With less than two months left before the year ends, Perodua is revising its sales target for 2023 to 325,000 units, up from the earlier announced figure of 314,000 units. Production targets have been increased in tandem, from 330,000 units to 338,000 units. In case you are wondering on the gap between production target and sales', Perodua’s production target is always slightly higher than its sales targets, to accommodate the need to keep a small number of buffer stock. Perodua says the upward

The D74A generation 2023 Perodua Axia is now an automatic transmission-only model. All four variants of the new Axia are powered by the same 1.0-litre 3-cylinder naturally aspirated 1KR-VE engine paired to a D-CVT automatic transmission driving the front wheels. As a result, the starting price has also gone up, from the previous generation’s RM 24,090 for the 1.0E MT, to RM 38,600 for the new generation Axia 1.0G. Prices of the 2023 Perodua Axia are as below: Axia 1.0 G: RM 38,600 Axia 1.0 X: RM

Earlier today during Perodua’s media conference, the second Malaysian car maker reiterated that they are capable of launching one all-new model (FMC, full model change in Perodua’s terminology) and two facelift models in one year’s time. "Still valid. Our current capability is one FMC and two MC (per year). Because of Covid-19 - 2019 and 2020, 2021 - it was disrupted. Last year was our recovery, this year we'll go back to pre-pandemic levels in terms of capacity," said Perodua President and CEO

Like many car manufacturers, Perodua too is facing severe disruption in its supply chain, leading to long waiting period for its customers. Being Malaysia’s No.1 car brand is a double-edged sword - because of the scale Perodua operates in, everything good and bad is amplified to a level few other manufacturers face. Perodua sells nearly a quarter million cars a year. For 2022, it targets to sell 247,800 units, despite the ongoing challenge in getting enough parts to build enough cars. The global

Next-gen Agya/Ayla may receive updated 1.2-litre WA-VE engine To be launched in Malaysia first as the next-gen Axia as early as 2023 1.2-litre unit is already offered on outgoing Agya/Ayla in Indonesia The Perodua Axia is the most affordable brand-new car on sale in Malaysia and is one of Perodua’s best-sellers. Even though it has been on sale for 8 years, sales have been strong due to the lack of competition. However, it is due for a brand-new update and as reported before, Malaysia’s No.1 auto

You can say that you want about Perodua. Good if you like the company, but the company couldn’t be bothered if you think lowly of its budget cars anyway. Since launching the first Kancil in 1994, the company has developed a laser-like focus on its customers, giving them what they want, which turns out to be just very regular cars that are cheap to buy, cheap to run, cars that go about their duties with zero drama. Perodua ended September by recording its highest ever monthly sales of 25,035 unit