Malaysia: 1985-2023 Historical Data available

July 19, 2019
Matt Gasnier
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The Proton Saga topped Malaysian charts from 1986 to 1993, peaking at 52.2% share in 1992.

18/07/2019 update: Now with All-brands and All-models data from 1990 to 2006 (15 additional articles).

Historical data spanning the past three decades is available on BSCB. Witness the oppressing domination of Proton during the first decade of its existence, lifting the Saga to 52.2% share in 1992 and hitting a brand record of 58.5% in 1993. Observe the decade-long domination of the Proton Wira started in 1994 and ended in 2004 by the Perodua Kancil. Then the Perodua Myvi took the lead in 2006, the Axia in 2015 and back to the Myvi in 2018. Lightning strike between the two national manufacturers, Perodua overtook Proton after 21 years in 2006, never looking back and climbing to a personal record of 41.3% share in 2020.

The direct links to all annual articles are below:

Malaysia 1985-1989: Proton Saga sovereign

Malaysia 1990: Proton Saga holds 40% market share

Malaysia 1991: Proton Saga improves to 44.5% share

Malaysia 1992: Proton Saga Iswara up to record 52.2% share in market down -19.5%

Malaysia 1993: Wira joins Saga, lifts Proton share to record 58.5%

Malaysia 1994: Proton Wira takes the lead, new local brand Perodua launches with Kancil (#3)

Malaysia 1995: Proton Wira repeats at #1 but Saga and Perodua Kancil catch up in record market

Malaysia 1996: Proton Wira 3peats above weaker Saga and Kancil in record market up 27.3%

Malaysia 1997: Proton Wira #1, Perodua Kancil up to #2 in record market just under 400.000 units

Malaysia 1998: Proton Saga back to #1 in market imploding down -58.7%

Malaysia 1999: Proton and Perodua hold record 82.5% share in market bouncing back up 75.8%