Perodua sold more cars in June 2020 than June 2019! Wait what?

Looks like car buying behaviour is returning to normal, as Perodua has bounced back with healthy sales number in June 2020 that even exceeds their total sales in June 2019!

Perodua wrapped up June 2020 with an estimated 21,250 cars sold. This number is the highest the brand has posted for the year 2020 and triple the sales number posted in May 2020 at 7,886 units.

This number is higher even than the company’s sales number in June 2019 at 16,037 units sold. But the low number in 2019 was due to seasonal post-Raya lull, as the buying spree had already taken place the month before.

The company believes that the volume increase in June 2020 is likely due to the 5 percent sales tax exemption move (in Perodua’s case 3-6 percent less - remember that sales tax is not calculated on selling price) introduced by the government amidst the Recovery Movement Control Period (RMCO).

“The sizeable volume increase we’ve had as a result of that allows us to help the supplier and dealer ecosystem in this time of need – we purchased nearly RM500 million worth of local components in June alone,” Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer Dato’ Zainal Abidin Ahmad said.

Year-to-date (YTD), Perodua has sold 74,000 units in the region. This number is expectedly much lower than the YTD sales in June 2019 of 121,782 units, what with the 2-month lockdown that caused a standstill in car sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Meanwhile, Perodua’s nearest competitor, Proton, has also posted their highest numbers to date with 9,623 units sold. Like Perodua, the national carmaker also sold more cars in June 2020 than June 2019.

As of now, all of Perodua’s operations are now back to full capacity and maximum overtime. The company is now working to fulfil their order numbers as quickly as possible with no compromise on safety and quality.

Despite the pandemic, Perodua still managed to sell 8,601 cars before the lockdown started in March.