Malaysia September 2011: Nissan Livina X-Gear directly to #15

Nissan Livina X-Gear

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Malaysian car sales are up 2% in September at 42,679 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total even with last year at 434,155 units. The facelifted Perodua MyVi is #1 for the third month in a row with the same market share as in August at 13.9% thanks to 5,941 sales. The Proton Saga is #2 again with 12.8% share again at 5,474 units but stays #1 year-to-date with 57,762 sales and 13.3% vs. 55,419 and 12.8% for the MyVi.

The entire Top 6 best-selling models are unchanged vs. August with the Perodua Viva (10.5%), Proton Persona (7.2%), Perodua Alza (6.5%) and Toyota Vios (5.8%) all strong. The Toyota Hilux is up one spot to #7, the Honda City is up 3 spots to #9 and the Honda Civic is up 8 spots to #12. The Nissan Livina X-Gear lands directly in 15th place at 536 units for its first month of sales in the country.

Other great performers this month include the VW Golf at #22 (+11 spots on August), the Mercedes C Class at #27 (+5), the VW Polo at a best-ever #30 (+18) and the Mazda3 at #35 (+5).

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

Full September 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.