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Perodua Myvi

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The Malaysian car market starts off 2012 on the wrong foot: down 26% on January 2011 at 39,345 registrations. Leader for the last 6 years, the Perodua Myvi confirms its supremacy this month with a mammoth 18.1% market share thanks to 7,107 sales. In fact the Top 5 is back to its 2011 order after a few turbulences in December: the Proton Saga is #2 at 13.4%, followed by the Perodua Viva (9.1%), Proton Persona (8.2%) and Perodua Alza (7.4%).

Proton Exora

The Proton Exora is up one spot to #6 thanks to the arrival of Bold version, making the 6 best-selling models in Malaysia this month 100% national. Other good performers this month include the Naza Forte up to #11, Ford Fiesta up 28 spots to #15, Nissan Sylphy up 25 ranks to #16 and Hyundai Tucson up 24 spots to #22.

Peugeot 508

Peugeot has a fantastic month, placing 3 models in the Top 40. The 207 is up 8 ranks on January to a best-ever 23rd place (vs. #50 over the Full Year 2011), the 308 is up 10 spots to #39 and the 508 breaks into the Malaysian Top 50 for the very first time at #40 with 90 sales.

Previous post: Malaysia Full Year 2011: Perodua Myvi and Proton Saga rule

One year ago: Malaysia January 2011: Proton Saga, Inspira shine

Full January 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Perodua Myvi

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The Malaysian car market is down 12% year-on-year at 47,954 registrations, bringing the final 2011 total to 600,123 units, down just 1% on 2010. Note these figures include light commercial vehicles. The Perodua Myvi is the best-selling car in Malaysia for the 6th year in a row, boosted by its facelift mid-year with sales up 5% to 81,904 units and 13.6% share.

Proton Saga

The Proton Saga was #1 year-to-date up until October and finished the year at 74,258 sales and 12.4%, up 3% on 2010. It peaked at a record 15.5% in June. The Perodua Viva rounds up the podium like in 2010, down 12% to 60,675 units. The rest of the Top 6 is also unchanged: the Proton Persona is #4 (+5%), the Perodua Alza #5 (-11%) and the Toyota Vios #6, the best-selling non national model for the 4th consecutive year.

Proton Inspira

The Top 10 is a close-circuit, with the best-performing newcomer the Proton Inspira up 41 spots and 890% to #11 for its first full year of sales at 9,849 units. The Naza Forte also shines, up 3 ranks and 12% to #17 and 5,829 sales. The Honda Insight is the best new model this year, landing directly at #21 with 4,566 units and peaking at a fantastic 10th place in July.

Honda Insight

Other great performers this year include the Nissan Teana up 810% to #23, Ford Fiesta up 753% to #24, Hyundai Sonata up 157% to #28, VW Golf up 136% to #32, Toyota Prius up 1141% to #34, VW Polo up 589% to #48 and Peugeot 207 up 1275% to #50.

In December, the Perodua Myvi shoots up to 17.8% share, possibly its second highest ever after its 20.1% of last October, the Perodua Viva is back in 2nd position for the first time since June, delivering a brilliant 12.4% market share, its best in one year. In 4th place the Perodua Alza reaches its highest market share at 7.8% thanks to 3,732 sales. Only piece of good news this month for Proton: the Inspira up to #9 at 1,101 units and 2.6%.

Previous month: Malaysia November 2011: VW Passat and Lexus CT impress

Previous year: Malaysia Full Year 2010: Perodua Myvi #1 for 5th year in a row

Full Year Top 50 and December 2011 Top 40 Ranking Tables below.

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Lexus CT

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Malaysian car sales are up a healthy 8% this month at 46,816 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total back into positive at 532,847 units, up 0.6% year-on-year. As it is usually the case in this market, the entire Top 8 is absolutely frozen-immobile, whether it be compared to October or the 2011 year-to-date ranking. Not much fun…

VW Passat

So the Perodua MyVi is in pole position in November with, again, an extravagant market share at 16.2% thanks to 7,574 sales, and #1 YTD at 73,357 units and 13.8%. Follow the Proton Saga at 11.7% in November and 13% in 2011, the Perodua Viva at 10.9% and 10.3% and the Proton Persona at 7% and 8.1%. The Perodua Alza misses the 4th spot by just one unit at 3,272 sales, delivering a 7.1% market share well above its 2011 level of 6.3%.

