As of August 2023, the UMW Group saw a 16.3 percent increase in the combined, year-to-date sales of Toyota, Lexus, and Perodua vehicles in Malaysia, with 271,515 units vehicles registered. In August alone, 41,386 vehicles were registered, up 12.5 percent from July 2023. Toyota contributed deliveried of 10,275 units in August, up 23.1 percent from July. Cumulative sales from January to August totalled 67,283 units, up 9.2 percent from the same 8-month period in 2022. Toyota’s market share now sta

The D74 generation 2023 Perodua Axia is one of the simplest, cheapest new car on sale today in Malaysia. Barring the soon-to-be-announced basic manual transmission E variant, prices for the 2023 Perodua Axia range starts from RM 38,600. Drivers of cheap and simple cars like the Axia ought to be able to do simple like turning off the lights without flipping through the owner’s manual (which by the way, is now only available in electronic PDF format). Except that we are now in 2023 and sometimes t

For nearly 30 years, Perodua is seen by many Malaysians as a name they can truly trust when it comes to making a car. From its humble roots with the little Kancil to the all-new Alza, Malaysia’s second carmaker deserves its “Building cars, people first” tagline. Though Perodua has a near monopoly on the entry-level car segment in Malaysia, nothing else comes quite as close to bringing as much value to the table. The Kancil, Viva, and the first-generation Axia didn’t quite stir up enthusiasts’ he

Strike while your supply chains are good, or so the adage goes, and Perodua took it to heart in August 2022, recording a healthy sales figure of 26,039 units in that month. It's almost a 42% growth from the 18,346 units delivered in July 2022. Leading the sales pack is the Perodua Bezza with 6,808 units, followed closely by the 6,252 units of the Perodua Myvi, and 4,857 deliveries of the Perodua Axia. Meanwhile, 7,682 units of the 2022 Perodua Alza were registered in July and August. Also read:

Many Malaysians who took their driving tests would remember fondly or harshly on driving around the course in a tiny Perodua car. Be it the Kancil, the Viva, or the Axia, almost every millennial and Gen-Z attained their freedom to drive behind the wheel of a Perodua. Yet, despite how compact and tiny the Perodua Kancil/Viva/Axia is, it is time that Malaysian driving schools should perhaps seek an alternate vehicle. Not that anything is wrong with the Perodua car. After all, some of these first-t

Perodua aims to sell 240,000 vehicles in 2021 - a 9% increase from the impressive 220,163 units sold last year. The company cites sustained strong demand for existing models and the sales tax (SST) exemption as key factors in achieving this goal. Perodua's sales figures last year netted them 41.6% market share of the 529,434 new cars sold in Malaysia (better known as Total Industry Volume, TIV) in 2020. Here's how each model performed for them: 2020 Perodua Sales Breakdown Car Units Perodua Myvi