Perodua delivers 82,700 units from January through April 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: Perodua has made history by successfully delivering more than 80,000 units in the first four months of 2019. With this, the national carmaker has achieved strong sales growth over the last year. This figure is 9.5% more than the sales in the same period in 2018. Along with this, Perodua has also announced that Aruz, its only seven-seater SUV has received the highest number of registrations in April since its introduction in mid-January.

While disclosing the sales record, the manufacturer mentioned that this figure helps in boosting up the domestic economy. As all of the cars that have helped in achieving this figure, feature more than 90% local parts. As per the company, for component purchasing from local automotive suppliers from January to April this year, it has spent RM 1.8 billion and will disburse RM 5.4 billion for 2019.

Besides this, Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad, president and CEO of Perodua said “Since the order books for the Aruz opened on 3 January, nearly 20,000 bookings have been recorded, yielding an average of 170 bookings daily. And as of today, over 9,800 Aruz have been delivered since registrations began on January 31 – an average of more than 100 units daily – making it among the best-selling SUVs in the country.” He also added that Perodua is trying its best to successfully meet the accelerating demand of this car.

 

Apart from this seven-seater Aruz, Myvi has continued to be the best-selling model since November 2017 and this time also it made up the majority of sales with 7,700 units. Following this car, the second position is taken by Axia with 5,900 units, followed by Bezza (4,200 units), Aruz (over 3,200 units) and Alza (1,100 units).