Proton Inspira

It’s further down the ranking that things get a little more animated. The Proton Inspira, a badge-engineered Mitsubishi Lancer, is up 6 spots on October to climb into the Top 10 for the first time since January at 711 units and 1.5%, the Toyota Prius is up 18 ranks to #15 and 1%, the VW Passat breaks into the Malaysian Top 20 for the very first time, up 12 spots to #20 with 417 sales and the Lexus CT200h is up a huge 29 ranks to land in 23rd place at 330 units.

Previous month: Malaysia October 2011: Perodua MyVi above 20% market share

Full November 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Perodua MyVi

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The Malaysian car market is up 2% this month at 51,516 registrations, bringing the 2011 10 months total to 482,580 units, down 1%. The Perodua MyVi, 5 months after the launched of its facelifted version, literally explodes in October at an amazing 10,364 sales for an outstanding 20.1% market share, possibly the highest share reached by the MyVi nameplate since its launch in 2006…

This performance enables the MyVi to reclaim the top spot over the first 10 months of 2011 with 65,783 sales and 13.6%, vs. 63,615 and 13.2% for the Proton Saga, down to 5,853 sales and 11.3% in October. The rest of the Top 8 is also unchanged on September, with the Perodua Viva ranking 3rd followed by the Proton Persona, Perodua Alza, Toyota Vios, Hilux and Proton Exora.

Naza Forte

Other great performers this month include the Naza Forte, up 7 spots to #17, the Suzuki Swift up 9 ranks to #20, the Toyota Innova up 8 spots to #23 and the Toyota Fortuner up a massive 24 ranks to #28. For its second month the Nissan Livina X-Gear is down 11 spots to #26.

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

Link to full October 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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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.

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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.

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Perodua MyVi

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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%).

Lexus CT200h

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.

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Proton Saga

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The Malaysian new car market is down again this month at -23% and 39,854 registrations, bringing the 2010 year-to-date total into negative for the first time at -1% and 286,705 sales.

As the Perodua Myvi’s sales are still disrupted by the arrival of the new generation (down to #6 this month!), the Proton Saga improves its market share further to reach a record-breaking 15.5% this month thanks to 6,192 sales. Its 2011 market share stands at 13.9% with 39,841 units, now largely in the lead ahead of the Myvi (11.6%).

Below the Perodua Viva stable at 10.9%, the Proton Persona stays 3rd and breaks the 10% market share barrier possibly for the first time in the nameplate’s life at 10.1% and 4,020 sales. The Perodua Alza also has a brilliant month in 4th place at 6.8% and 2,704 sales, ahead of the Toyota Yaris. The Proton Inspira is up 2 spots on May at #11.

Two hybrid models return to very high levels in the country after an off May: the Honda Insight is #18 (+34) and the Toyota Prius is #31 (+22). The VW Golf also does very well this month, up 10 spots on May to #26.

Previous month: see the May 2011 Top 50 here.

Link to full June 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Proton Persona

Malaysian car sales are down 10% in May at 44,077 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 246,850 units, still up 4%. This month the Perodua Myvi is unusually low in the ranking (#4) due to low stocks in advance of the 2nd generation’s June launch.

This triggers a few landmarks: the Proton Saga takes off in 1st place at 15.1% market share, its best ever in the country, and is now #1 year-to-date with 33,649 sales and 13.6%. The Proton Persona climbs onto the podium for the first time since January 2008 (!) at #3 with 4,294 units and 9.7% share, its best ever also.

Proton Exora

Proton decidedly makes the most of the situation, placing the Exora MPV up to #6, again possibly its best ever position. Other performers this month include the Proton Inspira, back on the up at #13 and 1.6% share, the Naza/Kia Forte, up 4 spots to #18 and the Chery Eastar, up 12 spots to #27.

Full Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Proton Saga

Malaysian consumers bought 49,065 new cars this month, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,773 registrations, up 7%. For the first time this year, the Proton Saga takes the lead of the ranking with 6,520 sales and a strong 13.3% market share. The Perodua Myvi keeps the 2011 pole position at 27,692 sales and 13.7%, now only 717 units above the Saga.

The Perodua Viva rounds off the podium as usual, albeit with a lower market share at 9.3%, followed by the Proton Persona, Perodua Alza and Toyota Vios. The Toyota Hilux continues to deliver solid numbers, up to #7 this month at 4.1% share, and the Honda Insight impresses again, up two spots to #12 and 1.5% share.

Other good performers this month include the Ford Fiesta at #22 (+4), the VW Golf at #31 (+5), the Mazda3 at #35 (+13) and the VW Polo, breaking into the monthly Malaysian Top 50 for the very first time at #48 with 140 sales and 0.3%.

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