Malaysia 2006-2007: Perodua Myvi takes control of the market

Perodua Myvi

Launched in 2005 to immediate success, the Perodua Myvi takes the pole position in the Malaysian car sales ranking in 2006 and comfortably keeps its title in 2007, reaching market shares of above 17%…

Below, the ranking is pretty unstable: it sees the Perodua Kancil take the 2nd spot in May 2006 at 8.4% followed by the Proton Wira at 5.8% and the Proton Waja at 5%, whereas over the first 10 months of 2007 the Proton Iswara climbs back to #2 with 9% of the market, followed by the new Perodua Viva at 8.6% (but 13.3% in October!) and the Toyota Avanza at 5%.

Full Top 15 May 2006 and Top 20 10 months 2007: click on ‘Read more’ below.

Toyota Avanza in Malaka, Malaysia

Malaysia 2004-2005: Perodua Kancil takes the lead

Perodua Kancil

After years of domination of the Proton Wira, the Perodua Kancil, a rebadged Daihatsu Mira, takes the lead of car sales in Malaysia in 2004 and 2005. It sells 30,454 units over the first 6 months of 2005 or 11.7% of the market, ahead of the Proton Iswara (7.1%), Wira (6.8%) and Waja (6.7%).

Notice the Proton Gen-2, launched in Q3 2004 to partly replace the best-selling Wira, coming in at #7 with 14,153 sales and 5.4%. On top of the Kancil, Perodua places two more models in the Top 8: the Kelisa at #5 and the Kenari at #8. The Perodua Myvi (a rebadged Daihatsu Sirion) launched in May 2005 and in all likeliness managed to take the lead of the Malaysian market sometime during the second half of 2005.

More pictures and full 6 months 2005 Top 10 Ranking Table: click on ‘Read more’ below.

Proton Gen-2