Malaysia January 2020: Proton (+24%), Toyota (+16.4%) defy market down -12%

March 5, 2020
Matt Gasnier
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Proton is at its highest level in 6 years at home.

New vehicle sales in Malaysia drop -12% year-on-year in January to 42.623 due to the Lunar New Year falling in January this year vs. February 2019. Brand leader Perodua (-13.1%) roughly follows the market and remains ultra-dominant at 41% share vs. 39.8% over the FY2019. Proton (+24%) on the other hand continues its recovery, hitting a round 20% share for the month which means it has held 20% or more for two straight months for the first time in 6 years – since March 2014. This is a spectacular bounce back from the low of 8.4% share it hit only two years ago in March 2018. Toyota (+16.4%) is also in excellent shape at #4, posting the only other double-digit gain in the Top 10. In contrast, Mercedes (-37.6%), Volkswagen (-37%), Nissan (-31.7%), Mazda (-31.5%), Ford (-28%), Isuzu (-22.6%), Mitsubishi (-21.5%) and Honda (-19.4%) all fall much faster than the market.

Previous post: Malaysia Full Year 2019: Perodua breaks records, Proton up 54.7% to highest share in 5 years

One year ago: Malaysia January 2019: New Aruz lifts Perodua up 13.7% in solid market up 8.5%

Full January 2020 Top 40 All-brands ranking below.

Malaysia January 2020 – brands:

Note: BMW, Mini and Scania now report quarterly in Malaysia. Audi does not share data anymore.

Pos	Brand	Jan-20	%	/19	Dec	FY19
1	Perodua	17,481	41.0%	-13.1%	1	1
2	Proton	8,506	20.0%	24.0%	2	2
3	Honda	6,060	14.2%	-19.4%	4	3
4	Toyota	3,647	8.6%	16.4%	3	4
5	Nissan	1,371	3.2%	-31.7%	5	5
6	Mazda	1,100	2.6%	-31.5%	8	6
7	Mitsubishi	684	1.6%	-21.5%	9	10
8	Mercedes	645	1.5%	-37.6%	7	7
9	Isuzu	515	1.2%	-22.6%	6	9
10	Ford	425	1.0%	-28.0%	12	11
11	Volkswagen	369	0.9%	-37.0%	10	12
12	Hyundai	329	0.8%	21.9%	16	16
13	Hino	294	0.7%	-42.0%	11	13
14	Subaru	200	0.5%	-29.8%	20	15
15	Kia	163	0.4%	-70.5%	14	14
16	Peugeot	163	0.4%	-4.7%	19	17
17	Fuso	143	0.3%	-23.9%	17	19
18	Volvo	141	0.3%	4.4%	15	18
19	Renault	78	0.2%	47.2%	24	21
20	Daihatsu	66	0.2%	-19.5%	18	20
21	CAMC	51	0.1%	131.8%	25	24
22	Lexus	45	0.1%	-11.8%	21	23
23	UD Trucks	36	0.1%	56.5%	22	27
24	Volvo Trucks	31	0.1%	121.4%	27	26
25	Bison	17	0.0%	54.5%	29	31
26	Sinotruk	17	0.0%	240.0%	30	28
27	Porsche	14	0.0%	-6.7%	26	29
28	Land Rover	12	0.0%	-64.7%	33	30
29	JAC	8	0.0%	700.0%	36	36
30	Chana	7	0.0%	-22.2%	31	32
31	Foton	6	0.0%	new	32	33
32	Tata	6	0.0%	-40.0%	39	35
33	JMC	5	0.0%	25.0%	35	40
34	MAN	5	0.0%	-58.3%	37	34
35	King Long	4	0.0%	-50.0%	40	38
36	Auman	3	0.0%	0.0%	41	37
37	Bei Ben	3	0.0%	-80.0%	–	39
38	Jaguar	2	0.0%	-33.3%	38	42
39	BMW	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	8
40	Mini	n/a	n/a	n/a	23	22
41	Scania	n/a	n/a	n/a	28	25