Proton saw a 10.8 percent jump in sales in May 2022, with 9,792 units sold (including exports), as shortage in automotive parts eased. Proton’s market share for May 2022 stood at 19.6 percent, while cumulative figures for year-to-date (YTD) 2022 stood at 17.1 percent. The A-segment Proton Saga remains the company’s best-seller, with 3,996 units sold in May. However, Proton says the Saga still trails behind the Perodua Bezza. A new updated Proton Saga was just launched on 12-May. Changes are limi

All Perodua showrooms and service centres nationwide have resumed operations this week but the problem facing Perodua dealers is less about selling new cars, but fulfilling existing orders. Like many car manufacturers, Perodua is facing serious shortage in automotive parts, especially electronic parts, due to the supply crunch for semiconductors due to Covid-19. Also read: After Nio and Tesla, Nissan USA also affected by Bosch’s supply disruption in Malaysia As a value for money-oriented brand w

While the facelifted 2021 Proton Persona and Iriz are pretty much open secrets, Proton's revival of the R3 brand pretty much came out of nowhere, led by this week's launches of the 2021 Proton Saga and Iriz R3 Limited Edition. Also read: 2021 Proton Iriz & Saga R3 Limited Edition, Persona & Exora Black Edition launched in Malaysia But is it really the R3 we've been waiting for? With so much visual similarity to 2020's Saga 35th Anniversary Edition, what else could be new? What's the fuss about R

Perodua has uploaded a pretty adorable 3D-animated video to show off its vehicles’ safety features on their YouTube channel. The video also possibly hinted that there might be something in store for the Axia Style. We can easily admire the colourful animation as a Bezza swerves round a roadworks obstacle to demonstrate its ABS and EBD or even how smooth the Aruz moves up the hill so effortlessly due to HSA. But something interesting comes along as the Axia Style appears in the video. Perodua's l

Compared to our recent scoops on past Proton specials, the 2020 Proton Saga Anniversary Edition has had much better fate - all 1,100 units have sold out within 5 days. Introduced to commemorate Proton’s 35th Anniversary, the Anniversary Edition was priced at RM 39,300 (0% SST). It included yellow highlights on the exterior and interior. Oh well, those who missed it might wait for something come Proton’s 40-year anniversary in 2025. Who knows, it could be a throwback to Proton’s high-performance

Proton has kicked off the final quarter of 2019 on a high with a record 9,503 in sales. This brings the number of sales in 10 months of 2019 to 79,833 units both export and domestically. The successful sales volume meant that the brand saw a growth rate of 46% year-to-date. This is a remarkable achievement for Proton considering that the Total Industry-Volume (TIV) has shrunk by 1.3%. This puts Proton's market shares of the year at 16% which is a healthy increase of 5.2% over the previous year.