Malaysia July 2011: Facelifted Perodua MyVi takes off
* For the first time I can share with you the Malaysian Top 100 best-selling models: See ‘Read more’ at end of post - Thanks Ausrutherford for the tip! *
Malaysian new car sales are down 6% year-on-year in July at 50,252 registrations and down 2% year-to-date at 347,455 units. After a couple of wobbly transition months, the new look Perodua MyVi reclaims the leadership of the Malaysian models ranking with no less than 8,447 sales for a whopping 16.8% market share, its best scores since 2009!
The Proton Saga drops one spot and 5 percentage points to 2nd place and 10.4% share but stays on top in the 2011 year-to-date ranking with 45,074 sales and 13% vs. 41,597 and 12% for the MyVi. The Perodua Viva ranks #3 at 9.1%, followed by the Proton Persona (8%) and Perodua Alza (6.7%).
Exceptional performance of the Honda Insight breaking into the Malaysian Top 10 for the very first time at #10 with 745 sales and 1.5% share. Further down the ranking, notice the VW Passat CC up a massive 55 spots on May to #40 with 160 sales, the new gen Kia Sportage up to #44 for its first full month of sales at 155 units and the Lexus CT200h up to 52nd place with 109 sales or 84% of Lexus’s sales in Malaysia this month!
Previous month: see the June 2011 Malaysian Top 50 best-selling models here.
Full July 2011 Top 100 Ranking Table below.
Malaysia July 2011:
| Pos | Model | July | % | Jun | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Perodua Myvi | 8,447 | 16.8% | 6 | 41,597 | 12.0% | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Proton Saga | 5,233 | 10.4% | 1 | 45,074 | 13.0% | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Perodua Viva | 4,558 | 9.1% | 2 | 33,985 | 9.8% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Proton Persona | 4,023 | 8.0% | 3 | 28,248 | 8.1% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Perodua Alza | 3,370 | 6.7% | 4 | 20,253 | 5.8% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Toyota Vios | 3,015 | 6.0% | 5 | 16,816 | 4.8% | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Proton Exora | 1,841 | 3.7% | 7 | 12,490 | 3.6% | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Toyota Hilux | 1,736 | 3.5% | 8 | 11,721 | 3.4% | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Nissan Grand Livina | 1,071 | 2.1% | 9 | 7,760 | 2.2% | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Honda Insight | 745 | 1.5% | 18 | 3,080 | 0.9% | 19 | - |
| 11 | Proton Inspira | 745 | 1.5% | 11 | 6,073 | 1.7% | 11 | 51 |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Triton | 682 | 1.4% | 10 | 4,898 | 1.4% | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Toyota Avanza | 645 | 1.3% | 12 | 4,409 | 1.3% | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Toyota Camry | 601 | 1.2% | 14 | 4,512 | 1.3% | 13 | 11 |
