Perodua stays top in the first month of 2010
Perodua got off to a good start for 2010, as the Rawang-based carmaker comfortably held on to its position as the country’s best-selling car brand. For the month of January, the company sold 16,200 cars, a 36% year-on-year increase from Jan 2009, correspondingly increasing their market share from 31% to 33%.
“We are encouraged by the strong sales numbers in January. Bookings for the same month were also very healthy with more than 20,000 units received compared with some 12,000 units in January 2009,” Perodua MD En Aminar Rashid Salleh said today.
“The Myvi continued to be Perodua’s top selling model for the month (34% of total sales) while the Viva (33.5%) and the newly launched Alza (32.5%) also did very well,” he said.
“We would like to thank the Malaysian public for their continued support for our products,” he added.
Since its launch on 23 Nov 2009, Perodua has delivered some 8,000 units of the Alza 5+2 seater MPV, having received in excess of 20,500 bookings.
“Perodua is grateful of the overwhelming public response to the Alza. However, I would like to personally apologize to those who have booked their Alza earlier and yet to receive their vehicle due to the long waiting period,” En Aminar said.
Perodua targets to reduce the waiting period for the Alza from the current 3 – 3.5 months to just 2 months, and will be ramping up production to meet the target.
“We have always put our customers’ interest first and will ensure that they will have a happy Perodua motoring experience when they buy our products or services,” he added.
