Malaysia August 2014: Perodua solid in stable market

Perodua recently unveiled the Axia (aka Daihatsu Ayla)

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New car sales in Malaysia are up by a tiny 0.04% year-on-year (or 21 units!) to 51,125 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 444,534 units, up 3% on 2013. Perodua remains very strong at 28.5% market share thanks to 14,585 sales, ahead of Proton (16.8%), Toyota (15.2%), Honda (13.1%) and Nissan (6.2%). No other manufacturer manages to hold more than 2.5% of the Malaysian market this month, with Kia (1.9%) and BMW (1.3%) clearly over-performing on their year-to-date levels.

Previous month: Malaysia July 2014: Market up 3%

One year ago: Malaysia August 2013: Record year still in the cards

Full August 2014 Top 45 brands Ranking Table below.