| 15 | Honda Civic | 599 | 1.2% | 29 | 4,354 | 1.3% | 15 | 12 |
| 16 | Honda City | 544 | 1.1% | 15 | 7,802 | 2.2% | 9 | 8 |
| 17 | Toyota Corolla Altis | 539 | 1.1% | 21 | 3,549 | 1.0% | 16 | 16 |
| 18 | Naza Forte | 488 | 1.0% | 13 | 3,470 | 1.0% | 17 | 20 |
| 19 | Isuzu D-Max | 447 | 0.9% | 16 | 3,361 | 1.0% | 18 | 17 |
| 20 | Toyota Innova | 407 | 0.8% | 17 | 2,795 | 0.8% | 23 | 18 |
| 21 | Ford Fiesta | 349 | 0.7% | 25 | 2,384 | 0.7% | 27 | - |
| 22 | Proton Satria Neo | 331 | 0.7% | 20 | 2,547 | 0.7% | 24 | 23 |
| 23 | Honda Accord | 330 | 0.7% | 23 | 2,509 | 0.7% | 26 | 15 |
| 24 | Nissan Teana | 280 | 0.6% | 27 | 2,859 | 0.8% | 22 | - |
| 25 | Hyundai i10 | 269 | 0.5% | 47 | 1,480 | 0.4% | 32 | 26 |
| 26 | Nissan Navara | 268 | 0.5% | 22 | 2,534 | 0.7% | 25 | 25 |
| 27 | Honda CR-V | 251 | 0.5% | 24 | 2,928 | 0.8% | 21 | 19 |
| 28 | Chery Eastar | 241 | 0.5% | 30 | 1,571 | 0.5% | 31 | 27 |
| 29 | Nissan Sylphy | 225 | 0.4% | 32 | 1,958 | 0.6% | 29 | 22 |
| 30 | Suzuki Swift | 223 | 0.4% | 19 | 2,953 | 0.8% | 20 | 21 |
| 31 | Mercedes C-Class | 216 | 0.4% | 37 | 1,154 | 0.3% | 41 | 30 |
| 32 | Toyota Hiace | 208 | 0.4% | 48 | 1,132 | 0.3% | 43 | 42 |
| 33 | BMW 5 Series | 189 | 0.4% | 33 | 1,316 | 0.4% | 38 | 46 |
| 34 | VW Golf | 184 | 0.4% | 26 | 1,404 | 0.4% | 34 | - |
| 35 | Toyota Rush | 183 | 0.4% | 36 | 1,406 | 0.4% | 33 | 28 |
| 36 | Nissan Urvan | 178 | 0.4% | 50 | 1,008 | 0.3% | 46 | 40 |
| 37 | BMW 3 Series | 165 | 0.3% | 39 | 1,157 | 0.3% | 40 | 31 |
| 38 | Ford Ranger | 163 | 0.3% | 40 | 1,346 | 0.4% | 35 | 32 |
| 39 | Naza Citra | 161 | 0.3% | 34 | 1,132 | 0.3% | 42 | 35 |
| 40 | VW Passat CC | 160 | 0.3% | 95 | 434 | 0.1% | 66 | - |
| 41 | Toyota Prius | 158 | 0.3% | 31 | 1,085 | 0.3% | 44 | - |
| 42 | Hyundai Tucson | 158 | 0.3% | 52 | 1,342 | 0.4% | 36 | - |
| 43 | Peugeot 308 | 155 | 0.3% | 43 | 1,310 | 0.4% | 39 | 38 |
| 44 | Kia Sportage | 155 | 0.3% | 101 | 169 | 0.0% | 88 | - |
| 45 | Toyota Fortuner | 149 | 0.3% | 42 | 1,000 | 0.3% | 47 | 33 |
| 46 | Mazda2 | 147 | 0.3% | 38 | 1,047 | 0.3% | 45 | 34 |
| 47 | Mercedes E-Class | 142 | 0.3% | 35 | 1,329 | 0.4% | 37 | 29 |
| 48 | Hyundai Sonata | 129 | 0.3% | 28 | 2,132 | 0.6% | 28 | 49 |
| 49 | Mercedes B-Class | 115 | 0.2% | 67 | 371 | 0.1% | 69 | - |
| 50 | Chevrolet Cruze | 109 | 0.2% | 46 | 519 | 0.1% | 62 | - |
| 51 | Mitsubishi Pajero Sport | 109 | 0.2% | 49 | 820 | 0.2% | 51 | 44 |
| 52 | Lexus CT200h | 109 | 0.2% | 59 | 312 | 0.1% | 73 | |
| 53 | Kia Sorento | 101 | 0.2% | 63 | 553 | 0.2% | 59 | |
| 54 | VW Polo | 89 | 0.2% | 45 | 780 | 0.2% | 52 | |
| 55 | Nissan Sentra | 89 | 0.2% | 60 | 734 | 0.2% | 53 | 41 |
| 56 | Mitsubishi ASX | 88 | 0.2% | 56 | 604 | 0.2% | 57 | - |
| 57 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 87 | 0.2% | 54 | 488 | 0.1% | 63 | |
