01 VOLUME
The pulse of the market
Two crashes, two booms. The 2009 financial crisis barely dented it; the 2020 lockdowns did. Then the SST holiday lit a fire — the market has set a new record every year since 2022.
02 MARKET SHARE
The brand wars
Proton entered the century on top. Perodua took the crown in 2006 and never gave it back — the two nationals plus Toyota and Honda account for four of every five cars ever registered.
03 NATIONAL vs IMPORTS
The national majority, lost and won back
Perodua and Proton have led for a generation, but never uncontested: their combined share slid to a low of 46% in 2014 as imports flooded in, then clawed all the way back. In 2026 the two nationals account for 63% of registrations — their strongest showing since 2003.
04 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
The rise of the Chinese challenger
Behind the two nationals, Japan has held second place for the entire period. The real mover is China: a rounding error until 2022, Chinese brands have rocketed to nearly one in eleven new cars in 2026, overtaking Europe in 2025 and leaving Korea far behind. Origin is by brand heritage; American marques sit within the Western group.
05 LEADERBOARD
Top models, year by year
The Myvi has finished #1 in fifteen of the last twenty-one years. Pick a year and see who made the podium.
06 HEAD-TO-HEAD
Compare any models
Search the registry — every model that ever sold a single unit is in here. Stack up to five against each other, with each car’s real-world colour mix below.
07 ENERGY
The slow but steady decline of the fuel pump
Petrol still powers nine in ten new cars — but the curve has bent. EVs went from a rounding error to tens of thousands a year almost overnight.
Non-petrol share of new registrations
EV registrations by brand
EV leaderboard
08 PAINT
A nation in greyscale
Silver, white, grey, black — the achromatic four have swallowed the road. Spare a thought for green, a top colour in 2000, now nearly extinct.
09 BODY TYPES
The SUV ascendancy
The ordinary passenger car still rules, but its grip is loosening — SUVs and four-wheel-drives have tripled their share since the mid-2010s.
How JPJ classifies these: the registry has only five body categories. Motokar ("Passenger car" above) covers every conventional passenger car — sedans, hatchbacks, wagons and coupés are lumped together with no further breakdown. Motokar pelbagai utiliti is the MPV category, jip covers SUVs and 4x4s, and pick-ups and window vans round out the list.