Perodua achieved a new milestone in 2022 as it recently breached the 200,000 sales mark with a total of 222,203 vehicles sold between January and October this year. While that’s an impressive achievement for the second Malaysian carmaker compared to the same period last year, it’s which car was crowned the king in October.

During that month, Perodua sold 25,849 units which is a 5% improvement compared to September when it sold 24,626 vehicles. Taking the top spot for that month is the Perodua Bezza which sold 6,768 units.

Meanwhile, the perennial King of Malaysian roads, the Myvi took second place with 6,130 units that month followed by the Axia with 4,989 units.

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This isn’t the first time this year that the Bezza has overtaken the Myvi to be crowned as Perodua’s best-seller for the month. The entry-level sedan outsold the King back in August and it could be on track to be crowned Malaysia's best-selling car in 2022.

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In terms of production, Perodua manufactured 22,974 units in October which brings the total number of vehicles produced to 229,811 units in 2022 so far.

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“Looking ahead, we plan to further increase our production and sales volume as we try to go beyond our earlier set sales target for 2022 and by doing so will reduce the waiting period for our customers,” Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad said.

He added that the higher-than-expected production and sales performance has impacted the local automotive ecosystem positively, given that on average 95% of Perodua parts are sourced locally.

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“In fact, the high localisation rate has also helped shield Perodua from the volatility in the foreign exchange market at the moment. It is our intention to further improve the local automotive supply chain as having such an industry has proven a benefit to both Perodua and consumers,” Dato’ Sri Zainal said.

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