KUALA LUMPUR: Perodua ended 2009 as the number one car manufacturer in Malaysia for the fourth consecutive year, with sales of 166,700 units, the second highest in the company's history.
The volume sold last year represented 31.3% share of the market compared with its record 176,400 units or 30.5% market share in 2008.
"We did considerably well in 2009 with a 0.4% drop despite the global economic downturn," its managing director Aminar Rashid Salleh said in a statement today.
He said sales dropped in the first half of last year but picked up in the second half, following the government's RM67 billion stimulus packages and the car-scrapping scheme for cars 10 years old and above.
"Our sales every month in the final quarter of 2009 were higher than the same period in 2008.
"We believe that the upward trend will continue in 2010. This optimism is also on the back of the 5% economic growth forecast for this year by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister's Department," he added.
Perodua aims to sell 176,000 units this year, a 5.58% annual growth, its highest ever sales volume underpinned by the popularity of its three models, the Myvi, Viva and recently introduced Alza.
Aminar added that Perodua's new Alza had received 18,000 bookings since its launch last November and the waiting list had lengthened to up to four months from three months previously.
"The interest in our two other models, the Myvi and ViVa, continues to be strong with an average sale of 7,600 units and 5,700 units, respectively, monthly," he said.
On after-sales service, Perodua service operations recorded a 16% jump in service intakes to 1.59 million from 1.37 million intakes in 2008 on the back of higher car sales, improved efficiency at service outlets and the opening of new branches.
Perodua parts division also chalked a 23% increase in sales revenue.
originally appeared on: theedgemalaysia by Max Koh
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