RAWANG: Perodua’s sales momentum for the first four months of the year remains strong with a 9.5% increase to 82,700 units from January to end-April 2019, compared with 75,500 units registered in the same period in 2018, underpinned by continued strong demand for all its models.
It is the highest number of vehicles Perodua has sold in the first four months of any year in its history.
The Myvi continues to be Perodua's best-selling model, with over 115,000 units delivered since its November 2017 launch.
Perodua’s models, which all have over 90% local content, saw healthy registrations in April with over 7,700 Myvis, 5,900 Axias, 4,200 Bezzas, over 3,200 Aruzs and 1,100 Alzas sold.
Perodua’s April 2019 sales total of over 22,100 units is nearly 11% higher than April 2018’s 19,939 units, making it the company’s best April ever in terms of sales.
“The sales figures, which are internally generated, show strong continued support for our products," said Perodua president and chief executive officer Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.
“While Perodua awaits the Malaysian Automotive Association’s official total industry volume numbers, we believe Perodua’s market share is above 43% for the four-month period, thus directly benefitting the domestic economy as a whole."
In the first four months of the year, Perodua spent RM1.8bil on component purchases from local automotive suppliers and is on track to buy RM5.4bil's worth of components this year.
