Malaysia August 2011: New gen Perodua MyVi confirms top spot

Perodua MyVi

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The Malaysian car market is back up by 7% in August at 56,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 391,476 units, down 1%. The Perodua MyVi new generation confirms the pole position it reclaimed last month at 13.9% market share, down from 16.8% in August.

On the contrary the Proton Saga is back in better shape at 12.8% share thanks to 7,214 sales. It is still #1 year-to-date at 52,288 units and 13.4% vs. 49,478 and 12.6% for the MyVi. The Perodua Viva stays in 3rd place and improves its share to 11.2%. In fact the entire Top 9 is unchanged vs. July, with the Proton Persona (8.9%), Perodua Alza (7%) and Proton Exora (4.5%) posting significantly higher market shares.

Further down the ranking, the Ford Fiesta delivers its best month to date in Malaysia in 17th position with 537 sales and 0.9% and the Lexus CT200h continues to impress, up 16 spots on July to #36 at 181 units.

Previous month: see the Malaysian July 2011 Top 100 best-selling models here.

Full August 2011 Top 100 Ranking Table below.