cannot account for vehicles lost through accidents or those unoperational for whatever reason, but has Perodua’s UIO overtaken Proton’s by now? This should then mean that more Peroduas exist than Protons now, whether running on the road or not, and Perodua has much fewer models than Proton throughout its history.
The biggest number on the board, of course, belongs to the Myvi – there are nearly one-and-a-half-million of them over three generations. Comparatively, Proton’s top seller, the Saga, hit two million in May 2024 over three generations, but of course it predated the Myvi by 20 years.
The second-highest number belongs to the Axia – Perodua’s pint-sized runabout has sold some 746,000 units over two generations since its 2014 inception, overtaking the Kancil‘s 709,000 units from 1994 to 2009. The Bezza is in third place with 543,000 units, ahead of the Alza‘s 503,000 units over two generations and the Viva‘s 448,000 units from 2007 to 2014.
One Perodua model is missing from the board (shut your eyes and take a guess), but Sungai Choh sold so few that we needn’t be bothered. The Toyota Rush-based Nautica cost RM90k when it was launched in 2008. It was Perodua’s first fully-imported (CBU) model (the second was 2022’s Ativa Hybrid, although that was lease-only), and no Perodua since has worn a price tag like that.
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With this much vehicles on the streets, is there a way to deal with abandoned vehicles? I noticed there are quite a number of them in the residential, industrial and also commercial areas. I wonder how does one deal with it once these vehicles are “retired”. There must be some way, we can’t just leave them in a landfill right?
No 1 selling and no 1 cause of road accidents here
And none of these millions are actually homegrown which can be called national car. LOL
Basically sales are for the most cheapest basic brand P2 and it indicates that people are having to buy downwards; people previously going for Toyotas have downgrade to P2. This is bad sign of our economy and how this Govt is fumbling it in the face of Trump upheavals.
Seriously what have you gained by spamming these exact same things? Are you retarded?
Yes, popular not by choice, but driven by no-choice. lols
Too bad Kancil did not continues used into Viva and Axia, Kancil will be the all time best selling model in Malaysia
Nice, love to see how Kancil evolved to affordable Lexus.
I like the AXN Axia as it drive well and comfortable
Let me make it easier to understand, The reason why Perodua and Proton are doing well it’s because there are depending on our government subsidies on their cars…..and both brands are depending sooo much on our domestic market…… where the prices on foreign cars is just ridiculously high because of all the ridiculous Tax and insurances we have to pay for buying foreign cars. Unfortunately, both brands feel soooo bland and if both Proton and Perodua were to compete with foreign car brands in terms of Safety , tech , solid Drivetrain, turbocharged engines and more , both brands would get crush because both brands choose to stick with their old ways by NOT updating their older models….. even though most of their models have been in production for 6, 7, 8 and 9 years. examples?
1.Saga ( still 95hp ,FWD and CVT)
2.BEZZA( STILL 95HP ,FWD and CVT)
3.Myvi ( 95 or 102 HP ,FWD and CVT)
4.Axia( 3 -cylinder ,67hp, FWD and CVT)
5.Iriz( 102 HP ,FWD and CVT)
6.Aruz ( 102 HP , RWD and CVT)
I can go on but that will take longer .
As you can see, all these cars have been in production from the 2010s and all these cars still feel the same in 2025 .