| 58 | Nissan X-Trail | 87 | 0.2% | 65 | 626 | 0.2% | 55 | 48 |
| 59 | Peugeot 207 | 80 | 0.2% | 58 | 975 | 0.3% | 49 | - |
| 60 | Proton Waja | 77 | 0.2% | 41 | 1,924 | 0.6% | 30 | 24 |
| 61 | Naza Picanto | 77 | 0.2% | 53 | 864 | 0.2% | 50 | - |
| 62 | Honda Stream | 70 | 0.1% | 61 | 442 | 0.1% | 65 | |
| 63 | Peugeot 3008 | 65 | 0.1% | 55 | 591 | 0.2% | 58 | |
| 64 | Suzuki Alto | 60 | 0.1% | 51 | 670 | 0.2% | 54 | |
| 65 | Suzuki SX4 | 60 | 0.1% | 57 | 521 | 0.1% | 61 | |
| 66 | Mazda6 | 55 | 0.1% | 70 | 351 | 0.1% | 71 | |
| 67 | Nissan Frontier | 55 | 0.1% | 71 | 355 | 0.1% | 70 | |
| 68 | Peugeot 5008 | 43 | 0.1% | 74 | 252 | 0.1% | 77 | |
| 69 | Honda Jazz | 41 | 0.1% | 62 | 321 | 0.1% | 72 | |
| 70 | Mitsubishi Grandis | 41 | 0.1% | 78 | 284 | 0.1% | 75 | |
| 71 | BMW X1 | 36 | 0.1% | 79 | 139 | 0.0% | 94 | |
| 72 | Nissan Latio | 33 | 0.1% | 66 | 473 | 0.1% | 64 | 47 |
| 73 | Naza Rondo | 32 | 0.1% | 75 | 220 | 0.1% | 80 | |
| 74 | VW Scirocco | 31 | 0.1% | 72 | 210 | 0.1% | 84 | |
| 75 | Audi A4 | 31 | 0.1% | 76 | 215 | 0.1% | 82 | |
| 76 | SsangYong Stavic | 29 | 0.1% | n/a | 113 | 0.0% | 98 | |
| 77 | Porsche Cayenne | 28 | 0.1% | 77 | 136 | 0.0% | 96 | |
| 78 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 27 | 0.1% | 73 | 285 | 0.1% | 74 | 39 |
| 79 | Honda Freed | 26 | 0.1% | 69 | 416 | 0.1% | 68 | |
| 80 | Nissan Serena | 26 | 0.1% | 81 | 204 | 0.1% | 85 | |
| 81 | Audi Q5 | 26 | 0.1% | 84 | 156 | 0.0% | 89 | |
| 82 | Kia Pregio | 25 | 0.0% | 87 | 224 | 0.1% | 79 | |
| 83 | Hyundai Accent | 25 | 0.0% | 91 | 102 | 0.0% | 100 | |
| 84 | Mercedes S-Class | 25 | 0.0% | n/a | 148 | 0.0% | 91 | |
| 85 | Mazda5 | 23 | 0.0% | 83 | 198 | 0.1% | 86 | |
| 86 | Volvo XC60 | 23 | 0.0% | 92 | 84 | 0.0% | 106 | |
| 87 | Ford Focus | 23 | 0.0% | 100 | 124 | 0.0% | 97 | |
| 88 | Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback | 19 | 0.0% | 99 | 138 | 0.0% | 95 | |
| 89 | Mazda BT50 | 19 | 0.0% | n/a | 181 | 0.1% | 87 | |
| 90 | Volvo S80 | 17 | 0.0% | 94 | 93 | 0.0% | 103 | |
| 91 | Lexus RX | 16 | 0.0% | n/a | 220 | 0.1% | 81 | |
| 92 | Peugeot 407 | 14 | 0.0% | 88 | 212 | 0.1% | 83 | |
| 93 | VW Eos | 14 | 0.0% | n/a | 56 | 0.0% | 114 | |
| 94 | Mazda3 | 13 | 0.0% | 44 | 978 | 0.3% | 48 | 50 |
| 95 | VW Touareg | 12 | 0.0% | 90 | 58 | 0.0% | 113 | |
| 96 | Proton Gen2 | 11 | 0.0% | 85 | 616 | 0.2% | 56 | 37 |
| 97 | Mazda CX-7 | 11 | 0.0% | 89 | 146 | 0.0% | 92 | |
| 98 | Mini Cooper | 11 | 0.0% | 96 | 98 | 0.0% | 102 | |
| 99 | Hyundai Starex | 10 | 0.0% | 64 | 526 | 0.2% | 60 | 45 |
| 100 | Peugeot RCZ | 10 | 0.0% | 68 | 60 | 0.0% | 112 |
Source: Malaysian Automotive Association, Paultran.org, www.motortrader.com.my, many thanks to Ausrutherford for the source tip!









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