August Result Slows Malaysia’s Yearlong Sales Slide
The Malaysian Automotive Assn. expects the September result to roughly match that of August, helped by the launch of more new models and aggressive sales campaigns by automakers.
Malaysia’s new-vehicle sales slide 2.1% year-on-year in August to 52,312 units, leaving the year-to-date total down 14.8% at 370,243.
The government’s Bernama news agency quotes the Malaysian Automotive Assn. as saying last month’s August result was up 23.2% from July thanks to a longer working month and new-model launches.
Car sales fell 2.3% to 46,223 units, while commercial-vehicle deliveries were down 66 units to 6,089 units.
August production fell 11.9% to 43,452 units, with the car build dropping 10.8% to 39,987 units and CV output off 23.4% at 3,465.
The association expects the September result to roughly match that of August, helped by the launch of more new models and aggressive sales campaigns by automakers.
Meantime, market leader Perodua tells Bernama it sold 112,500 vehicles in the first seven months of the year, giving it a 35.4% market share.
Zahari Husin, managing director-sales, says Perodua delivered its 10,000th Bezza since orders first were taken in mid-July. The automaker already has 25,000 orders for the model.
Mitsubishi Malaysia predicts it will meet its sales target of 12,000 units this year, topping last year's 10,344.
CEO Yang Won-Chul says Mitsubishi sold about 6,000 units through July, led by the Triton, with almost 50% of the total, ASX and Outlander.
Yang tells Bernama the outlook for the industry remains challenging in the second half of the year after overall volume dropped almost 10% in the first half. “We do not expect anything better for the industry in the second half of the year,” he says.
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